Camerino-San Severino Marche-Matelica (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Francesco Massara, Archbishop
Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro, Archbishop Emeritus
Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Territory Added: September 2026
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fermo
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Conference Region: Marche
Official Web Site: https://www.arcidiocesicamerino.it
Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Macario Muzio 8, 62032 Camerino [Macerata], Italia
Telephone: 0737.63.04.00
Fax: 0737.63.14.20

Historical Details

Diocese of Camerino
- Latin Name: Camerinensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Camerino
- Latin Name: Camerinensis
- Elevated: 17 December 1787
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Country: Italy
- Square Kilometers: 1,230 (475 Square Miles)
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
- Latin Name: Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno
- United: 30 September 1986
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fermo
- Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
- Country: Italy
- Square Kilometers: 1,603 (619 Square Miles)
- Conference Region: Marche
- Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Macario Muzio 8, 62032 Camerino [Macerata], Italia
- Telephone: 0737.63.04.00
- Fax: 0737.63.14.20

Past and Present Ordinaries

Guglielmo † ( 1250 Appointed - 1259 Appointed, Bishop of Nepi)
Rambotto Vicomanni † (25 May 1285 Appointed - 1307 Died)
Bernardo Varano † (22 May 1310 Appointed - 1327 Died)
Francesco Monaldo † (20 Jun 1328 Appointed - 1353 Died)
Gioioso de Chiavelli † (10 Feb 1356 Appointed - 31 Jan 1360 Appointed, Bishop of Penne e Atri)
Marco Ardinghelli, O.P. † (31 Jan 1360 Appointed - 1373 Died)
Gioioso de Chiavelli † (9 Jan 1374 Appointed - 1378 Died)
Benedetto di Fabriano † (May 1378 Appointed - 1389 Died)
Nuccio Salimbeni † (29 Oct 1390 Appointed - 1406 Died)
Giovanni † ( 1407 Appointed - 1431 Died)
Pandolfo d’Alviano † (30 May 1431 Appointed - 1437 Died)
Alberto Alberti † (4 Mar 1437 Appointed - 3 Aug 1445 Died)
Battista Enrici † (27 Aug 1445 Appointed - 1448 Died)
Battista Malatesta † (26 Mar 1449 Appointed - 1461 Died)
Alessandro Oliva, O.E.S.A. † (16 Nov 1461 Appointed - 20 Aug 1463 Died)
Agapito Rustici Cenci † (22 Aug 1463 Appointed - 1464 Died)
Andrea Veroli † (8 Oct 1464 Appointed - 1478 Died)
Silvestro de Labbro, O. Cist. † (17 Sep 1479 Appointed - 1482 Died)
Fabrizio Varano † (13 Jun 1482 Appointed - 7 Mar 1508 Died)
Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) † ( 1508 Appointed - 11 Jun 1509 Appointed, Bishop of Padova {Padua})
Francesco della Rovere † (23 Feb 1508 Appointed - Jul 1509 Appointed, Bishop of Vicenza)
Anton Giacomo Bongiovanni † (27 Jun 1509 Appointed - 1535 Resigned)
Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † (5 Jul 1535 Appointed - 5 Mar 1537 Resigned)
Berardo Bongiovanni † (5 Mar 1537 Appointed - 12 Sep 1574 Died)
Alfonso María Binarini † (30 Aug 1574 Appointed - 26 Apr 1580 Died)
Gerolamo Vitale Bovio (de’ Buoi) † (4 May 1580 Appointed - 26 Jan 1596 Died)
Gentile Dolfino † (18 Dec 1596 Appointed - 4 Mar 1601 Died)
Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri † (14 May 1601 Appointed - 20 Feb 1606 Resigned)
Giovanni Severini † (20 Feb 1606 Appointed - 14 Mar 1622 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)
Cesare Gherardi † (2 May 1622 Appointed - 30 Sep 1623 Died)
Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) † (26 Feb 1624 Appointed - 27 Nov 1627 Resigned)
Emilio Bonaventura Altieri † (29 Nov 1627 Appointed - 7 Jun 1666 Resigned)
Giacomo Franzoni † (7 Jun 1666 Appointed - 23 Nov 1693 Resigned)
Francesco Juste Giusti † (23 Nov 1693 Appointed - 6 Apr 1702 Died)
Bernardino Belluzzi † (25 Sep 1702 Appointed - 15 Feb 1719 Died)
