Diocese of Viterbo

Historical Details

• Diocese of Viterbo
  • Latin Name: Viterbiensis
  • Erected: 6th Century
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania
  • Latin Name: Viterbiensis et Tuscanensis
  • United: 1192
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino
  • Latin Name: Viterbiensis, Aquipendiensis, Balneoregiensis, Faliscodunensis, Tuscanensis et Sancti Martini ad Montem Ciminum
  • United: 27 March 1986
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Giovanni † ( 1188 Appointed - 1199 Resigned)
• Nicola † (6 Oct 1233 Appointed - )
• Raniero Capocci, O. Cist. † ( 1243 Appointed - 1244 Resigned)
• Scambio Aliotti † (15 Jun 1245 Appointed - 1253 Died)
• Alferio † (27 Jan 1254 Appointed - 1258 Died)
• Filippo , O.F.M. † ( 1263 Appointed - 1285 Died)
• Pietro di Romanuccio Capocci † (24 Aug 1286 Appointed - 1303 Died)
• Giovanni di Veroli † (10 Mar 1312 Appointed - 1318 Resigned)
• Angelo Tignosi † (19 Mar 1318 Appointed - 18 Dec 1343 Died)
• Bernardo del Lago † (6 Feb 1344 Appointed - 27 Jul 1347 Died)
• Pietro (de Pino) † (13 May 1348 Appointed - 15 Jul 1348 Appointed, Bishop of Verona)
• Giovanni † (15 Jul 1348 Appointed - Nov 1348 Died)
• Pietro Dupin † (10 Dec 1348 Appointed - 18 Nov 1350 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
• Niccolò de’Vetuli † (19 Nov 1350 Appointed - Jul 1385 Died)
• Giacomo † (7 Nov 1385 Confirmed - 1389 Died)
• Ambrogio da Parma † ( 1389 Appointed - 1391 Died)
• Giacomo Ranieri † ( 1391 Appointed - 12 Jul 1417 Died)
• Giacomo Ugozolini † (17 Dec 1417 Appointed - 2 May 1429 Died)
• Giovanni Cecchini Caranzoni † (10 Feb 1430 Appointed - 1460 Died)
• Pietro Francesco † (19 May 1460 Appointed - 4 Aug 1472 Died)
• Francesco Maria Scelloni-Visconti, O.F.M. † (31 Aug 1472 Appointed - 1491 Appointed, Bishop of Terni)
• Matteo Cibo (Cybo) † (12 Dec 1491 Appointed - 1498 Died)
• Raffaele Sansoni Riario † (24 Aug 1498 Appointed - 16 Sep 1506 Resigned)
• Ottaviano Visconti-Riario † (16 Sep 1506 Appointed - 6 Oct 1523 Died)
• Egidio da Viterbo, O.E.S.A. † (2 Dec 1523 Appointed - 12 Nov 1532 Died)
• Niccolò Ridolfi † (16 Nov 1532 Appointed - 6 Jun 1533 Resigned)
• Giampietro Grassi † (6 Jun 1533 Appointed - 1538 Died)
• Niccolò Ridolfi † (8 Aug 1538 Appointed - 25 May 1548 Resigned)
• Niccolò di Antonio Ugolini (Monterchiis) † (25 May 1548 Appointed - 2 Nov 1550 Died)
• Sebastiano Gualterio † (30 Jan 1551 Appointed - 16 Sep 1566 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † (7 Oct 1566 Appointed - 28 Mar 1576 Resigned)
• Carlo Montigli † (28 Mar 1576 Appointed - 10 Apr 1594 Died)
• Girolamo Matteucci † (5 Dec 1594 Appointed - 20 Jan 1609 Died)
• Lanfranco Margotti † (26 Jan 1609 Appointed - 28 Nov 1611 Died)
• Tiberio Muti † (19 Dec 1611 Appointed - 14 Apr 1636 Died)
• Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) † (14 May 1636 Appointed - 13 Sep 1638 Resigned)
• Francesco Maria Brancaccio † (13 Sep 1638 Appointed - 2 Jun 1670 Resigned)
• Stefano Brancaccio † (2 Jun 1670 Appointed - 8 Sep 1682 Died)
• Urbano Sacchetti † (29 Mar 1683 Appointed - 24 Jan 1701 Resigned)
