Albenga-Imperia (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Guglielmo Borghetti, Bishop
Mario Oliveri, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Name Changed: 1 December 1973
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 939 (362 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Liguria
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesidialbengaimperia.it/
Mailing Address: Via Episcopio 5, 17031 Albenga [Savona], Italia
Telephone: 0182.57.931
Fax: 0182.51.440

Historical Details

Diocese of Albenga
- Latin Name: Albinganensis
- Erected: 5th Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Sinibaldo Fieschi † ( 1225 Appointed - 1226 Resigned)
Lanfranco di Negro, O.F.M. † (17 Feb 1255 Appointed - 1288 Died)
Nicolò Vaschino, O.F.M. † (28 Jan 1292 Appointed - )
Emanuele Spinola † (13 May 1309 Appointed - 1318 Appointed, Bishop of Bitetto)
Jean , O.F.M. † (18 Jul 1321 Appointed - )
Federico Cibo † (28 Nov 1328 Appointed - 4 Dec 1329 Ceased)
Federico di Ceva † (4 Dec 1329 Appointed - 1349 Died)
Giovanni di Ceva † (18 Feb 1350 Appointed - 13 Sep 1364 Appointed, Bishop of Tortona)
Giovanni Fieschi † (13 Sep 1364 Appointed - 1389 Died)
Gilberto Fieschi † ( 1390 Appointed - 1415 Died)
Antonio da Ponte † (10 Jul 1419 Appointed - )
Matteo del Carretto † (2 Dec 1429 Appointed - 1448 Died)
Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) † (31 Jul 1448 Appointed - 21 Dec 1459 Resigned)
Napoleone Fieschi (de Flisco) † (21 Dec 1459 Appointed - 1466 Died)
Valeriano Calderina † (5 Nov 1466 Appointed - Jan 1472 Died)
Girolamo Basso Della Rovere † (14 Feb 1472 Appointed - 5 Oct 1476 Appointed, Bishop of Recanati)
Leonardo Marchesi † (5 Oct 1476 Appointed - 31 Jul 1513 Died)
Bandinello Sauli † (5 Aug 1513 Appointed - 19 Nov 1517 Resigned)
Giulio de’ Medici † (19 Nov 1517 Appointed - 5 May 1518 Resigned)
Giangiacomo di Gambarana † (5 May 1518 Appointed - 1538 Died)
Girolamo Grimaldi † (15 Nov 1538 Appointed - 27 Nov 1543 Died)
Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) † (5 Dec 1543 Appointed - 30 Mar 1554 Appointed, Administrator of Mariana)
Carlo Cicala (Cicada) † (30 Mar 1554 Appointed - 1572 Resigned)
Carlo Grimaldi † (26 Nov 1572 Appointed - 11 Oct 1581 Died)
Orazio Malaspina † (8 Jan 1582 Appointed - Feb 1582 Died)
Luca Fieschi † (28 Mar 1582 Appointed - 1610 Died)
Domenico de’ Marini † (11 Apr 1611 Appointed - 18 Jul 1616 Appointed, Archbishop of Genova)
Vincenzo Landinelli † (3 Aug 1616 Appointed - 1624 Resigned)
Pietro Francesco Costa † (29 Apr 1624 Appointed - 14 Mar 1655 Died)
Francesco de’ Marini † (2 Aug 1655 Appointed - 29 Mar 1666 Appointed, Bishop of Molfetta)
Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R. † (29 Mar 1666 Appointed - Jun 1688 Died)
Alberto Sebastiano Botti (Blotto), O. Carm. † (24 Jan 1689 Appointed - Dec 1690 Died)
Giorgio Spínola † (12 Nov 1691 Appointed - Sep 1714 Died)
Carlo Maria Giuseppe Fornari † (20 Feb 1715 Appointed - 16 Nov 1730 Resigned)
Agostino Rivarola † (11 Dec 1730 Appointed - 31 Dec 1745 Died)
Costantino Serra, C.R.S. † (9 Mar 1746 Appointed - 21 Dec 1763 Died)
Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre † (11 May 1764 Appointed - 9 Feb 1779 Died)
Stefano Giustiniani † (12 Jul 1779 Appointed - 29 Mar 1791 Died)
Paolo Maggiolo † (26 Sep 1791 Appointed - 7 Aug 1802 Died)
Angelo Vincenzo Andrea Maria Dania, O.P. † (20 Dec 1802 Appointed - 6 Sep 1818 Died)
Carmelo Cordiviola † (2 Oct 1820 Confirmed - 29 Aug 1827 Died)
Vincenzo-Tommaso Pirattoni, O.P. † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 25 Oct 1839 Died)
Raffaele Biale † (27 Apr 1840 Confirmed - 12 Apr 1870 Died)
Pietro Anacleto Siboni † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 23 Jun 1877 Died)
Gaetano Alimonda † (21 Sep 1877 Appointed - 12 May 1879 Resigned)
Filippo Allegro † (12 May 1879 Appointed - 2 Dec 1910 Died)
Giosuè Cattarossi † (11 Apr 1911 Appointed - 21 Nov 1913 Appointed, Bishop of Belluno e Feltre)
Pacifico Celso Carletti, O.F.M. Cap. † (8 Sep 1914 Appointed - 23 Oct 1914 Died)
Angelo Cambiaso † (22 Jan 1915 Appointed - 6 Jan 1946 Died)
Raffaele De Giuli † (18 Feb 1946 Appointed - 18 Apr 1963 Died)
Gilberto Baroni † (30 May 1963 Appointed - 27 Mar 1965 Appointed, Bishop of Reggio Emilia)
Alessandro Piazza † (18 May 1965 Appointed - 6 Oct 1990 Retired)
Mario Oliveri (6 Oct 1990 Appointed - 1 Sep 2016 Resigned)
Guglielmo Borghetti (1 Sep 2016 Succeeded - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Albenga
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Albenga (erected)
2 February 1965	Territory Added	Diocese of Mondovi (Saint John the Baptist in Nasino)	Diocese of Albenga
Diocese of Albenga-Imperia
1 December 1973	Name Changed	Diocese of Albenga	Diocese of Albenga-Imperia