Cosimo Torelli † (15 May 1719 Appointed - 27 Aug 1736 Died)
Ippolito de Rossi † (26 Sep 1736 Appointed - 17 Jan 1746 Appointed, Bishop of Senigallia)
Francesco Vivani † (18 Apr 1746 Appointed - 30 Dec 1767 Died)
Luigi Amici † (20 Jun 1768 Appointed - 5 Jul 1795 Died)
Angelicus (Bartholomaeus) Benincasa, O.F.M. Cap. † (27 Jun 1796 Appointed - 17 May 1815 Died)
Nicola Mattei Baldini † (14 Apr 1817 Appointed - 27 Jan 1842 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone)
Gaetano Baluffi † (27 Jan 1842 Appointed - 21 Apr 1845 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Perge)
Stanislao Vincenzo Tomba, B. † (21 Apr 1845 Appointed - 5 Feb 1847 Died)
Felicissimo Salvini † (12 Apr 1847 Appointed - 23 Jan 1893 Died)
Celestino del Frate † (21 May 1894 Appointed - 26 Apr 1908 Died)
Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. † (29 Apr 1909 Appointed - 24 Oct 1918 Died)
Ettore Fronzi † (14 Dec 1918 Appointed - 1 Oct 1938 Resigned)
Umberto Malchiodi † (14 Nov 1938 Appointed - 18 Feb 1946 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Piacenza)
Giuseppe D’Avack † (18 Feb 1946 Appointed - 13 Feb 1964 Resigned)
Bruno Frattegiani † (14 Feb 1964 Appointed - 20 Apr 1989 Retired)
Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap. (2 Feb 1990 Appointed - 9 Jan 1993 Resigned)
Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † (23 Jul 1993 Appointed - 27 Nov 1996 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life)
Angelo Fagiani † (14 Apr 1997 Appointed - 3 Sep 2007 Resigned)
Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro (3 Sep 2007 Appointed - 27 Jul 2018 Retired)
Francesco Massara (27 Jul 2018 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Camerino
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Camerino (erected)
15 November 1728	Territory Lost	Diocese of Camerino	Diocese of Fabriano (erected)
Archdiocese of Camerino
17 December 1787	Elevated	Diocese of Camerino	Archdiocese of Camerino
19 March 1984	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Camerino (S. Stefano in Villa S. Stefano, Ss. Salvatore in Valcarecce, S. Michele Arcangelo in Castello, S. Giorgio in Castreccioni, S. Nicolò in Moscosi)	Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli
19 March 1984	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Camerino (S. Michele Arcangelo in Casamontanara, S. Donnino in S. Donnino, S. Michele Arcangelo in Rocchetta, S. Gregorio in Colleponi, S. Michele Arcangelo in Murazzano, and S. Pietro Apostolo in Scorzano)	Diocese of Fabriano e Matelica
19 March 1984	Territory Added	Diocese of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino (S. Maria Assunta in Sefro, S. Biagio Mart. from Sorti (in Sefro); S. Mauro Ab. in Copogna, S. Lorenzo Mart. from Dignano, S. Martino V. di Serravalle-Castello (in Serravalle); S. Maria della Spina in Poggio Sorifa, Ss. Martino e Carlo a Laverino (in Fiumi)	Archdiocese of Camerino
19 March 1984	Territory Added	Diocese of Norcia (S. Maria-Collegiate in Visso, Ss. Giovanni e Fortunato in Aschio, S. Pietro in Chiusita, S. Stefano in Croce, S. Maria e S. Salvatore in Cupi, S. Maria Assunta in Fematre, S. Lorenzo in Riofreddo, S. Maria in Mevale , S. Marco in Orvano, S. Andrea in...)	Archdiocese of Camerino
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
30 September 1986	United	Archdiocese of Camerino Diocese of San Severino	Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
September 2026	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche (San Lorenzo (in Avacelli di Arcevia), San Lorenzo in Mergo, and San Quirico, Santa Maria del Mercato, San Lorenzo in Castellaro, and San Pietro Apostolo in Sasso (all in Serra San Quirico))	Diocese of Fabriano
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche-Matelica
September 2026	Territory Added	Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Matelica)	Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche-Matelica

