Faenza-Modigliana (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Giacomo † ( 1118 Appointed - 1130 Died)
Ubaldo † ( 1208 Appointed - 21 Dec 1208 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
Orlando † (10 Aug 1210 Appointed - 21 Aug 1221 Died)
Alberto da Modena † (10 Nov 1221 Appointed - 1239 Died)
Gualtiero Poggi, O.S.A. † ( 1251 Appointed - 1257 Died)
Giacomo Petrella † ( 1258 Appointed - 27 Dec 1273 Died)
Teodorico , O.P. † (1 Mar 1274 Appointed - 1281 Died)
Viviano † (25 Jan 1282 Appointed - 7 Aug 1287 Died)
Lottieri della Tosa † (18 Aug 1287 Appointed - 14 Feb 1303 Appointed, Bishop of Firenze)
Mathias Eschini, O.E.S.A. † (20 Jan 1302 Appointed - May 1311 Died)
Ugolino , O.F.M. Conv. † (21 Jun 1311 Appointed - 1336 Died)
Givoanni Brusato, O.S.Marc. † (22 Oct 1336 Ordained Bishop - 1342 Died)
Etienne Bénier † (24 Jan 1343 Appointed - 1378 Died)
Francesco Uguccione † ( 1378 Appointed - 1383 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
Angelo Ricasoli † (9 Feb 1387 Appointed - 5 Aug 1391 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
Orso da Gubbio, O.S.B. † (12 Jul 1391 Appointed - 1402 Appointed, Bishop of Bosa)
Niccolò Ubertini † (26 Jun 1402 Appointed - 15 Jun 1406 Resigned)
Pietro da Pago, O.F.M. † (10 Jul 1406 Appointed - 19 Oct 1411 Appointed, Archbishop of Split (Spalato))
Silvestro della Casa † (4 Jun 1412 Appointed - 1428 Died)
Giovanni da Faenza, O.F.M. Conv. † (5 Nov 1428 Appointed - 1438 Died)
Francesco Zanelli, O.S.M. † (6 Dec 1438 Appointed - 1454 Died)
Giovanni del Terma, O.S.M. † (18 Jul 1455 Appointed - 20 Dec 1457 Died)
Alessandro Stampetti † (23 Feb 1458 Confirmed - Feb 1463 Died)
Bartolomeo Gandolfi † (10 Apr 1463 Appointed - 4 Jul 1471 Died)
Federico de Manfredi † (4 Sep 1471 Appointed - 28 Sep 1478 Died)
Battista de' Canonici, O.S.B. † (5 Oct 1478 Appointed - 5 Apr 1510 Died)
Giacomo Pasi † (8 Apr 1510 Appointed - 19 Jul 1528 Died)
Pietro Andrea Gambari † (7 Aug 1528 Appointed - Sep 1528 Died)
Rodolfo Pio † (13 Nov 1528 Appointed - 10 Oct 1544 Appointed, Administrator of Agrigento (Girgenti))
Teodoro Pio † (10 Oct 1544 Appointed - Nov 1561 Died)
Giovanni Battista Sighicelli † (18 Mar 1562 Appointed - 12 Jul 1575 Died)
Annibale Grassi † (23 Jul 1575 Appointed - 1585 Resigned)
Gian Antonio Grassi † (18 Mar 1585 Appointed - 30 Jul 1602 Died)
Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini † (16 Apr 1603 Appointed - 16 Jul 1605 Died)
Erminio Valenti † (3 Aug 1605 Appointed - 22 Aug 1618 Died)
Giulio Monterenzi † (1 Oct 1618 Appointed - 23 May 1623 Died)
Marco Antonio Gozzadini † (7 Jun 1623 Appointed - 1 Sep 1623 Died)
Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † (2 Oct 1623 Appointed - 4 May 1643 Resigned)
Carlo Rossetti † (4 May 1643 Appointed - 23 Nov 1681 Died)
Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † (12 Jan 1682 Appointed - 30 Sep 1686 Appointed, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples})
Gianfrancesco Negroni † (7 Jul 1687 Appointed - 11 Nov 1697 Resigned)
Marcello Durazzo † (11 Nov 1697 Appointed - 27 Apr 1710 Died)
Giulio Piazza † (21 Jul 1710 Appointed - 23 Apr 1726 Died)
Tommaso Cervioni, O.E.S.A. † (3 Jun 1726 Appointed - 7 Feb 1729 Appointed, Archbishop of Lucca)
Niccolò Maria Lomellini, C.R.S. † (7 Feb 1729 Appointed - 30 Oct 1742 Died)
Antonio Cantoni † (17 Dec 1742 Appointed - 28 Sep 1767 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi † (28 Sep 1767 Appointed - 28 Jan 1787 Died)
Domenico Mancinforte † (23 Apr 1787 Appointed - 20 Feb 1805 Died)
Stefano Bonsignore † (18 Sep 1807 Appointed - 23 Dec 1826 Died)
Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) † (21 May 1827 Appointed - 2 Jul 1832 Resigned)
Giovanni-Benedetto Folicaldi † (2 Jul 1832 Appointed - 28 May 1867 Died)
Angelo Pianori, O.F.M. Obs. † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 12 Apr 1884 Died)
Gioachino Cantagalli † (10 Nov 1884 Appointed - 13 Aug 1912 Died)
Vincenzo Bacchi † (2 Dec 1912 Appointed - 23 Jan 1924 Died)
Ruggero Bovelli † (24 Mar 1924 Appointed - 4 Oct 1929 Appointed, Archbishop of Ferrara)
Antonio Scarante † (30 Jun 1930 Appointed - 17 Dec 1944 Died)
Giuseppe Battaglia † (17 Dec 1944 Succeeded - 31 Aug 1976 Retired)
Marino Bergonzini † (31 Aug 1976 Succeeded - 6 Aug 1982 Retired)
Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi † (6 Aug 1982 Appointed - 16 May 1996 Died)
Benvenuto Italo Castellani (19 Apr 1997 Appointed - 31 May 2003 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca)
Claudio Stagni (26 Apr 2004 Appointed - 19 Jan 2015 Retired)
Mario Toso, S.D.B. (19 Jan 2015 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Faenza
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Faenza (erected)
7 July 1850	Territory Lost	Diocese of Faenza	Diocese of Modigliana (erected)
16 November 1940	Territory Added	Diocese of Imola (S. Petronius in Castelbolognese)	Diocese of Faenza
16 November 1940	Territory Lost	Diocese of Faenza (Bianeanigo)	Diocese of Imola
7 October 1972	Territory Added	Diocese of Modigliana (San Giacomo in Converselle and Santa Maria in Ciola or Zola (in Brisighella))	Diocese of Faenza
Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Faenza Diocese of Modigliana	Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana

