Lucca (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)

Bishop(s) Paolo Giulietti, Archbishop Benvenuto Italo Castellani, Archbishop Emeritus	General Information Type of Jurisdiction: ArchdioceseElevated: 11 September 1726 Immediately Subject to the Holy SeeRite: Latin (or Roman)Country: ItalySquare Kilometers: 1,520 (587 Square Miles)Conference Region: Toscana Official Web Site: http://www.diocesilucca.it/ Mailing Address: Curia Arcivescovile, Via Arcivescovato 45, 55100 Lucca, ItaliaTelephone: 0583.430.91Fax: 0583.430.944

Past and Present Ordinaries

Anselmo da Baggio † (23 Mar 1057 Appointed - 30 Sep 1061 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Anselmo da Baggio † ( 1062 Appointed - 18 Mar 1086 Died)
Opizzone † ( 1227 Appointed - 1231 Died)
Guercio Tebalducci † (12 Dec 1236 Appointed - 22 Nov 1256 Died)
Enrico † (22 Nov 1256 Appointed - 21 Oct 1269 Died)
Pietro Angelleli, O.P. † (14 May 1272 Appointed - 18 May 1274 Died)
Paganello da Porcari † (11 Aug 1274 Appointed - 9 Feb 1330 Died)
Henri de Carreto, O.F.M. † (1 Aug 1300 Appointed - 1330 Died)
Guglielmo Dulcini de Monte Albano, O.P. † (26 Jan 1330 Appointed - 8 Apr 1349 Died)
Berengario Blaxini † (21 Oct 1349 Appointed - 14 Jan 1368 Died)
Guglielmo Lodart † (17 Aug 1368 Appointed - 16 Jun 1373 Died)
Paolo Gabrielli † (9 Jan 1374 Appointed - 10 Sep 1380 Died)
Antonio da Riparia † (29 Oct 1380 Appointed - 1383 Died)
Giovanni Salvucci, O.F.M. † (9 Oct 1383 Appointed - 24 Sep 1393 Died)
Niccol� Guinigi † (31 Jan 1394 Appointed - 15 Nov 1435 Died)
Louis Morini † (23 Dec 1435 Appointed - 24 Oct 1440 Died)
Baldassarre Manni † (30 Jan 1441 Appointed - 18 Jan 1448 Died)
Stefano Trenta † (4 Mar 1448 Appointed - 18 Sep 1477 Died)
Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini † (24 Sep 1477 Appointed - 10 Sep 1479 Died)
Nicol� Sandonnini † (15 Nov 1479 Appointed - 19 Jul 1499 Died)
Felino Sandei † ( 1499 Succeeded - 6 Sep 1503 Died)
Giuliano della Rovere † (6 Nov 1499 Appointed - 29 Aug 1501 Resigned)
Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere † (Oct 1503 Appointed - 11 Sep 1507 Died)
Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) † (11 Sep 1507 Appointed - 3 Mar 1517 Resigned)
Leonardo Grosso della Rovere † (4 Mar 1517 Appointed - 9 Mar 1517 Resigned)
Raffaele Sansoni Riario † (9 Mar 1517 Appointed - 12 Nov 1517 Resigned)
Francesco Riario Sforza † (13 Nov 1517 Appointed - May 1546 Died)
Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † (26 May 1546 Appointed - 4 Nov 1549 Died)
Alessandro Guidiccioni † (4 Nov 1549 Succeeded - 27 Nov 1600 Resigned)
Alessandro Guidiccioni (Jr.) † (27 Nov 1600 Appointed - 16 Mar 1637 Died)
Marcantonio Franciotti † (30 Mar 1637 Appointed - 31 Jul 1645 Resigned)
Giavanbattista Rainoldi † (31 Jul 1645 Appointed - 25 Dec 1649 Died)
Pietro Rota † (27 Jun 1650 Appointed - 12 Feb 1657 Died)
Girolamo Buonvisi † (28 May 1657 Appointed - 21 Feb 1677 Died)
Giulio Spinola † (8 Nov 1677 Appointed - 25 Nov 1690 Resigned)
Francesco Buonvisi † (27 Sep 1690 Appointed - 25 Aug 1700 Died)
Orazio Filippo Spada † (15 Dec 1704 Appointed - 17 Jan 1714 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo)
Genesio Calchi † (28 May 1714 Appointed - 20 Jan 1723 Died)
Bernardino Guinigi † (20 Dec 1723 Appointed - 13 Jan 1729 Died)
Tommaso Cervioni, O.E.S.A. † (7 Feb 1729 Appointed - 21 May 1731 Resigned)
Fabio Colloredo, C.O. † (19 Nov 1731 Appointed - 15 Nov 1742 Died)
Giuseppe Palma † (28 Jan 1743 Appointed - 31 Oct 1761 Died)
Giovanni Domenico Mansi, Sch. P. † (9 Apr 1764 Appointed - 27 Sep 1769 Died)
Martino Bianchi † (12 Mar 1770 Appointed - 26 Dec 1788 Died)
Filippo Sardi † (3 Aug 1789 Appointed - 8 Mar 1826 Died)
Giuseppe de Nobili † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 29 Mar 1836 Died)
Giovanni Domenico Stefanelli, O.P. † (11 Jul 1836 Appointed - 18 Dec 1844 Resigned)
Pietro Luigi Pera † (21 Apr 1845 Appointed - 8 Jul 1846 Died)
Giulio Arrigoni, O.F.M. Ref. † (5 Nov 1849 Appointed - 10 Jan 1875 Died)
Nicola Ghilardi † (15 Mar 1875 Appointed - 20 Jul 1904 Died)
Benedetto Lorenzelli † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 26 Mar 1910 Resigned)
Arturo Marchi † (29 Apr 1910 Appointed - 4 Feb 1928 Died)
Antonio Torrini † (15 Jun 1928 Appointed - 20 Jan 1973 Died)
Enrico Bartoletti † (20 Jan 1973 Succeeded - 31 Mar 1973 Resigned)
Giuliano Agresti † (25 Mar 1973 Appointed - 18 Sep 1990 Died)
Bruno Tommasi † (20 Mar 1991 Appointed - 22 Jan 2005 Retired)
Benvenuto Italo Castellani (22 Jan 2005 Succeeded - 19 Jan 2019 Retired)
Paolo Giulietti (19 Jan 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Lucca
1st Century	Erected	Diocese of Lucca (erected)
5 December 1622	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lucca	Diocese of San Miniato (erected)
Archdiocese of Lucca
11 September 1726	Elevated	Diocese of Lucca	Archdiocese of Lucca
19 February 1954	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Pisa (Palagnana)	Archdiocese of Lucca
5 September 1992	Territory Added	Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (Camporgiano, Careggine, Castelnuovo Garfagnana, Fabbriche di Vallico, Fosciandora, Gallicano, Giuncugnano, Minucciano, Molazzana, Piazza al Serchio, Pieve Fosciana, S. Romano Garfagnana, Sillano, Stazzema, Vagli Sotto, Vergemoli, and Villa Collemandina)	Archdiocese of Lucca

