Diocese of Civita Castellana

Historical Details

• Diocese of Civita Castellana
  • Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae
  • Erected: 990
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Civita Castellana e Orte
  • Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae et Hortana
  • United: 5 October 1437
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese
  • Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae, Hortana et Gallesina
  • United: 20 December 1805
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 700 (270 Square Miles)

• Diocese of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri)
  • Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae (, Hortana, Gallesina, Nepesina, et Sutrina)
  • United: 11 February 1986
  • Metropolitan: Diocese of Roma {Rome}
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 1,552 (599 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Lazio

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Guglielmo † ( 1217 Appointed - )
• Nicola † ( 1232 Appointed - 6 Oct 1233 Appointed, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania)
• Giovanni Magnesi, O.P. † ( 1270 Appointed - )
• Monaldo , O.F.M. † ( 1288 Appointed - )
• Godefroy , O.F.M. † ( 1307 Appointed - 1324 Died)
• Guglielmo , O. Carm. † (21 Feb 1324 Appointed - 13 Nov 1331 Appointed, Bishop of Isernia)
• Francesco Oni, O.E.S.A. † (4 Dec 1331 Appointed - 1348 Died)
• Giovanni † (15 Dec 1348 Appointed - 1359 Died)
• Stefano de Viterbo, O.E.S.A. † (12 Jul 1359 Appointed - )
• Giovanni de Viterbo, O.P. † (20 Apr 1367 Appointed - )
• Matteo (Marsilio) † ( 1382 Appointed - )
• Gemino de Viterbo, O.F.M. † (18 Mar 1388 Appointed - 1390 Died)
• Antonio di Castronovo, O.P. † (4 Sep 1390 Appointed - )
• Angelo † ( 1394 Appointed - 1395 Died)
• Giovanni Arcioni † (30 Apr 1395 Appointed - 1406 Died)
• Stefano da Civita Castellana, O.F.M. † (7 Jul 1406 Appointed - 17 Apr 1414 Died)
• Giovanni Giorgi, O.F.M. † (19 Sep 1414 Appointed - 1432 Died)
• Valentin Narnia † (5 Oct 1437 Appointed - 28 Jan 1442 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
• Luca † (28 Jan 1442 Appointed - 1443 Died)
• Antonio Paoli † (16 Dec 1443 Appointed - 1455 Died)
• Nicola Palmeri, O.S.A. † (20 Jun 1455 Appointed - 1467 Died)
• Antonio † (30 Oct 1467 Appointed - 18 Oct 1473 Died)
• Pietro (Pyrrhus) Ajosa † (24 Jan 1474 Appointed - 4 Aug 1486 Appointed, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca)
• Angelo Pechinoli † (4 Aug 1486 Appointed - Oct 1492 Died)
• Enrico Bruno, O.P. † (29 Oct 1492 Appointed - 24 Sep 1498 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
• Giorgio Maccafano de’ Pireto † (24 Sep 1498 Appointed - 16 Aug 1501 Appointed, Bishop of Sarno)
• Lodovico † ( 1501 Appointed - 1503 Died)
• Johannes Burckardt † (29 Nov 1503 Appointed - 1506 Died)
• Francesco Franceschini, O.F.M. † (17 May 1506 Appointed - 1525 Resigned)
• Paolo Emilio Cesi † (7 Apr 1525 Appointed - 5 Aug 1537 Died)
• Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) † (12 Aug 1538 Appointed - 24 Nov 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri)
• Scipione Bongalli † (24 Nov 1539 Appointed - 3 Aug 1564 Died)
• Nicola Perusco † (7 Feb 1565 Appointed - 8 Feb 1582 Died)
• Andrea Longo † (2 Apr 1582 Appointed - 18 Aug 1607 Died)
• Ippolito Fabiani, O.S.A. † (17 Dec 1607 Appointed - 24 Aug 1621 Died)
• Angelo Gozzadini † (25 Oct 1621 Appointed - 29 Mar 1653 Died)
• Taddeo Altini, O.S.A. † (10 Nov 1653 Appointed - 27 Aug 1685 Died)
• Giuseppe Antonio Sillani Leoncilli † (13 May 1686 Appointed - 1 Aug 1697 Died)
• Simone Paolo Aleotti † (16 May 1698 Appointed - 30 Sep 1704 Died)
• Ascanio Blasi † (26 Jan 1705 Appointed - Jul 1718 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Maria Tenderini † (5 Dec 1718 Appointed - 1 Mar 1739 Died)
