Diocese of Mantova

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Pellizzario † ( 1227 Appointed - 1230 Died)
• Guidotto da Correggio † (4 Sep 1231 Appointed - 14 May 1235 Died)
• Giacomo da Castell’Arquato † ( 1238 Appointed - Dec 1251 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina)
• Martino da Puzolerio † ( 1252 Appointed - 24 Jul 1268 Died)
• Filippo da Casaloldo † ( 1270 Appointed - 12 Nov 1303 Died)
• Philippe Bonacolsi, O.F.M. † (18 Dec 1303 Appointed - 18 Dec 1303 Died)
• Bl. Giacomo Benfatti, O.P. † (10 Jan 1304 Appointed - 19 Nov 1332 Died)
• Gottifredo Spínola † (4 Nov 1338 Appointed - 1346 Died)
• Ruffino Landi † (16 Apr 1347 Appointed - 15 Apr 1367 Died)
• Guido de Beziis d’Arezzo † (26 Aug 1367 Appointed - 3 Mar 1385 Died)
• Sagramoso Gonzaga † (10 Apr 1386 Appointed - 1390 Resigned)
• Antonio Uberti † (14 Nov 1390 Appointed - 1417 Died)
• Giovanni degli Uberti † (16 Feb 1418 Appointed - 1428 Died)
• Matteo Boniperti, O.P. † (21 May 1428 Appointed - 24 Aug 1444 Died)
• Galeazzo Cavriani † (11 Sep 1444 Appointed - 16 Jul 1466 Died)
• Francesco Gonzaga † (20 Aug 1466 Appointed - 21 Oct 1483 Died)
• Luigi Gonzaga † (27 Oct 1483 Appointed - 1511 Died)
• Sigismondo Gonzaga † (10 Feb 1511 Appointed - 10 May 1521 Resigned)
• Ercole Gonzaga † (10 May 1521 Appointed - 3 Mar 1563 Died)
• Federico Gonzaga † (16 Oct 1564 Appointed - 21 Feb 1565 Died)
• Francesco Gonzaga † (15 May 1565 Appointed - 6 Jan 1566 Died)
• Gregorio Boldrini, O.P. † (7 Feb 1567 Appointed - 2 Nov 1574 Died)
• Marco Fedele Gonzaga † (28 Nov 1574 Appointed - 8 Sep 1583 Died)
• Alessandro Andreasi † (14 Nov 1583 Appointed - 23 Mar 1593 Died)
• Francesco Gonzaga, O.F.M. Obs. † (30 Apr 1593 Appointed - 2 Mar 1620 Died)
• Vincenzo Agnello Suardi † (2 Mar 1620 Succeeded - Sep 1644 Died)
• Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. † (5 Feb 1646 Appointed - 23 Jun 1669 Died)
• Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga † (23 Feb 1671 Appointed - 1673 Died)
• Joannes Lucidus Cataneo † (12 Mar 1674 Appointed - Feb 1685 Died)
• Enrico Vialardi, B. † (3 Mar 1687 Appointed - 6 Dec 1711 Died)
• Alessandro Arrigoni † (30 Jan 1713 Appointed - 13 Aug 1718 Died)
• Antonio Guidi di Bagno † (26 Apr 1719 Appointed - 21 Dec 1761 Died)
• Juan Portugal de la Puebla † (29 Mar 1762 Appointed - 17 Jan 1770 Resigned)
• Giovanni Battista de Pergen † (29 Jan 1770 Appointed - 12 Nov 1807 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Bozzi † (16 May 1823 Appointed - 14 Dec 1833 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Bellé † (24 Jul 1835 Confirmed - 30 Jun 1844 Died)
• Giovanni Corti † (12 Apr 1847 Confirmed - 12 Dec 1868 Died)
• Pietro Rota † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 3 May 1879 Retired)
• Giovanni Maria Berengo † (12 May 1879 Appointed - 10 Nov 1884 Appointed, Archbishop of Udine)
• St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (10 Nov 1884 Appointed - 15 Jun 1893 Appointed, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice})
• Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo † (18 Mar 1895 Appointed - 13 Nov 1928 Died)
• Domenico Guido Menna † (16 Nov 1928 Appointed - 8 Sep 1954 Retired)
• Antonio Poma † (8 Sep 1954 Appointed - 16 Jul 1967 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna)
• Carlo Ferrari † (19 Oct 1967 Appointed - 28 Jun 1986 Retired)
• Egidio Caporello † (28 Jun 1986 Appointed - 13 Jul 2007 Retired)
• Roberto Busti (13 Jul 2007 Appointed - 3 Jun 2016 Retired)
• Gianmarco Busca (3 Jun 2016 Appointed - )

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
1886		253,780	.0%			281	0				153	OTC
1950	374,586	375,000	99.9%	312	16	328	1,142		23	690	153	ap1951
1969	339,288	340,434	99.7%	305	31	336	1,009		42	723	168	ap1971
1980	345,000	346,988	99.4%	314	28	342	1,008		314	28	170	ap1981
1990	336,000	338,403	99.3%	284	25	309	1,087		31	415	169	ap1991
1999	334,234	340,519	98.2%	243	34	277	1,206		40	438	168	ap2000
2000	332,106	344,888	96.3%	234	32	266	1,248		36	411	168	ap2001
2001	336,828	349,676	96.3%	229	27	256	1,315		31	375	168	ap2002
2002	333,216	347,014	96.0%	227	26	253	1,317		30	368	168	ap2003
2003	328,016	341,944	95.9%	222	28	250	1,312		31	379	168	ap2004
2004	345,280	363,414	95.0%	212	34	246	1,403		36	349	168	ap2005
2013	328,876	382,128	86.1%	175	23	198	1,660	12	25	261	168	ap2014
2016	324,568	376,015	86.3%	165	19	184	1,763	12	21	239	168	ap2017
2019	322,782	376,405	85.8%	160	22	182	1,773	20	26	220	168	ap2020
2021	321,970	374,614	85.9%	160	19	179	1,798	21	37	206	168	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.
• Gianmarco Busca (Bishop: 3 Jun 2016 - )
• Roberto Busti (Bishop: 13 Jul 2007 to 3 Jun 2016)
• Claudio Cipolla (Deacon: 16 Dec 1978; Priest: 24 May 1980 to 18 Jul 2015)
• Anselmo Guido Pecorari (Priest: 27 Sep 1970 to 29 Nov 2003)
• Enrico Trevisi