Statistics

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 Lucca
1886	189,891	.0%	628	0	234	OTC
1950	259,227	259,270	100.0%	415	123	538	481	151	177	248	ap1951
1970	259,915	260,138	99.9%	357	125	482	539	156	834	261	ap1971
1980	277,885	279,035	99.6%	315	102	417	666	109	708	260	ap1981
1990	278,522	279,934	99.5%	269	64	333	836	3	70	609	256	ap1991
1999	302,140	306,774	98.5%	282	64	346	873	13	77	535	362	ap2000
2000	302,000	306,000	98.7%	275	64	339	890	13	77	548	362	ap2001
2001	302,000	308,360	97.9%	280	62	342	883	16	74	546	362	ap2002
2002	301,200	307,507	97.9%	287	29	316	953	16	49	457	363	ap2003
2003	293,140	299,972	97.7%	277	29	306	957	16	50	452	363	ap2004
2004	293,145	312,369	93.8%	277	29	306	957	17	50	426	362	ap2005
2013	315,200	323,200	97.5%	186	17	203	1,552	22	33	261	362	ap2014
2016	316,900	323,900	97.8%	178	15	193	1,641	21	29	218	362	ap2017
2019	315,200	322,200	97.8%	178	15	193	1,633	21	29	218	362	ap2020
2021	311,455	318,390	97.8%	178	15	193	1,613	21	29	218	362	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giuliano Agresti † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1973 to 18 Sep 1990)
Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini † (Administrator: 24 Sep 1477 to 10 Sep 1479)
Pietro Angelleli, O.P. † (Bishop: 14 May 1272 to 18 May 1274)
Giulio Arrigoni, O.F.M. Ref. † (Archbishop: 5 Nov 1849 to 10 Jan 1875)
Anselmo da Baggio † (Bishop: 1062 to 18 Mar 1086)
Anselmo da Baggio † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1057 to 30 Sep 1061)
Enrico Bartoletti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Jun 1958; Coadjutor Archbishop: 2 Jan 1971; Archbishop: 20 Jan 1973 to 31 Mar 1973)
Pellegrino Bertacchi †
Paolo Bertoli † (Priest: 15 Aug 1930 to 24 Mar 1952)
Mansueto Bianchi † (Priest: 29 Jun 1974 to 18 Mar 2000)
Martino Bianchi † (Archbishop: 12 Mar 1770 to 26 Dec 1788)
Berengario Blaxini † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1349 to 14 Jan 1368)
Lorenzo Prospero Bottini †
Francesco Buonvisi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 27 Sep 1690 to 25 Aug 1700)
Girolamo Buonvisi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 May 1657 to 21 Feb 1677)
Cesare Busdrago †
Genesio Calchi † (Bishop: 28 May 1714 to 20 Jan 1723)
Michele Cardella, C.P. †
Henri de Carreto, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1 Aug 1300 to 1330)
Giovanni Battista Castrucci †
Michele Cecchini † (Priest: 2 Jul 1944 to 26 Feb 1969)
Tommaso Cervioni, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1729 to 21 May 1731)
Carlo Chiarlo † (Priest: 28 May 1904 to 12 Oct 1928)
Fabio Colloredo, C.O. † (Archbishop: 19 Nov 1731 to 15 Nov 1742)
Giusto da Urbino (Jacopo) Curtopassi, O.F.M. Cap. †
Cesare Dell’Arena †
Giuliano della Rovere † (Administrator: 6 Nov 1499 to 29 Aug 1501)
Guglielmo Dulcini de Monte Albano, O.P. † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1330 to 8 Apr 1349)
Filippo Franceschi † (Priest: 21 Dec 1946 to 30 May 1973)
Marcantonio Franciotti † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1637 to 31 Jul 1645)
Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere † (Bishop: Oct 1503 to 11 Sep 1507)
Paolo Gabrielli † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1374 to 10 Sep 1380)
Sisto Gara della Rovere (Franciotti) † (Administrator: 11 Sep 1507 to 3 Mar 1517)
Giuseppe Gelli †
Nicola Ghilardi † (Archbishop: 15 Mar 1875 to 20 Jul 1904)
Martino (Attiliius Mars Dominique) Giusti † (Priest: 2 Jun 1928 to 24 May 1984)
Leonardo Grosso della Rovere † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1517 to 9 Mar 1517)
Alessandro Guidiccioni † (Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Jan 1549; Bishop: 4 Nov 1549 to 27 Nov 1600)
Alessandro Guidiccioni (Jr.) † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1600 to 16 Mar 1637)
Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † (Bishop: 26 May 1546 to 4 Nov 1549)