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 Albenga

1821 129,797 .0% OTC

1835 158 OTC

1886 98,594 .0% 493 0 167 OTC

1959 117,280 117,500 99.8% 226 102 328 357 140 935 169 ap1960

1969 148,584 148,770 99.9% 182 86 268 554 94 895 136 ap1971

Diocese of Albenga-Imperia

1980 165,500 165,792 99.8% 168 84 252 656 1 111 786 192 ap1981

1990 164,700 165,300 99.6% 140 76 216 762 2 98 703 164 ap1991

1999 162,000 164,000 98.8% 129 68 197 822 12 84 481 162 ap2000

2000 162,000 164,000 98.8% 130 64 194 835 14 80 470 162 ap2001

2001 162,000 164,000 98.8% 131 61 192 843 16 77 470 162 ap2002

2002 162,000 164,000 98.8% 136 59 195 830 16 75 468 162 ap2003

2003 162,000 164,000 98.8% 128 54 182 890 16 72 464 162 ap2004

2004 162,000 164,000 98.8% 134 58 192 843 17 74 403 162 ap2005

2006 163,000 165,000 98.8% 139 57 196 831 17 73 443 163 ap2007

2012 158,000 168,200 93.9% 129 47 176 897 22 61 331 162 ap2013

2015 158,400 171,500 92.4% 135 47 182 870 21 59 316 162 ap2016

2018 162,600 176,000 92.4% 134 39 173 939 23 48 233 162 ap2019

2020 157,000 176,000 89.2% 126 39 165 951 22 45 230 162 ap2021

2022 153,000 172,000 89.0% 115 31 146 1,047 20 40 199 161 ap2023

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 Albenga
1821		129,797	.0%									OTC
1835											158	OTC
1886		98,594	.0%			493	0				167	OTC
1959	117,280	117,500	99.8%	226	102	328	357		140	935	169	ap1960
1969	148,584	148,770	99.9%	182	86	268	554		94	895	136	ap1971
Diocese of Albenga-Imperia
1980	165,500	165,792	99.8%	168	84	252	656	1	111	786	192	ap1981
1990	164,700	165,300	99.6%	140	76	216	762	2	98	703	164	ap1991
1999	162,000	164,000	98.8%	129	68	197	822	12	84	481	162	ap2000
2000	162,000	164,000	98.8%	130	64	194	835	14	80	470	162	ap2001
2001	162,000	164,000	98.8%	131	61	192	843	16	77	470	162	ap2002
2002	162,000	164,000	98.8%	136	59	195	830	16	75	468	162	ap2003
2003	162,000	164,000	98.8%	128	54	182	890	16	72	464	162	ap2004
2004	162,000	164,000	98.8%	134	58	192	843	17	74	403	162	ap2005
2006	163,000	165,000	98.8%	139	57	196	831	17	73	443	163	ap2007
2012	158,000	168,200	93.9%	129	47	176	897	22	61	331	162	ap2013
2015	158,400	171,500	92.4%	135	47	182	870	21	59	316	162	ap2016
2018	162,600	176,000	92.4%	134	39	173	939	23	48	233	162	ap2019
2020	157,000	176,000	89.2%	126	39	165	951	22	45	230	162	ap2021
2022	153,000	172,000	89.0%	115	31	146	1,047	20	40	199	161	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Gaetano Alimonda † (Bishop: 21 Sep 1877 to 12 May 1879)
Filippo Allegro † (Priest: 20 Sep 1851; Bishop: 12 May 1879 to 2 Dec 1910)
Luciano Angeloni † (Priest: 18 Aug 1940 to 24 Dec 1970)
Antonio Maria Arduini, O.F.M. Conv. †
Giovanni Battista de Asti, O.S.A. †
Gilberto Baroni † (Bishop: 30 May 1963 to 27 Mar 1965)
Girolamo Basso Della Rovere † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1472 to 5 Oct 1476)
Giovanni Battista Antonio Bartolomeo Marcellino Berardi, O.C.D. †
Raffaele Biale † (Bishop: 27 Apr 1840 to 12 Apr 1870)
Alberto Sebastiano Botti (Blotto), O. Carm. † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1689 to Dec 1690)
Vincenzo Bracco †
Valeriano Calderina † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1466 to Jan 1472)
Angelo Cambiaso † (Bishop: 22 Jan 1915 to 6 Jan 1946)
Pacifico Celso Carletti, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 8 Sep 1914 to 23 Oct 1914)
Matteo del Carretto † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1429 to 1448)
Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †
Giosuè Cattarossi † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1911 to 21 Nov 1913)
Federico di Ceva † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1329 to 1349)
Giovanni di Ceva † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1350 to 13 Sep 1364)
Federico Cibo † (Administrator: 28 Nov 1328 to 4 Dec 1329)
Carlo Cicala (Cicada) † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1554 to 1572)
Giovanni Battista Cicala (Cicada) † (Administrator: 5 Dec 1543 to 30 Mar 1554)
