Ferrara-Comacchio (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Marcellin † ( 431 Appointed - )
Filippo Fontana † ( 1239 Appointed - 1250 Appointed, Bishop of Firenze)
Giovanni Quirini † (17 Aug 1252 Appointed - )
Bl. Alberto Pandoni, O.E.S.A. † ( 1257 Appointed - 14 Aug 1274 Died)
Guglielmo † ( 1274 Appointed - 1286 Died)
Federico di Front e San Martino † (12 Feb 1289 Appointed - 16 May 1303 Died)
Ottobono del Carretto † (9 Jan 1304 Appointed - Mar 1304 Resigned)
Guido da Capello, O.P. † (3 Apr 1304 Appointed - 1332 Died)
Guido da Baisio † (29 Feb 1332 Appointed - 21 Apr 1349 Died)
Filippo dell’Antella † (21 Oct 1349 Appointed - 27 Feb 1357 Appointed, Bishop of Firenze)
Bernardo , O. Cist. † (27 Feb 1357 Appointed - )
Bl. Aldobrandino d’Este † ( 1377 Appointed - 30 Oct 1381 Died)
Guido da Baisio † ( 1382 Appointed - 1384 Died)
Tommaso Marcapesci † (28 Mar 1384 Appointed - )
Niccolò Roberti † (4 Feb 1393 Appointed - 24 Jan 1401 Appointed, Archbishop of Soltania (Soltaniyeh))
Pietro Boiardi † (24 Jan 1401 Appointed - 11 May 1430 Resigned)
Giovanni Tavelli da Tossignano, Gesuati † (28 Oct 1431 Appointed - 24 Jul 1446 Died)
Francesco Legnamine (de Padua) † (8 Aug 1446 Appointed - 18 Apr 1460 Appointed, Bishop of Belluno e Feltre)
Lorenzo Roverella † (26 Mar 1460 Appointed - 1474 Died)
Barthelemy della Rovere, O.F.M. † (11 Jul 1474 Appointed - 1494 Died)
Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní † (29 Oct 1494 Appointed - 1 Aug 1503 Died)
Ippolito d’Este (I) † (8 Oct 1503 Appointed - 3 Sep 1520 Died)
Giovanni Salviati † (12 Sep 1520 Appointed - 1 May 1550 Resigned)
Luigi d’Este † (1 May 1550 Appointed - 8 Oct 1563 Appointed, Administrator of Auch)
Alfonso Rossetti † (8 Oct 1563 Appointed - 25 Feb 1577 Died)
Paolo Leoni † (17 Mar 1578 Appointed - 7 Aug 1590 Died)
Giovanni Fontana † (7 Aug 1590 Succeeded - 5 Jul 1611 Died)
Giambattista Leni † (3 Aug 1611 Appointed - 3 Nov 1627 Died)
Lorenzo Magalotti † (5 May 1628 Appointed - 19 Sep 1637 Died)
Francesco Maria Macchiavelli † (11 Oct 1638 Appointed - 22 Nov 1653 Died)
Carlo Pio di Savoia † (2 Aug 1655 Appointed - 26 Feb 1663 Resigned)
Giovanni Stefano Donghi † (26 Feb 1663 Appointed - 26 Nov 1669 Died)
Carlo Cerri † (19 May 1670 Appointed - 14 May 1690 Died)
Marcello Durazzo † (27 Nov 1690 Appointed - 27 Aug 1691 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Spoleto)
Domenico Tarugi † (2 Jan 1696 Appointed - 27 Dec 1696 Died)
Fabrizio Paolucci † (27 Jan 1698 Appointed - 14 Mar 1701 Resigned)
Taddeo Luigi dal Verme † (14 Mar 1701 Appointed - 12 Jan 1717 Died)
Tommaso Ruffo † (10 May 1717 Appointed - 26 Apr 1738 Resigned)
Raniero d’Elci † (5 May 1738 Appointed - 15 Sep 1740 Resigned)
Bonaventura Antonio Maria Giuseppe Barberini, O.F.M. Cap. † (16 Sep 1740 Appointed - 15 Oct 1743 Died)