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 Faenza

1886 93,977 .0% 384 0 114 OTC

1950 124,000 125,000 99.2% 231 49 280 442 69 448 118 ap1951

1970 127,000 128,000 99.2% 176 55 231 549 62 450 123 ap1971

1980 132,500 135,000 98.1% 158 32 190 697 37 320 124 ap1981

Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana

1990 119,610 123,275 97.0% 163 27 190 629 34 251 89 ap1991

1999 118,600 122,018 97.2% 141 25 166 714 34 249 89 ap2000

2000 116,127 120,207 96.6% 132 21 153 759 30 214 89 ap2001

2001 116,000 121,000 95.9% 127 19 146 794 3 25 197 89 ap2002

2002 116,000 121,000 95.9% 124 18 142 816 3 25 174 89 ap2003

2003 116,000 121,000 95.9% 127 7 134 865 3 12 207 88 ap2004

2004 116,000 121,000 95.9% 121 7 128 906 3 12 205 88 ap2005

2006 113,000 126,034 89.7% 111 7 118 957 5 12 223 88 ap2007

2013 132,259 140,821 93.9% 82 10 92 1,437 11 14 141 88 ap2014

2016 134,652 143,400 93.9% 65 9 74 1,819 14 12 132 88 ap2017

2019 132,900 141,500 93.9% 62 9 71 1,871 15 10 123 87 ap2020

2021 131,730 140,270 93.9% 57 9 66 1,995 15 10 113 86 ap2022

2023 130,800 139,200 94.0% 57 9 66 1,981 15 10 113 86 ap2024

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 Faenza
1886		93,977	.0%			384	0				114	OTC
1950	124,000	125,000	99.2%	231	49	280	442		69	448	118	ap1951
1970	127,000	128,000	99.2%	176	55	231	549		62	450	123	ap1971
1980	132,500	135,000	98.1%	158	32	190	697		37	320	124	ap1981
Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
1990	119,610	123,275	97.0%	163	27	190	629		34	251	89	ap1991
1999	118,600	122,018	97.2%	141	25	166	714		34	249	89	ap2000
2000	116,127	120,207	96.6%	132	21	153	759		30	214	89	ap2001
2001	116,000	121,000	95.9%	127	19	146	794	3	25	197	89	ap2002
2002	116,000	121,000	95.9%	124	18	142	816	3	25	174	89	ap2003
2003	116,000	121,000	95.9%	127	7	134	865	3	12	207	88	ap2004
2004	116,000	121,000	95.9%	121	7	128	906	3	12	205	88	ap2005
2006	113,000	126,034	89.7%	111	7	118	957	5	12	223	88	ap2007
2013	132,259	140,821	93.9%	82	10	92	1,437	11	14	141	88	ap2014
2016	134,652	143,400	93.9%	65	9	74	1,819	14	12	132	88	ap2017
2019	132,900	141,500	93.9%	62	9	71	1,871	15	10	123	87	ap2020
2021	131,730	140,270	93.9%	57	9	66	1,995	15	10	113	86	ap2022
2023	130,800	139,200	94.0%	57	9	66	1,981	15	10	113	86	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Elia Antonio Alberini (Alberani), O.C.D. †
Domenico Argnani † (Priest: 25 Sep 1904 to 30 Sep 1931)
Paolo Babini † (Priest: 14 Apr 1918 to 12 Sep 1938)
Philibert Babou de La Bourdaisière †
Vincenzo Bacchi † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1912 to 23 Jan 1924)
Francesco Baldassarri †
Salvatore Baldassarri †
Carlo Bandini † (Priest: 18 Dec 1920 to 17 Oct 1953)
Giuseppe Battaglia † (Coadjutor Bishop: 21 Aug 1943; Bishop: 17 Dec 1944 to 31 Aug 1976)
Etienne Bénier † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1343 to 1378)
Marino Bergonzini † (Coadjutor Bishop: 5 Jun 1970; Bishop: 31 Aug 1976 to 6 Aug 1982)
Francesco Tarcisio Bertozzi † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1982 to 16 May 1996)
Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1603 to 16 Jul 1605)
Stefano Bonsignore † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1807 to 23 Dec 1826)
Ruggero Bovelli † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1924 to 4 Oct 1929)
Givoanni Brusato, O.S.Marc. † (Bishop: 22 Oct 1336 to 1342)
Biagio Budelacci † (Priest: 10 Aug 1912 to 18 Jun 1936)
Battista de' Canonici, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1478 to 5 Apr 1510)
Gioachino Cantagalli † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1884 to 13 Aug 1912)
Antonio Cantoni † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1742 to 28 Sep 1767)
Giacomo Cattani † (Priest: 20 Sep 1845 to 2 May 1866)
Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1623 to 4 May 1643)
Tommaso Cervioni, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1726 to 7 Feb 1729)
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (Priest: 23 Sep 1905 to 17 Mar 1933)
Gaetano Cicognani † (Priest: 24 Sep 1904 to 2 Jan 1925)
Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1767 to 28 Jan 1787)
Silvestro della Casa † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1412 to 1428)
Giovanni del Terma, O.S.M. † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1455 to 20 Dec 1457)
Marcello Durazzo † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 11 Nov 1697 to 27 Apr 1710)
Mathias Eschini, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1302 to May 1311)