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 Camerino

1886 75,468 .0% 313 0 180 OTC

1950 77,600 78,000 99.5% 169 27 196 395 32 261 174 ap1951

1959 76,430 76,500 99.9% 159 29 188 406 35 267 147 ap1960

1970 51,471 51,471 100.0% 135 135 381 170 ap1971

1980 51,900 52,200 99.4% 116 22 138 376 1 26 146 173 ap1981

Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche

1990 60,000 60,200 99.7% 135 40 175 342 51 200 95 ap1991

1999 54,456 57,250 95.1% 126 30 156 349 1 33 150 95 ap2000

2000 54,484 57,280 95.1% 124 30 154 353 1 33 150 95 ap2001

2001 54,484 57,250 95.2% 119 25 144 378 1 28 150 95 ap2002

2002 57,000 57,250 99.6% 98 23 121 471 1 26 150 95 ap2003

2003 57,000 57,500 99.1% 100 27 127 448 1 30 128 95 ap2004

2004 57,200 57,260 99.9% 108 20 128 446 23 120 95 ap2005

2006 57,250 59,738 95.8% 92 34 126 454 1 48 180 95 ap2007

2013 56,000 59,000 94.9% 66 25 91 615 2 38 146 95 ap2014

2016 55,000 58,500 94.0% 69 25 94 585 3 34 143 95 ap2017

2019 54,420 57,415 94.8% 55 24 79 688 3 27 121 95 ap2020

2021 54,190 57,185 94.8% 47 23 70 774 5 28 72 95 ap2022

2023 54,000 57,000 94.7% 43 15 58 931 6 21 76 95 ap2024

Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche-Matelica

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 Camerino
1886		75,468	.0%			313	0				180	OTC
1950	77,600	78,000	99.5%	169	27	196	395		32	261	174	ap1951
1959	76,430	76,500	99.9%	159	29	188	406		35	267	147	ap1960
1970	51,471	51,471	100.0%	135		135	381				170	ap1971
1980	51,900	52,200	99.4%	116	22	138	376	1	26	146	173	ap1981
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
1990	60,000	60,200	99.7%	135	40	175	342		51	200	95	ap1991
1999	54,456	57,250	95.1%	126	30	156	349	1	33	150	95	ap2000
2000	54,484	57,280	95.1%	124	30	154	353	1	33	150	95	ap2001
2001	54,484	57,250	95.2%	119	25	144	378	1	28	150	95	ap2002
2002	57,000	57,250	99.6%	98	23	121	471	1	26	150	95	ap2003
2003	57,000	57,500	99.1%	100	27	127	448	1	30	128	95	ap2004
2004	57,200	57,260	99.9%	108	20	128	446		23	120	95	ap2005
2006	57,250	59,738	95.8%	92	34	126	454	1	48	180	95	ap2007
2013	56,000	59,000	94.9%	66	25	91	615	2	38	146	95	ap2014
2016	55,000	58,500	94.0%	69	25	94	585	3	34	143	95	ap2017
2019	54,420	57,415	94.8%	55	24	79	688	3	27	121	95	ap2020
2021	54,190	57,185	94.8%	47	23	70	774	5	28	72	95	ap2022
2023	54,000	57,000	94.7%	43	15	58	931	6	21	76	95	ap2024
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche-Matelica