Girolamo Crispi † (16 Dec 1743 Appointed - 24 Jul 1746 Died)
Marcello Crescenzi † (22 Aug 1746 Appointed - 24 Aug 1768 Died)
Bernardino Giraud † (15 Mar 1773 Appointed - 14 Feb 1777 Resigned)
Alessandro Mattei † (17 Feb 1777 Appointed - 2 Apr 1800 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina)
Paolo Patricio Fava Ghisleri † (24 Aug 1807 Appointed - 14 Aug 1822 Died)
Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (10 Mar 1823 Appointed - 2 Jul 1826 Resigned)
Filippo Filonardi † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 3 May 1834 Died)
Gabriel della Genga Sermattei † (23 Jun 1834 Appointed - 13 Jan 1843 Resigned)
Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (30 Jan 1843 Appointed - 11 Apr 1850 Died)
Luigi Vannicelli Casoni † (20 May 1850 Appointed - 21 Apr 1877 Died)
Luigi Giordani † (22 Jun 1877 Appointed - 21 Apr 1893 Died)
Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. † (12 Jun 1893 Appointed - 13 Mar 1896 Died)
Pietro Respighi † (30 Nov 1896 Appointed - 19 Apr 1900 Resigned)
Giulio Boschi † (19 Apr 1900 Appointed - 7 Jan 1919 Resigned)
Francesco Rossi † (15 Dec 1919 Appointed - 25 Jul 1929 Died)
Ruggero Bovelli † (4 Oct 1929 Appointed - 9 Jun 1954 Died)
Natale Mosconi † (5 Aug 1954 Appointed - 21 Apr 1976 Resigned)
Filippo Franceschi † (15 Jul 1976 Appointed - 7 Jan 1982 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padova {Padua})
Luigi Maverna † (25 Mar 1982 Appointed - 8 Sep 1995 Retired)
Carlo Caffarra † (8 Sep 1995 Appointed - 16 Dec 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Bologna)
Paolo Rabitti (2 Oct 2004 Appointed - 1 Dec 2012 Retired)
Luigi Negri † (1 Dec 2012 Appointed - 15 Feb 2017 Retired)
Gian Carlo Perego (15 Feb 2017 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Voghenza
431	Erected		Diocese of Voghenza (erected)
Diocese of Ferrara
624	Name Changed	Diocese of Voghenza	Diocese of Ferrara
Archdiocese of Ferrara
27 July 1735	Elevated	Diocese of Ferrara	Archdiocese of Ferrara
7 July 1920	Split		Diocese of Comacchio Archdiocese of Ferrara
24 April 1962	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Ravenna e Cervia (City of Jolanda di Savoia)	Archdiocese of Ferrara
24 April 1962	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Ferrara (Cities of Copparo and Portomaggiore)	Archdiocese of Ravenna e Cervia
19 April 1966	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Ravenna e Cervia (Ambrogio, Cologna, Berra, Serravalle, Coccanile, Contane, and S. Apollinare in Dossetti in the cities of Copparo, Berra, and Jolanda di Savoia)	Archdiocese of Ferrara
8 December 1976	Metropolitan Changed		Archdiocese of Ferrara (from Immediately Subject to Bologna)
Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Comacchio (-Pomposa) Archdiocese of Ferrara	Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Ferrara