Giovanni da Faenza, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1428 to 1438)
Francesco Folicaldi †
Giovanni-Benedetto Folicaldi † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1832 to 28 May 1867)
Pietro Andrea Gambari † (Bishop: 7 Aug 1528 to Sep 1528)
Bartolomeo Gandolfi † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1463 to 4 Jul 1471)
Marco Antonio Gozzadini † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1623 to 1 Sep 1623)
Annibale Grassi † (Bishop: 23 Jul 1575 to 1585)
Gian Antonio Grassi † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1585 to 30 Jul 1602)
Henrico Gratiani †
Orso da Gubbio, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1391 to 1402)
Aldo Laghi †
Pio Laghi † (Priest: 20 Apr 1946 to 24 May 1969)
Ercole Lamia †
Antonio Lega † (Priest: 18 Sep 1886 to 25 May 1914)
Michele Lega † (Priest: 13 Sep 1883 to 15 Dec 1914)
Niccolò Maria Lomellini, C.R.S. † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1729 to 30 Oct 1742)
Domenico Mancinforte † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1787 to 20 Feb 1805)
Federico de Manfredi † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1471 to 28 Sep 1478)
Alberto da Modena † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1221 to 1239)
Dino Monduzzi † (Priest: 22 Jul 1945 to 18 Dec 1986)
Giulio Monterenzi † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1618 to 23 May 1623)
Silvano Montevecchi † (Priest: 16 Jun 1962 to 30 Aug 1997)
Gianfrancesco Negroni † (Bishop: 7 Jul 1687 to 11 Nov 1697)
Pietro da Pago, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1406 to 19 Oct 1411)
Domenico Pasi †
Giacomo Pasi † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1510 to 19 Jul 1528)
Giovanni Luigi Pasolini, O.S.B. †
Giacomo Petrella † (Bishop: 1258 to 27 Dec 1273)
Angelo Pianori, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 12 Apr 1884)
Giulio Piazza † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 21 Jul 1710 to 23 Apr 1726)
Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 12 Jan 1682 to 30 Sep 1686)
Rodolfo Pio † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1528 to 10 Oct 1544)
Teodoro Pio † (Bishop: 10 Oct 1544 to Nov 1561)
Gualtiero Poggi, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 1251 to 1257)
Antonio Ravagli † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1968 to 30 Apr 1970)
Angelo Ricasoli † (Bishop: 9 Feb 1387 to 5 Aug 1391)
Carlo Rossetti † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 4 May 1643 to 23 Nov 1681)
Antonio Scarante † (Bishop: 30 Jun 1930 to 17 Dec 1944)
Antonio Gabriele Severoli † (Priest: 18 Dec 1779 to 23 Apr 1787)
Giovanni Battista Sighicelli † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1562 to 12 Jul 1575)
Achille Silvestrini † (Priest: 13 Jul 1946 to 4 May 1979)
Bernardino Spada †
Alessandro Stampetti † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1458 to Feb 1463)
Giovanni Maria Strocchi †
Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) † (Bishop: 21 May 1827 to 2 Jul 1832)
Lottieri della Tosa † (Bishop: 18 Aug 1287 to 14 Feb 1303)
Niccolò Ubertini † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1402 to 15 Jun 1406)
Francesco Uguccione † (Bishop: 1378 to 1383)
Erminio Valenti † (Bishop: 3 Aug 1605 to 22 Aug 1618)
Giovanni Matteo Vitelloni †
Francesco Zanelli, O.S.M. † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1438 to 1454)
Giovanni Battista Zauli †
Giacomo † (Bishop: 1118 to 1130)
Orlando † (Bishop: 10 Aug 1210 to 21 Aug 1221)
Teodorico , O.P. † (Bishop: 1 Mar 1274 to 1281)
Ubaldo † (Bishop: 1208 to 21 Dec 1208)
Ugolino , O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1311 to 1336)
Viviano † (Bishop: 25 Jan 1282 to 7 Aug 1287)

Source(s)

Diocese of Faenza
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 245, and Page 246
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 152
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 194
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 185
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 198, and Page 199
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 213
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 688, to Page 689
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 33, Page 122, and Page 123
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 786, and Page 787
Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 704, to Page 707

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