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

Affiliated People, Deceased

Alberto Alberti † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1437 to 3 Aug 1445)
Emilio Bonaventura Altieri † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1627 to 7 Jun 1666)
Giovanni Battista Altieri (Sr.) † (Bishop: 26 Feb 1624 to 27 Nov 1627)
Pandolfo d’Alviano † (Bishop: 30 May 1431 to 1437)
Luigi Amici † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1768; Archbishop: 17 Dec 1787 to 5 Jul 1795)
Marco Ardinghelli, O.P. † (Bishop: 31 Jan 1360 to 1373)
Ottavio Avio †
Gaetano Baluffi † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1842 to 21 Apr 1845)
Bernardino Belluzzi † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1702 to 15 Feb 1719)
Angelicus (Bartholomaeus) Benincasa, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1796 to 17 May 1815)
Alfonso María Binarini † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1574 to 26 Apr 1580)
Anton Giacomo Bongiovanni † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1509 to 1535)
Berardo Bongiovanni † (Bishop: 5 Mar 1537 to 12 Sep 1574)
Gerolamo Vitale Bovio (de’ Buoi) † (Bishop: 4 May 1580 to 26 Jan 1596)
Mariano Brasca Bartocci †
Osvaldo Casali † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jul 1892 to 1907)
Gioioso de Chiavelli † (Bishop: 10 Feb 1356 to 31 Jan 1360)
Nicola Cola † (Priest: 11 Jun 1892 to 15 Apr 1910)
Giovanni Domenico de Cupis † (Administrator: 5 Jul 1535 to 5 Mar 1537)
Giuseppe D’Avack † (Archbishop: 18 Feb 1946 to 13 Feb 1964)
Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri † (Bishop: 14 May 1601 to 20 Feb 1606)
Celestino del Frate † (Archbishop: 21 May 1894 to 26 Apr 1908)
Francesco della Rovere † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1508 to Jul 1509)
Gentile Dolfino † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1596 to 4 Mar 1601)
Battista Enrici † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1445 to 1448)
Benedetto di Fabriano † (Bishop: May 1378 to 1389)
Angelo Fagiani † (Archbishop: 14 Apr 1997 to 3 Sep 2007)
Giacomo Franzoni † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1666 to 23 Nov 1693)
Bruno Frattegiani † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1964 to 20 Apr 1989)
Ettore Fronzi † (Archbishop: 14 Dec 1918 to 1 Oct 1938)
Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) † (Bishop: 1508 to 11 Jun 1509)
Cesare Gherardi † (Bishop: 2 May 1622 to 30 Sep 1623)
Giovanni Battista Giberti †
Antonio Giordani †
Francesco Juste Giusti † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1693 to 6 Apr 1702)
Silvestro de Labbro, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1479 to 1482)
Battista Malatesta † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1449 to 1461)
Umberto Malchiodi † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1938 to 18 Feb 1946)
Nicola Mattei Baldini † (Archbishop: 14 Apr 1817 to 27 Jan 1842)
Edoardo Menichelli † (Priest: 30 Sep 1986 to 10 Jun 1994)
Francesco Monaldo † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1328 to 1353)
Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. † (Archbishop: 29 Apr 1909 to 24 Oct 1918)
Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti, C.P. † (Archbishop: 23 Jul 1993 to 27 Nov 1996)
Alessandro Oliva, O.E.S.A. † (Administrator: 16 Nov 1461 to 20 Aug 1463)
Mariano Elvezio Pagliari †
Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta †
Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta †
Mariano Pierbenedetti †
Angelo Maria Porfiri (Porfirius) †
Settimio Quadraroli † (Priest: 16 Oct 1895 to 26 Aug 1921)
Luca Rodolfucci de Gentili †
Ippolito de Rossi † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1736 to 17 Jan 1746)
Agapito Rustici Cenci † (Bishop: 22 Aug 1463 to 1464)
Nuccio Salimbeni † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1390 to 1406)
Felicissimo Salvini † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1847 to 23 Jan 1893)
Achille Salvucci † (Priest: 16 Mar 1907 to 17 Oct 1935)
Federico Sargolini † (Priest: 9 Nov 1913; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1963 to 1965)
Vincenzo Serarcangeli †
Giovanni Severini † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1606 to 14 Mar 1622)
Francesco Ansaldo Teloni †
Stanislao Vincenzo Tomba, B. † (Archbishop: 21 Apr 1845 to 5 Feb 1847)
Cosimo Torelli † (Bishop: 15 May 1719 to 27 Aug 1736)
Bernardo Varano † (Bishop: 22 May 1310 to 1327)
Fabrizio Varano † (Bishop: 13 Jun 1482 to 7 Mar 1508)
Andrea Veroli † (Bishop: 8 Oct 1464 to 1478)
Rambotto Vicomanni † (Bishop: 25 May 1285 to 1307)
Francesco Vivani † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1746 to 30 Dec 1767)
Giovanni † (Bishop: 1407 to 1431)
Guglielmo † (Bishop: 1250 to 1259)

Source(s)

Diocese of Camerino
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 161
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 116
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 149
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 131
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 139
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 143
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiæ Catholicæ, Volume 1, Page 679, to Page 680
Archdiocese of Camerino
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 76, Page 910, to Page 913
Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 79, Page 676, to Page 679

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