1886 128,115 .0% 206 0 89 OTC

1950 221,122 222,057 99.6% 152 71 223 991 91 720 100 ap1951

1970 252,249 .0% 152 70 222 0 94 506 123 ap1971

1980 276,862 278,940 99.3% 151 70 221 1,252 87 431 125 ap1981

Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio

1990 324,050 328,000 98.8% 178 58 236 1,373 65 405 169 ap1991

1999 276,000 280,000 98.6% 144 40 184 1,500 4 47 238 169 ap2000

2000 276,000 280,000 98.6% 141 40 181 1,524 8 48 236 169 ap2001

2001 277,500 281,485 98.6% 148 41 189 1,468 9 48 297 169 ap2002

2002 276,000 280,318 98.5% 146 38 184 1,500 8 43 282 169 ap2003

2003 271,000 275,000 98.5% 138 47 185 1,464 9 53 263 169 ap2004

2004 269,817 273,800 98.5% 136 49 185 1,458 12 64 258 169 ap2005

2006 274,400 279,000 98.4% 140 36 176 1,559 12 43 226 171 ap2007

2013 273,900 276,000 99.2% 144 28 172 1,592 17 38 172 169 ap2014

2016 274,900 277,211 99.2% 133 34 167 1,646 20 45 170 169 ap2017

2019 273,700 277,000 98.8% 129 36 165 1,658 21 42 124 169 ap2020

2021 269,550 271,272 99.4% 128 18 146 1,846 23 22 100 173 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Ferrara
1886		128,115	.0%			206	0				89	OTC
1950	221,122	222,057	99.6%	152	71	223	991		91	720	100	ap1951
1970		252,249	.0%	152	70	222	0		94	506	123	ap1971
1980	276,862	278,940	99.3%	151	70	221	1,252		87	431	125	ap1981
Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio
1990	324,050	328,000	98.8%	178	58	236	1,373		65	405	169	ap1991
1999	276,000	280,000	98.6%	144	40	184	1,500	4	47	238	169	ap2000
2000	276,000	280,000	98.6%	141	40	181	1,524	8	48	236	169	ap2001
2001	277,500	281,485	98.6%	148	41	189	1,468	9	48	297	169	ap2002
2002	276,000	280,318	98.5%	146	38	184	1,500	8	43	282	169	ap2003
2003	271,000	275,000	98.5%	138	47	185	1,464	9	53	263	169	ap2004
2004	269,817	273,800	98.5%	136	49	185	1,458	12	64	258	169	ap2005
2006	274,400	279,000	98.4%	140	36	176	1,559	12	43	226	171	ap2007
2013	273,900	276,000	99.2%	144	28	172	1,592	17	38	172	169	ap2014
2016	274,900	277,211	99.2%	133	34	167	1,646	20	45	170	169	ap2017
2019	273,700	277,000	98.8%	129	36	165	1,658	21	42	124	169	ap2020
2021	269,550	271,272	99.4%	128	18	146	1,846	23	22	100	173	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giovanni di Amigetus (Amichettis), O.S.M. †
Filippo dell’Antella † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1349 to 27 Feb 1357)
Guido da Baisio † (Bishop: 29 Feb 1332 to 21 Apr 1349)
Guido da Baisio † (Bishop: 1382 to 1384)
Bonaventura Antonio Maria Giuseppe Barberini, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 16 Sep 1740 to 15 Oct 1743)
Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini †
Pietro Boiardi † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1401 to 11 May 1430)
Adamo Borghini † (Priest: 1882; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jan 1909 to 4 Jun 1913)
Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1494 to 1 Aug 1503)
Giulio Boschi † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1900 to 7 Jan 1919)
Ruggero Bovelli † (Archbishop: 4 Oct 1929 to 9 Jun 1954)
Ireneo (Francesco) Brasavola, O.F.M. Obs. †
Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (Archbishop: 30 Jan 1843 to 11 Apr 1850)
Carlo Caffarra † (Archbishop: 8 Sep 1995 to 16 Dec 2003)
Giulio Canani †
Guido da Capello, O.P. † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1304 to 1332)
Ulderico Carpegna †
Ottobono del Carretto † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1304 to Mar 1304)
Carlo Cerri † (Bishop: 19 May 1670 to 14 May 1690)
Giacomo Corradi †
Marcello Crescenzi † (Archbishop: 22 Aug 1746 to 24 Aug 1768)
Girolamo Crispi † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1743 to 24 Jul 1746)
Raniero d’Elci † (Archbishop: 5 May 1738 to 15 Sep 1740)
Gabriel della Genga Sermattei † (Archbishop: 23 Jun 1834 to 13 Jan 1843)
Barthelemy della Rovere, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1474 to 1494)
Bl. Aldobrandino d’Este † (Bishop: 1377 to 30 Oct 1381)
Ippolito d’Este (I) † (Administrator: 8 Oct 1503 to 3 Sep 1520)
Luigi d’Este † (Bishop: 1 May 1550 to 8 Oct 1563)
Giovanni Battista Deti †
Giovanni Stefano Donghi † (Bishop: 26 Feb 1663 to 26 Nov 1669)
Marcello Durazzo † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 27 Nov 1690 to 27 Aug 1691)