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Luigi de Aldegatti, O.S.Marc. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jul 1473 to 1485)
• Giuseppe Amari † (Priest: 16 Jun 1940 to 5 Mar 1973)
• Alessandro Andreasi † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1583 to 23 Mar 1593)
• Alessandro Arrigoni † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1713 to 13 Aug 1718)
• Giovanni Battista Bellé † (Bishop: 24 Jul 1835 to 30 Jun 1844)
• Bl. Giacomo Benfatti, O.P. † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1304 to 19 Nov 1332)
• Giovanni Maria Berengo † (Bishop: 12 May 1879 to 10 Nov 1884)
• Guido de Beziis d’Arezzo † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1367 to 3 Mar 1385)
• Gregorio Boldrini, O.P. † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1567 to 2 Nov 1574)
• Philippe Bonacolsi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1303 to 18 Dec 1303)
• Matteo Boniperti, O.P. † (Bishop: 21 May 1428 to 24 Aug 1444)
• Settimio Borserio †
• Giuseppe Maria Bozzi † (Bishop: 16 May 1823 to 14 Dec 1833)
• Egidio Caporello † (Bishop: 28 Jun 1986 to 13 Jul 2007)
• Giovanni Anselmo Carminati †
• Filippo da Casaloldo † (Bishop: 1270 to 12 Nov 1303)
• Giacomo da Castell’Arquato † (Bishop: 1238 to Dec 1251)
• Joannes Lucidus Cataneo † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1674 to Feb 1685)
• Galeazzo Cavriani † (Bishop: 11 Sep 1444 to 16 Jul 1466)
• Guidotto da Correggio † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1231 to 14 May 1235)
• Giovanni Corti † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1847 to 12 Dec 1868)
• Giovanni degli Uberti † (Bishop: 16 Feb 1418 to 1428)
• Franciscus Facinus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Oct 1564)
• Carlo Ferrari † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1967 to 28 Jun 1986)
• Bartolomeo Gisselino Mirandola † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Apr 1553)
• Ercole Gonzaga † (Bishop: 10 May 1521 to 3 Mar 1563)
• Federico Gonzaga † (Apostolic Administrator: 4 Jun 1563; Bishop: 16 Oct 1564 to 21 Feb 1565)
• Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1671 to 1673)
• Francesco Gonzaga † (Administrator: 20 Aug 1466 to 21 Oct 1483)
• Francesco Gonzaga † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 15 May 1565 to 6 Jan 1566)
• Francesco Gonzaga, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1593 to 2 Mar 1620)
• Luigi Gonzaga † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1483 to 1511)
• Marcantonio Gonzaga †
• Marco Fedele Gonzaga † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1574 to 8 Sep 1583)
• Sagramoso Gonzaga † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1386 to 1390)
• Scipione Gonzaga †
• Sigismondo Gonzaga † (Administrator: 10 Feb 1511 to 10 May 1521)
• Nicolas Grossetto † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jun 1516)
• Antonio Guidi di Bagno † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1719 to 21 Dec 1761)
• Ruffino Landi † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1347 to 15 Apr 1367)
• Enrico Manfredini †
• Leonardo Marini, O.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 5 Mar 1550 to 26 Jan 1560)
• Domenico Guido Menna † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1928 to 8 Sep 1954)
• Ludovico Michelio †
• Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. †
• Marcantonio Oradino † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Oct 1565 to 6 Oct 1566)
• Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1895 to 13 Nov 1928)
• Lucido Maria Parocchi † (Priest: 17 May 1856 to 27 Oct 1871)
• Giovanni Battista de Pergen † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1770 to 12 Nov 1807)
• Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Jan 1924 to 19 Oct 1928)
• Antonio Poma † (Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Oct 1951; Coadjutor Bishop: 2 Aug 1952; Bishop: 8 Sep 1954 to 16 Jul 1967)
• Comines de Pontevico † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Mar 1486)
• Juan Portugal de la Puebla † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 29 Mar 1762 to 17 Jan 1770)
• Martino da Puzolerio † (Bishop: 1252 to 24 Jul 1268)
• Giovanni Battista Rosa † (Priest: 17 Apr 1892 to 11 Dec 1922)
• Pietro Rota † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 3 May 1879)
• Ernesto Ruffini † (Priest: 10 Jul 1910 to 11 Oct 1945)
• St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1884 to 15 Jun 1893)
• Giulio (Egidio) Soperchio (Superchio), O. Carm. †
• Gottifredo Spínola † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1338 to 1346)
• Vincenzo Agnello Suardi † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 May 1619; Bishop: 2 Mar 1620 to Sep 1644)
• Antonio Uberti † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1390 to 1417)
• Enrico Vialardi, B. † (Bishop: 3 Mar 1687 to 6 Dec 1711)
• Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 5 Feb 1646 to 23 Jun 1669)
• Giovanni Volta † (Priest: 29 Jun 1952 to 2 Apr 1986)
• Lelio (Aurelio) Zibramonti (Gibramontis) †
• Pellizzario † (Bishop: 1227 to 1230)

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