Giovanni Guidiccioni †
Bernardino Guinigi † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1723; Archbishop: 11 Sep 1726 to 13 Jan 1729)
Niccol� Guinigi † (Bishop: 31 Jan 1394 to 15 Nov 1435)
Guglielmo Lodart † (Bishop: 17 Aug 1368 to 16 Jun 1373)
Benedetto Lorenzelli † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1904 to 26 Mar 1910)
Giovanni Vincenzo Lucchesini, O.S.M. †
Baldassarre Manni † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1441 to 18 Jan 1448)
Giovanni Domenico Mansi, Sch. P. † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1764 to 27 Sep 1769)
Arturo Marchi † (Archbishop: 29 Apr 1910 to 4 Feb 1928)
Sebastiano Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †
Tommaso Maria Martinelli, O.E.S.A. †
Louis (de Sainte Th�r�se) Martini, O.C.D. †
Raffaele Mezzetti †
Romualdo M. Migliorini, O.S.M. †
Louis Morini † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1435 to 24 Oct 1440)
Giuseppe de Nobili † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1826 to 29 Mar 1836)
Alfredo Pacini † (Priest: 25 Jul 1913 to 23 Apr 1946)
Pasquale (Amato) Pagnucci, O.F.M. Obs. †
Giuseppe Palma † (Archbishop: 28 Jan 1743 to 31 Oct 1761)
Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti † (Priest: 24 Sep 1898 to 24 May 1922)
Pietro Luigi Pera † (Archbishop: 21 Apr 1845 to 8 Jul 1846)
Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †
Paganello da Porcari † (Bishop: 11 Aug 1274 to 9 Feb 1330)
Pietro Raffaelli †
Giavanbattista Rainoldi † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1645 to 25 Dec 1649)
Francesco Riario Sforza † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1517 to May 1546)
Antonio da Riparia † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1380 to 1383)
Pietro Rota † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1650 to 12 Feb 1657)
Giovanni Salvucci, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 9 Oct 1383 to 24 Sep 1393)
Felino Sandei † (Coadjutor Bishop: 25 Sep 1495; Bishop: 1499 to 6 Sep 1503)
Nicol� Sandonnini † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1479 to 19 Jul 1499)
Raffaele Sansoni Riario † (Administrator: 9 Mar 1517 to 12 Nov 1517)
Filippo Sardi † (Archbishop: 3 Aug 1789 to 8 Mar 1826)
Orazio Filippo Spada † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 15 Dec 1704 to 17 Jan 1714)
Giulio Spinola † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 8 Nov 1677 to 25 Nov 1690)
Giovanni Domenico Stefanelli, O.P. † (Archbishop: 11 Jul 1836 to 18 Dec 1844)
Guercio Tebalducci † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1236 to 22 Nov 1256)
Bruno Tommasi † (Priest: 6 Jul 1958 to 10 Jun 1983; Archbishop: 20 Mar 1991 to 22 Jan 2005)
Giovanni Battista Alessio Tommasi †
Antonio Torrini † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1928 to 20 Jan 1973)
Stefano Trenta † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1448 to 18 Sep 1477)
Giovanni Volpi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Aug 1897 to 14 Nov 1904)
Enrico † (Bishop: 22 Nov 1256 to 21 Oct 1269)
Opizzone † (Bishop: 1227 to 1231)

Source(s)

Diocese of Lucca
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 313
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 180
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 228, and Page 229
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 223
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 247
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 265
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 739, to Page 741
Archdiocese of Lucca
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 265
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 502
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 85, Page 205, to Page 212

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