Carmelo Cordiviola † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1820 to 29 Aug 1827)
Pietro Francesco Costa † (Bishop: 29 Apr 1624 to 14 Mar 1655)
Girolamo Curlo †
Angelo Vincenzo Andrea Maria Dania, O.P. † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1802 to 6 Sep 1818)
Raffaele De Giuli † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1946 to 18 Apr 1963)
Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre † (Bishop: 11 May 1764 to 9 Feb 1779)
Francesco de’ Marini † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1655 to 29 Mar 1666)
Giulio de’ Medici † (Administrator: 19 Nov 1517 to 5 May 1518)
Giacinto Maria Giuseppe de Ferrari, O.P. †
Gilberto Fieschi † (Bishop: 1390 to 1415)
Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) † (Administrator: 31 Jul 1448 to 21 Dec 1459)
Giovanni Fieschi † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1364 to 1389)
Luca Fieschi † (Bishop: 28 Mar 1582 to 1610)
Napoleone Fieschi (de Flisco) † (Bishop: 21 Dec 1459 to 1466)
Sinibaldo Fieschi † (Bishop: 1225 to 1226)
Carlo Maria Giuseppe Fornari † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1715 to 16 Nov 1730)
Giangiacomo di Gambarana † (Bishop: 5 May 1518 to 1538)
Marco Giacinto Gandolfo †
Stefano Giustiniani † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1779 to 29 Mar 1791)
Carlo Grimaldi † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1572 to 11 Oct 1581)
Girolamo Grimaldi † (Administrator: 15 Nov 1538 to 27 Nov 1543)
Vincenzo Landinelli † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1616 to 1624)
Nicolò Maria Lercari †
Nicolò Leopoldo Lomellini †
Paolo Maggiolo † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1791 to 7 Aug 1802)
Orazio Malaspina † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1582 to Feb 1582)
Leonardo Marchesi † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1476 to 31 Jul 1513)
Domenico de’ Marini † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1611 to 18 Jul 1616)
Lanfranco di Negro, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1255 to 1288)
Alessandro Piazza † (Bishop: 18 May 1965 to 6 Oct 1990)
Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R. † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1666 to Jun 1688)
Vincenzo-Tommaso Pirattoni, O.P. † (Bishop: 24 Feb 1832 to 25 Oct 1839)
Antonio da Ponte † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1419)
Agostino Rivarola † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1730 to 31 Dec 1745)
Giacinto Rossi, O.P. †
Bandinello Sauli † (Administrator: 5 Aug 1513 to 19 Nov 1517)
Costantino Serra, C.R.S. † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1746 to 21 Dec 1763)
Pietro Anacleto Siboni † (Priest: 5 Oct 1834; Bishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 23 Jun 1877)
Emanuele Spinola † (Bishop: 13 May 1309 to 1318)
Giorgio Spínola † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1691 to Sep 1714)
Marco Antonio Tomati †
Leonardo Truchi (Trucco) †
Emanuele Valerga, O.C.D. †
Nicolò Vaschino, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1292)
Jean , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1321 - )

Source(s)

Diocese of Albenga
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 81, and Page 82
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 84
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 101, and Page 102
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 75, and Page 76
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 75
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 73, and Page 74
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 66
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 86
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 44
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 810, to Page 811
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 610, and Page 611
Diocese of Albenga-Imperia
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 66, Page 27, and Page 28

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