Diocese of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado

Historical Details

• Diocese of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 18 February 1636
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Urbino
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy

• Territorial Abbey of San Cristoforo di Castel Durante
  • Erected: 8 March 1402
  • Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

• Onorato Onorati † (22 Sep 1636 Appointed - Aug 1683 Resigned)
• Horatius Ondedei † (10 Apr 1684 Appointed - Mar 1688 Died)
• Pietro Barugi † (15 Nov 1688 Appointed - 30 May 1708 Died)
• Antonio Antonelli † (6 May 1709 Appointed - 17 Nov 1711 Died)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Castelli, O.P. † (21 Mar 1714 Appointed - Sep 1736 Died)
• Giuseppe Fabbretti † (19 Nov 1736 Appointed - 18 Nov 1747 Died)
• Deodato Baiardi, O.S.H. † (18 Dec 1747 Appointed - 28 Nov 1776 Died)
• Giovanni Pergolini † (17 Feb 1777 Appointed - Aug 1779 Died)
• Paol’Antonio Agostini Zamperoli † (13 Dec 1779 Appointed - 1813 Died)
• Francesco Leonini † (22 Jul 1816 Appointed - 9 Apr 1822 Died)
• Francesco Tassinari † (27 Sep 1824 Appointed - 27 Dec 1832 Died)
• Lorenzo Parigini † (15 Apr 1833 Appointed - 24 Dec 1848 Died)
• Guerr’Antonio Boscarini † (20 Apr 1849 Appointed - 3 Jun 1872 Died)
• Giovanni Maria Majoli † (29 Jul 1872 Appointed - 19 Jun 1893 Died)
• Francesco Baldassarri † (18 May 1894 Appointed - 15 Apr 1901 Appointed, Bishop of Imola)
• Antonio Valbonesi † (15 Apr 1901 Appointed - 4 May 1906 Resigned)
• Luigi Giacomo Baccini, O.F.M. Cap. † (25 Aug 1908 Appointed - 16 Jan 1935 Died)
• Giovanni Capobianco † (1 Apr 1935 Appointed - 7 Apr 1965 Died)
• Ugo Donato Bianchi † (23 May 1977 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado)

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 Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado
1886		13,390	.0%			105	0				56	OTC
1950	17,664	17,664	100.0%	58	13	71	248		10	91	61	ap1951
1970	9,582	9,582	100.0%	29	4	33	290		4	84	37	ap1971
1980	13,450	13,463	99.9%	42	2	44	305		2	82	57	ap1981

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

Affiliated People, Living

• None

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Affiliated People, Deceased

• Paol’Antonio Agostini Zamperoli † (Bishop: 13 Dec 1779 to 1813)
• Antonio Antonelli † (Bishop: 6 May 1709 to 17 Nov 1711)
• Luigi Giacomo Baccini, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 25 Aug 1908 to 16 Jan 1935)
• Deodato Baiardi, O.S.H. † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1747 to 28 Nov 1776)
• Francesco Baldassarri † (Bishop: 18 May 1894 to 15 Apr 1901)
• Pietro Barugi † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1688 to 30 May 1708)
• Ugo Donato Bianchi † (Bishop: 23 May 1977 to 30 Sep 1986)
• Nicola Bizarri †
• Guerr’Antonio Boscarini † (Bishop: 20 Apr 1849 to 3 Jun 1872)
• Giovanni Capobianco † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1935 to 7 Apr 1965)
• Giovanni Vincenzo Castelli, O.P. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 21 Mar 1714 to Sep 1736)
• Anacleto Cazzaniga † (Apostolic Administrator: 26 Apr 1965 to 23 May 1977)
• Luigi Conti † (Priest: 26 Jun 1965 to 1 Nov 1978)
• Giuseppe Fabbretti † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1736 to 18 Nov 1747)
• Francesco Leonini † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1816 to 9 Apr 1822)
• Giovanni Maria Majoli † (Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Mar 1871; Bishop: 29 Jul 1872 to 19 Jun 1893)
• Mattia Agostino Mengacci † (Priest: 31 Mar 1827 to 5 Sep 1851)
• Horatius Ondedei † (Bishop: 10 Apr 1684 to Mar 1688)
• Onorato Onorati † (Bishop: 22 Sep 1636 to Aug 1683)
• Lorenzo Parigini † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1833 to 24 Dec 1848)
• Giovanni Pergolini † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1777 to Aug 1779)
• Francesco Tassinari † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1824 to 27 Dec 1832)
• Beniamino Ubaldi †
• Antonio Valbonesi † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1901 to 4 May 1906)

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