Paolo Patricio Fava Ghisleri † (Archbishop: 24 Aug 1807 to 14 Aug 1822)
Filippo Filonardi † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1826 to 3 May 1834)
Filippo Fontana † (Bishop: 1239 to 1250)
Giovanni Fontana † (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Sep 1589; Bishop: 7 Aug 1590 to 5 Jul 1611)
Filippo Franceschi † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1976 to 7 Jan 1982)
Federico di Front e San Martino † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1289 to 16 May 1303)
Luigi Giordani † (Priest: 19 Sep 1846; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1871; Archbishop: 22 Jun 1877 to 21 Apr 1893)
Bernardino Giraud † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1773 to 14 Feb 1777)
Enrico Grazioli † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1895 to 30 Nov 1896)
Guglielmo (Ghilino) de Guillini (Ghilini) †
Francesco Legnamine (de Padua) † (Bishop: 8 Aug 1446 to 18 Apr 1460)
Giambattista Leni † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1611 to 3 Nov 1627)
Paolo Leoni † (Bishop: 17 Mar 1578 to 7 Aug 1590)
Annibale Lupi † (Priest: 20 Sep 1879 to 14 Jul 1906)
Francesco Maria Macchiavelli † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1638 to 22 Nov 1653)
Lorenzo Magalotti † (Bishop: 5 May 1628 to 19 Sep 1637)
Tommaso Marcapesci † (Bishop: 28 Mar 1384)
Alessandro Mattei † (Archbishop: 17 Feb 1777 to 2 Apr 1800)
Egidio (Giovanni) Mauri, O.P. † (Archbishop: 12 Jun 1893 to 13 Mar 1896)
Luigi Maverna † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1982 to 8 Sep 1995)
Natale Mosconi † (Archbishop: 5 Aug 1954 to 21 Apr 1976)
Luigi Negri † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 2012 to 15 Feb 2017)
Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1823 to 2 Jul 1826)
Antonio Pallotta †
Bl. Alberto Pandoni, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 1257 to 14 Aug 1274)
Francesco Panigarola (Panicarola), O.F.M. Obs. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1586 to 28 Sep 1587)
Fabrizio Paolucci † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 27 Jan 1698 to 14 Mar 1701)
Carlo Pio di Savoia † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1655 to 26 Feb 1663)
Giovanni Quirini † (Bishop: 17 Aug 1252)
Pietro Respighi † (Archbishop: 30 Nov 1896 to 19 Apr 1900)
Niccolò Roberti † (Bishop: 4 Feb 1393 to 24 Jan 1401)
Giovanni Rondinelli †
Alfonso Rossetti † (Bishop: 8 Oct 1563 to 25 Feb 1577)
Francesco Rossi † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1919 to 25 Jul 1929)
Lorenzo Roverella † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1460 to 1474)
Tommaso Ruffo † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 10 May 1717 to 26 Apr 1738)
Jacques Sacrati †
Giovanni Salviati † (Administrator: 12 Sep 1520 to 1 May 1550)
Domenico Tarugi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Jan 1696; Bishop: 12 Feb 1696 to 27 Dec 1696)
Giovanni Tavelli da Tossignano, Gesuati † (Bishop: 28 Oct 1431 to 24 Jul 1446)
Carlo Trotti †
Cesare Ugolini †
Luigi Vannicelli Casoni † (Archbishop: 20 May 1850 to 21 Apr 1877)
Taddeo Luigi dal Verme † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1701 to 12 Jan 1717)
Bernardo , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1357)
Guglielmo † (Bishop: 1274 to 1286)
Marcellin † (Bishop: 431 - )

Source(s)

Diocese of Ferrara
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 247, and Page 248
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 153
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 196
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 186
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 200, and Page 201
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 215
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 694, to Page 695
Archdiocese of Ferrara
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 12, Page 328
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 865, to Page 867
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 446, and Page 447
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 157, and Page 158
Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 707, to Page 710

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