Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia

Historical Details

• Diocese of Macerata
  • Latin Name: Maceratensis
  • Erected: 18 November 1320
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino
  • Latin Name: Maceratensis et Tolentinus
  • United: 10 December 1586
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fermo
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Girolamo Basso Della Rovere † (5 Oct 1476 Appointed - 1 Sep 1507 Died)
• Teseo de Cupis † (20 Oct 1507 Appointed - 1528 Died)
• Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † ( 1528 Appointed - 29 Jan 1535 Resigned)
• Giovanni Leclerc † (29 Jan 1535 Appointed - 1545 Died)
• Filippo Riccabella † (27 Jan 1546 Appointed - 6 Mar 1553 Appointed, Bishop of Recanati)
• Gerolamo Melchiori † (6 Mar 1553 Appointed - 1573 Resigned)
• Galeazzo Moroni † (10 Jun 1573 Appointed - 1 Sep 1613 Died)
• Felice Centini, O.F.M. Conv. † (23 Sep 1613 Appointed - 24 Jan 1641 Died)
• Papirio Silvestri † (14 Jul 1642 Appointed - Feb 1659 Died)
• Francesco Cini † (15 Nov 1660 Appointed - May 1684 Died)
• Fabrizio Paolucci † (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - 27 Jan 1698 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ferrara)
• Alessandro Carlo Gaetano Varano † (21 Jul 1698 Appointed - 20 Oct 1735 Died)
• Ignazio Stelluti † (2 Dec 1735 Appointed - 5 May 1756 Died)
• Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. † (20 Sep 1756 Appointed - 11 Jan 1777 Died)
• Domenico Spinucci † (12 May 1777 Appointed - 27 Jun 1796 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
• Alessandro Alessandretti † (27 Jun 1796 Appointed - 6 Dec 1800 Resigned)
• St. Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P. † (20 Jul 1801 Appointed - 11 Nov 1823 Resigned)
• Francesco Ansaldo Teloni † (24 May 1824 Appointed - 31 Jan 1846 Died)
• Luigi Clementi † (21 Sep 1846 Appointed - 8 Aug 1851 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Damascus)
• Amadio Zangari † (5 Sep 1851 Appointed - 31 May 1864 Died)
• Gaetano Franceschini † (27 Mar 1867 Appointed - 31 May 1881 Died)
• Sebastiano Galeati † (4 Aug 1881 Appointed - 23 May 1887 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
• Roberto Papiri (Pageri) † (25 Nov 1887 Appointed - 29 Nov 1895 Appointed, Archbishop of Fermo)
• Giovanni Battista Ricci † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 9 Jun 1902 Appointed, Bishop of Jesi)
• Raniero Sarnari † (9 Jun 1902 Appointed - 25 Jan 1916 Died)
• Romolo Molaroni † (30 Sep 1916 Appointed - 14 Aug 1919 Died)
• Domenico Pasi † (15 Dec 1919 Appointed - 20 Sep 1923 Died)
• Luigi Ferretti † (24 Mar 1924 Appointed - 26 Nov 1934 Died)
• Domenico Argnani † (15 Jun 1935 Appointed - 1 Oct 1947 Died)
• Silvio Cassulo † (28 Apr 1948 Appointed - 27 Nov 1968 Died)
• Ersilio Tonini † (28 Apr 1969 Appointed - 22 Nov 1975 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia)
• Francesco Tarcisio Carboni † (11 Feb 1976 Appointed - 20 Nov 1995 Died)
• Luigi Conti (28 Jun 1996 Appointed - 13 Apr 2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Fermo)
• Claudio Giuliodori (22 Feb 2007 Appointed - 26 Feb 2013 Resigned)

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 Macerata e Tolentino
1950	40,000	40,000	100.0%	67	29	96	416		29	162	17	ap1951
1970	68,465	68,547	99.9%	88	71	159	430		84	197	36	ap1971
1980	52,010	52,412	99.2%	59	55	114	456		65	168	25	ap1981
Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia
1990	132,381	133,323	99.3%	128	117	245	540	1	137	247	67	ap1991
1999	134,800	137,258	98.2%	116	102	218	618	4	134	201	67	ap2000
2000	133,290	136,030	98.0%	121	100	221	603	4	116	194	67	ap2001
2001	134,750	138,200	97.5%	119	99	218	618	4	116	198	67	ap2002
2002	128,600	132,300	97.2%	115	99	214	600	4	117	159	67	ap2003
2003	134,556	138,478	97.2%	119	99	218	617	5	129	150	67	ap2004
2004	134,412	138,940	96.7%	121	82	203	662	5	103	145	67	ap2005

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Luigi Conti (Bishop: 28 Jun 1996 to 13 Apr 2006)
• Claudio Giuliodori (Bishop: 22 Feb 2007 to 26 Feb 2013)
• Giancarlo Vecerrica (Priest: 22 May 1965 to 30 Dec 2002)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Alessandro Alessandretti † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1796 to 6 Dec 1800)
• Domenico Argnani † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1935 to 1 Oct 1947)
• Girolamo Basso Della Rovere † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1476 to 1 Sep 1507)
• Francesco Tarcisio Carboni † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1976 to 20 Nov 1995)
• Silvio Cassulo † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1948 to 27 Nov 1968)
• Vittorio Cecchi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1973 to 12 Jan 1991)
• Felice Centini, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1613 to 24 Jan 1641)
• Fernando Cento † (Priest: 23 Dec 1905 to 22 Jul 1922)
• Francesco Cini † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1660 to May 1684)
• Luigi Clementi † (Bishop: 21 Sep 1846 to 8 Aug 1851)
• Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † (Administrator: 1528 to 29 Jan 1535)
• Teseo de Cupis † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1507 to 1528)
• Augusto Curi † (Apostolic Administrator: 26 Aug 1919 to 15 Dec 1919)
• Luigi Ferretti † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1924 to 26 Nov 1934)
• Gaetano Franceschini † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1867 to 31 May 1881)
• Sebastiano Galeati † (Bishop: 4 Aug 1881 to 23 May 1887)
• Giovanni Leclerc † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1535 to 1545)
• Gerolamo Melchiori † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1553 to 1573)
• Romolo Molaroni † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1916 to 14 Aug 1919)
• Galeazzo Moroni † (Bishop: 10 Jun 1573 to 1 Sep 1613)
• Umberto Mozzoni † (Priest: 14 Aug 1927 to 13 Nov 1954)
• Fabrizio Paolucci † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1685 to 27 Jan 1698)
• Roberto Papiri (Pageri) † (Bishop: 25 Nov 1887 to 29 Nov 1895)
• Domenico Pasi † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1919 to 20 Sep 1923)
• Carlo Augusto Peruzzini, B. † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1756 to 11 Jan 1777)
• Filippo Riccabella † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1546 to 6 Mar 1553)
• Giovanni Battista Ricci † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1895 to 9 Jun 1902)
• Raniero Sarnari † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 25 Jan 1916)
• Papirio Silvestri † (Bishop: 14 Jul 1642 to Feb 1659)
• Domenico Spinucci † (Bishop: 12 May 1777 to 27 Jun 1796)
• Ignazio Stelluti † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1735 to 5 May 1756)
• St. Vincenzo Maria Strambi, C.P. † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1801 to 11 Nov 1823)
• Francesco Ansaldo Teloni † (Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 31 Jan 1846)
• Ersilio Tonini † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1969 to 22 Nov 1975)
• Alessandro Carlo Gaetano Varano † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1698 to 20 Oct 1735)
• Amadio Zangari † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1851 to 31 May 1864)