• Bernardino Vari † (4 May 1739 Appointed - 12 Oct 1748 Died)
• Sante Lanucci † (2 Dec 1748 Appointed - 31 May 1765 Resigned)
• Francesco Maria Forlani † (5 Jun 1765 Appointed - 5 Mar 1787 Died)
• Lorenzo de Dominicis † (23 Apr 1787 Appointed - 1 Jan 1822 Died)
• Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. † (19 Apr 1822 Appointed - 27 Dec 1847 Died)
• Amadio Zangari † (14 Apr 1848 Appointed - 5 Sep 1851 Appointed, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino)
• Mattia Agostino Mengacci † (5 Sep 1851 Appointed - 20 Nov 1872 Died)
• Domenico Mignanti † (23 Dec 1872 Appointed - 27 Apr 1889 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Carnevalini † (24 May 1889 Appointed - 9 Jun 1895 Died)
• Giacomo (Alessandero) Ghezzi, O.F.M. Obs. † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 26 Jan 1920 Died)
• Goffredo Zaccherini † (8 Mar 1920 Appointed - 15 Jun 1928 Appointed, Bishop of Jesi)
• Santino Margaria † (9 Oct 1930 Appointed - 20 Dec 1947 Died)
• Roberto Massimiliani † (21 Jun 1948 Appointed - 19 Jun 1975 Died)
• Marcello Rosina † (10 Apr 1976 Appointed - 11 Feb 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri))
• Marcello Rosina † (11 Feb 1986 Appointed - 10 Mar 1989 Retired)
• Divo Zadi † (10 Mar 1989 Appointed - 10 Dec 2007 Retired)
• Romano Rossi (10 Dec 2007 Appointed - 11 Nov 2022 Retired)
• Marco Salvi (11 Nov 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese
1886		36,813	.0%			83	0				31	OTC
1950	66,000	66,000	100.0%	61	25	86	767		30	130	33	ap1951
1966	78,000	78,240	99.7%	48	32	80	975		45	158	38	ap1971
1980	75,300	75,500	99.7%	50	15	65	1,158		19	105	39	ap1981
Diocese of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri)
1990	170,435	171,258	99.5%	94	48	142	1,200	3	80	335	77	ap1991
Diocese of Civita Castellana
1999	203,899	204,194	99.9%	97	73	170	1,199	7	104	401	76	ap2000
2000	203,700	205,000	99.4%	97	73	170	1,198	9	102	401	76	ap2001
2001	210,850	212,572	99.2%	97	73	170	1,240	10	102	395	76	ap2002
2002	210,850	212,572	99.2%	97	73	170	1,240	13	102	395	76	ap2003
2003	210,500	211,975	99.3%	97	73	170	1,238	12	101	395	76	ap2004
2004	214,800	220,800	97.3%	99	66	165	1,301	12	89	380	76	ap2005
2006	213,800	224,700	95.1%	114	70	184	1,161	12	93	380	76	ap2007
2013	248,900	258,900	96.1%	97	47	144	1,728	13	67	290	76	ap2014
2016	252,000	266,014	94.7%	91	44	135	1,866	17	67	302	76	ap2017
2019	248,400	260,600	95.3%	87	35	122	2,036	15	67	290	76	ap2020
2021	245,250	258,620	94.8%	106	34	140	1,751	18	72	296	76	ap2022
2023	245,500	256,350	95.8%	109	32	141	1,741	15	66	264	76	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Romano Rossi (Bishop: 10 Dec 2007 to 11 Nov 2022)
• Marco Salvi (Bishop: 11 Nov 2022 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Pietro (Pyrrhus) Ajosa † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1474 to 4 Aug 1486)
• Simone Paolo Aleotti † (Bishop: 16 May 1698 to 30 Sep 1704)
• Taddeo Altini, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1653 to 27 Aug 1685)
• Giovanni Arcioni † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1395 to 1406)
• Arduino Bertoldo † (Priest: 22 Mar 1958 to 10 Oct 1992)
• Ascanio Blasi † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1705 to Jul 1718)
• Scipione Bongalli † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1539 to 3 Aug 1564)
• Francesco Bracci † (Priest: 6 Jun 1903 to 18 Dec 1958)
• Enrico Bruno, O.P. † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1492 to 24 Sep 1498)
• Johannes Burckardt † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1503 to 1506)
• Giovanni Battista Carnevalini † (Bishop: 24 May 1889 to 9 Jun 1895)
• Antonio di Castronovo, O.P. † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1390)
• Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1538 to 24 Nov 1539)
• Paolo Emilio Cesi † (Administrator: 7 Apr 1525 to 5 Aug 1537)
• Francesco Cherubini †
• Stefano da Civita Castellana, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 7 Jul 1406 to 17 Apr 1414)
• Serafino Cretoni †
• Lorenzo de Dominicis † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1787 to 1 Jan 1822)
• Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1822 to 27 Dec 1847)
• Ippolito Fabiani, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1607 to 24 Aug 1621)
• Francesco Maria Forlani † (Bishop: 5 Jun 1765 to 5 Mar 1787)
• Francesco Franceschini, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 17 May 1506 to 1525)
• Giacomo (Alessandero) Ghezzi, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1895 to 26 Jan 1920)
• Giovanni Giorgi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 19 Sep 1414 to 1432)
• Angelo Gozzadini † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 25 Oct 1621 to 29 Mar 1653)
• Sante Lanucci † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1748 to 31 May 1765)
• Andrea Longo † (Bishop: 2 Apr 1582 to 18 Aug 1607)
• Giorgio Maccafano de’ Pireto † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1498 to 16 Aug 1501)
• Giovanni Magnesi, O.P. † (Bishop: 1270)
• Galeazzo Marescotti †
• Santino Margaria † (Bishop: 9 Oct 1930 to 20 Dec 1947)
• Roberto Massimiliani † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1948 to 19 Jun 1975)
• Mattia Agostino Mengacci † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1851 to 20 Nov 1872)
• Domenico Mignanti † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1872 to 27 Apr 1889)
• Valentin Narnia † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1437 to 28 Jan 1442)
• Ferdinando Nuzzi †
• Francesco Oni, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1331 to 1348)
• Nicola Palmeri, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1455 to 1467)
• Antonio Paoli † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1443 to 1455)
• Angelo Pechinoli † (Bishop: 4 Aug 1486 to Oct 1492)
• Nicola Perusco † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1565 to 8 Feb 1582)
• Domenico Petrucci †
• Marcello Rosina † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1976 to 11 Feb 1986)
• Giuseppe Antonio Sillani Leoncilli † (Bishop: 13 May 1686 to 1 Aug 1697)
• Giovanni Francesco Maria Tenderini † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1718 to 1 Mar 1739)
• Bernardino Vari † (Bishop: 4 May 1739 to 12 Oct 1748)
• Isidoro Verga †
• Gemino de Viterbo, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1388 to 1390)
• Giovanni de Viterbo, O.P. † (Bishop: 20 Apr 1367)
• Stefano de Viterbo, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1359)
• Goffredo Zaccherini † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1920 to 15 Jun 1928)
• Divo Zadi † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1989 to 10 Dec 2007)
• Antonio Zanetti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Oct 1557)
• Amadio Zangari † (Bishop: 14 Apr 1848 to 5 Sep 1851)
• Angelo † (Bishop: 1394 to 1395)
• Antonio † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1467 to 18 Oct 1473)
• Giovanni † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1348 to 1359)
• Godefroy , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1307 to 1324)
• Guglielmo † (Bishop: 1217 - )
• Guglielmo , O. Carm. † (Bishop: 21 Feb 1324 to 13 Nov 1331)
• Lodovico † (Bishop: 1501 to 1503)
• Luca † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1442 to 1443)
• Matteo (Marsilio) † (Bishop: 1382)
• Monaldo , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1288 - )
• Nicola † (Bishop: 1232 to 6 Oct 1233)

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