• Andrea Santacroce † (24 Jan 1701 Appointed - 10 May 1712 Died)
• Michelangelo dei Conti † (1 Aug 1712 Appointed - 14 Mar 1719 Resigned)
• Adriano Sermattei † (15 Mar 1719 Appointed - 9 Apr 1731 Died)
• Alessandro degli Abbati † (21 May 1731 Appointed - 30 Apr 1748 Died)
• Raniero Felice Simonetti † (6 May 1748 Appointed - 20 Aug 1749 Died)
• Giacomo Oddi † (22 Sep 1749 Appointed - 2 May 1770 Died)
• Francesco Angelo Pastrovich, O.F.M. Conv. † (14 Dec 1772 Appointed - 4 Apr 1783 Died)
• Muzio Gallo † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 13 Dec 1801 Died)
• Dionisio Ridolfini Conestabile † (26 Sep 1803 Appointed - 17 Dec 1806 Died)
• Antonio Gabriele Severoli † (11 Jan 1808 Appointed - 8 Sep 1824 Died)
• Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 4 Mar 1861 Retired)
• Gaetano Bedini † (18 Mar 1861 Appointed - 6 Sep 1864 Died)
• Matteo Eustachio Gonella † (22 Jun 1866 Appointed - 15 Apr 1870 Died)
• Luigi Serafini † (27 Jun 1870 Appointed - 20 Feb 1880 Resigned)
• Giovanni Battista Paolucci † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 9 Nov 1892 Died)
• Eugenio Clari † (16 Jan 1893 Appointed - 9 Mar 1899 Died)
• Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. † (19 Jun 1899 Appointed - 30 Dec 1913 Resigned)
• Emidio Trenta † (17 Jul 1914 Appointed - 24 Jan 1942 Died)
• Adelchi Albanesi † (14 Apr 1942 Appointed - 21 Mar 1970 Died)
• Luigi Boccadoro † (8 Jun 1970 Appointed - 27 Mar 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino)
• Luigi Boccadoro † (27 Mar 1986 Appointed - 14 Mar 1987 Retired)
• Fiorino Tagliaferri † (14 Mar 1987 Appointed - 30 Jun 1997 Retired)
• Lorenzo Chiarinelli † (30 Jun 1997 Appointed - 11 Dec 2010 Retired)
• Lino Fumagalli (11 Dec 2010 Appointed - 7 Oct 2022 Retired)
• Orazio Francesco Piazza (7 Oct 2022 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
Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania
1886		40,669	.0%			181	0				34	OTC
1950	73,406	73,480	99.9%	66	46	112	655		115	395	39	ap1951
1969	73,783	73,783	100.0%	63	54	117	630		167	420	39	ap1971
1980	83,951	85,000	98.8%	50	46	96	874		126	330	44	ap1981
Diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino
1990	198,200	198,600	99.8%	150	72	222	892	2	172	548	94	ap1991
Diocese of Viterbo
1999	162,400	163,400	99.4%	115	74	189	859	4	123	461	96	ap2000
2000	162,400	163,400	99.4%	121	74	195	832	7	105	455	96	ap2001
2001	162,400	163,400	99.4%	116	68	184	882	7	111	455	96	ap2002
2002	180,053	181,553	99.2%	120	67	187	962	7	105	110	96	ap2003
2003	180,053	181,553	99.2%	124	62	186	968	7	72	138	96	ap2004
2004	181,689	184,278	98.6%	112	62	174	1,044	7	117	112	96	ap2005
2010	162,837	168,001	96.9%	115	67	182	894	11	174	126	96	ap2011
2014	174,400	181,116	96.3%	112	61	173	1,008	11	184	371	96	ap2015
2017	175,000	181,000	96.7%	97	59	156	1,121	12	171	220	97	ap2018
2020	176,360	182,450	96.7%	97	59	156	1,130	12	171	220	97	ap2021
2022	194,000	201,500	96.3%	98	59	157	1,235	13	178	80	99	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P.
• Fortunato Frezza (Priest: 27 Mar 1986 - )
• Lino Fumagalli (Bishop: 11 Dec 2010 to 7 Oct 2022)
• Orazio Francesco Piazza (Bishop: 7 Oct 2022 - )

  ---

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Adelchi Albanesi † (Bishop: 14 Apr 1942; Archbishop (Personal Title): 15 May 1956 to 21 Mar 1970)
• Scambio Aliotti † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1245 to 1253)
• Gaetano Bedini † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 18 Mar 1861 to 6 Sep 1864)
• Dante Bernini † (Priest: 12 Aug 1945 to 30 Oct 1971)
• Luigi Boccadoro † (Apostolic Administrator: 1967; Bishop: 8 Jun 1970 to 27 Mar 1986)
• Francesco Maria Brancaccio † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1638 to 2 Jun 1670)
• Stefano Brancaccio † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Jun 1670 to 8 Sep 1682)
• Raniero Capocci, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1243 to 1244)
• Beniamino Cavicchioni †
• Giovanni Cecchini Caranzoni † (Bishop: 10 Feb 1430 to 1460)
• Alessandro Cesarini (Jr.) † (Bishop: 14 May 1636 to 13 Sep 1638)
• Lorenzo Chiarinelli † (Bishop: 30 Jun 1997 to 11 Dec 2010)
• Matteo Cibo (Cybo) † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1491 to 1498)
• Eugenio Clari † (Bishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 9 Mar 1899)
• Michelangelo dei Conti † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 1 Aug 1712 to 14 Mar 1719)
• Costantino Costa, C.P. †
• Niccola Crispigni (Grispigni) †
• Alessandro degli Abbati † (Bishop: 21 May 1731 to 30 Apr 1748)
• Bernardo del Lago † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1344 to 27 Jul 1347)
• Niccolò de’Vetuli † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1350 to Jul 1385)
• Pietro Dupin † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1348 to 18 Nov 1350)
• Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) †
• Ferdinando Farnese †
• Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. †
• Pietro Francesco † (Bishop: 19 May 1460 to 4 Aug 1472)
• Filippo Fratellini †
• Muzio Gallo † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 13 Dec 1801)
• Giovanni Francesco Gàmbara † (Bishop: 7 Oct 1566 to 28 Mar 1576)
• Primo Gasbarri † (Priest: 29 Oct 1933 to 30 Jul 1953)
• Matteo Eustachio Gonella † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 22 Jun 1866 to 15 Apr 1870)
• Antonio Maria Grasselli, O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 19 Jun 1899 to 30 Dec 1913)
• Giampietro Grassi † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1533 to 1538)
• Sebastiano Gualterio † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1551 to 16 Sep 1566)
• Raimondo Jaffei †
• Pietro La Fontaine † (Priest: 22 Dec 1883 to 6 Dec 1906)
• Lanfranco Margotti † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1609 to 28 Nov 1611)
• Girolamo Matteucci † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 5 Dec 1594 to 20 Jan 1609)
• Carlo Montigli † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 Mar 1576 to 10 Apr 1594)
• Tiberio Muti † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1611 to 14 Apr 1636)
• Giacomo Oddi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 22 Sep 1749 to 2 May 1770)
• Giovanni Battista Paolucci † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 27 Feb 1880 to 9 Nov 1892)
• Ambrogio da Parma † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 1389 to 1391)
• Francesco Angelo Pastrovich, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1772 to 4 Apr 1783)
• Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1826 to 4 Mar 1861)
• Francesco Ragonesi †
• Giacomo Ranieri † (Bishop: 1391 to 12 Jul 1417)
• Niccolò Ridolfi † (Administrator: 16 Nov 1532 to 6 Jun 1533)
• Dionisio Ridolfini Conestabile † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 26 Sep 1803 to 17 Dec 1806)
• Pietro di Romanuccio Capocci † (Bishop: 24 Aug 1286 to 1303)
• Urbano Sacchetti † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1683 to 24 Jan 1701)
• Raffaele Sansoni Riario † (Administrator: 24 Aug 1498 to 16 Sep 1506)
• Andrea Santacroce † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 24 Jan 1701 to 10 May 1712)
• Fazio Giovanni Santori †
• Francesco Maria Scelloni-Visconti, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 31 Aug 1472 to 1491)
• Luigi Serafini † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1870 to 20 Feb 1880)
• Adriano Sermattei † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1719 to 9 Apr 1731)
• Antonio Gabriele Severoli † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 11 Jan 1808 to 8 Sep 1824)
• Raniero Felice Simonetti † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 6 May 1748 to 20 Aug 1749)
• Renato Spallanzani † (Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Sep 1964 to 1967)
• Francesco Spolverini †
• Fiorino Tagliaferri † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1987 to 30 Jun 1997)
• Angelo Tignosi † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1318 to 18 Dec 1343)
• Liberato Tosti †
• Emidio Trenta † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1914; Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Mar 1940 to 24 Jan 1942)
• Niccolò di Antonio Ugolini (Monterchiis) † (Bishop: 25 May 1548 to 2 Nov 1550)
• Giacomo Ugozolini † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1417 to 2 May 1429)
• Giovanni di Veroli † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1312 to 1318)
• Ottaviano Visconti-Riario † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1506 to 6 Oct 1523)
• Antonio da Viterbo, O.F.M. †
• Egidio da Viterbo, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1523 to 12 Nov 1532)
• Marco da Viterbo, O.F.M. †
• Leopoldo Zelli Jacobuzi, O.S.B. †
• Alferio † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1254 to 1258)
• Filippo , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1263 to 1285)
• Giacomo † (Bishop: 7 Nov 1385 to 1389)
• Giovanni † (Bishop: 1188 to 1199)
• Giovanni † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1348 to Nov 1348)
• Nicola † (Bishop: 6 Oct 1233)
• Pietro (de Pino) † (Bishop: 13 May 1348 to 15 Jul 1348)

Source(s)

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils Eastern Catholic Churches
About Catholic-Hierarchy		Terminology/Site Help
		Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024 Code: web_d, v3.4.6, 4 Feb 2024; Data: 14 Apr 2024

✠