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Bishop(s) Renato Boccardo , Archbishop
General Information Type of Jurisdiction: ArchdioceseUnited: 30 September 1986 Immediately Subject to the Holy SeeDepends on: Dicastery for Bishops Rite: Latin (or Roman)Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 1,836 (709 Square Miles)Conference Region: Umbria Official Web Site: http://www.spoletonorcia.it/ Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Aurelio Saffi 13, 06049 Spoleto [Perugia], ItaliaTelephone: 0743.23.101Fax: 0743.231.036
Nicola Porta † ( 1228 Appointed - 1234 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople )Bartolomeo Accoramboni † ( 1236 Appointed - 1271 Died)Tommaso de Angelis † ( 1271 Appointed - 1278 Died)Rolando Taverna † (10 May 1278 Appointed - 3 Apr 1285 Died)Paperone de’ Papareschi , O.P. † (21 Jul 1285 Appointed - 4 Mar 1290 Died)Gerardo Pigalotti , O.P. † (4 Mar 1290 Appointed - 28 Mar 1295 Appointed, Bishop of Arras )Francesco , O.F.M. † (28 Mar 1295 Appointed - 1299 Died)Niccol� Alberti , O.P. † (1 Jul 1299 Appointed - 18 Dec 1303 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) )Giovanni di Preneste † (23 Dec 1303 Appointed - 1307 Died)Pietro Trinci (di Montichiello) † (6 May 1307 Appointed - 1329 Died)Bartolomeo de’ Bardi , O.E.S.A. † (27 Feb 1320 Appointed - 10 Apr 1349 Died)Giovanni di Pistoia † (23 Oct 1349 Appointed - 1370 Died)Bernard de Bonneval † (10 Feb 1371 Appointed - 18 Jul 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Bologna )Giacomo Muti † (18 Jul 1371 Appointed - 1372 Died)G�raud de Palayrac † (24 Nov 1372 Appointed - 1379 Resigned)Ferdinando † ( 1379 Appointed - 1390 Removed)Lorenzo Corvini † (29 Nov 1390 Appointed - 1 Sep 1403 Died)Carlo , O.S.B. † (31 Oct 1403 Appointed - 1404 Died)Agostino da Lanzano (Cacciaguerra) † (27 Feb 1404 Appointed - 1410 Died)Jacopo Palladini † (18 Jul 1410 Appointed - 1417 Died)Niccol� Vivari † ( 1417 Appointed - 1 Feb 1419 Appointed, Bishop of Chieti )Giacomo de Camplo (Turco) † (1 Feb 1419 Appointed - 7 Jul 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Carpentras )Giacomo Buccii † (7 Jul 1424 Appointed - 1427 Died)Lotto Sardi † (21 May 1427 Appointed - 1445 Died)Sagace Conti , O.S.B. † (30 May 1446 Appointed - 1448 Died)Berardo Eroli † (13 Nov 1448 Appointed - 8 Dec 1474 Resigned)Constantin Eruli † (8 Dec 1474 Appointed - 1500 Died)Francesco Erulli † ( 1500 Succeeded - 1540 Died)Fabio Vigili † (24 Sep 1540 Appointed - 1553 Died)Fulvio Giulio della Corgna , O.S.Io.Hieros. † (22 Mar 1553 Appointed - 1555 Resigned)Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † ( 1555 Appointed - 16 Dec 1562 Resigned)Flavio Orsini † (16 Dec 1562 Appointed - 16 May 1581 Died)Pietro Orsini † (16 May 1581 Succeeded - 5 Apr 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Aversa )Paolo Sanvitale † (26 Apr 1591 Appointed - 11 May 1600 Died)Alfonso Visconte , C.O. † (10 Sep 1601 Appointed - 19 Sep 1608 Died)Maffeo Barberini † (27 Oct 1608 Appointed - 17 Jul 1617 Resigned)Lorenzo Castrucci † (17 Jul 1617 Appointed - 1655 Died)Cesare Facchinetti † (2 Aug 1655 Appointed - 30 Jan 1683 Died)Ludovicus Sciamanna † (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - 1689 Died)Opizio Pallavicini † (28 Nov 1689 Appointed - 8 Aug 1691 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo )Marcello Durazzo † (27 Aug 1691 Appointed - 7 Feb 1695 Resigned)Pietro Gaddi † (7 Feb 1695 Appointed - Sep 1710 Died)Carlo Giacinto Lascaris , O.P. † (11 May 1711 Appointed - 17 Mar 1727 Died)Pietro Carlo Benedetti † (17 Mar 1727 Succeeded - Sep 1739 Died)Ludovico Ancaiani † (16 Nov 1739 Appointed - 8 Mar 1743 Died)Paolo Bonavisa † (11 Mar 1743 Appointed - 21 Jul 1759 Died)Vincenzo Acqua † (19 Nov 1759 Appointed - 31 Mar 1772 Died)Francesco Maria Locatelli † (1 Jun 1772 Appointed - 13 Feb 1811 Died)Francesco Canali † (26 Sep 1814 Appointed - 28 Aug 1820 Appointed, Bishop of Tivoli )Mario Ancaiani † (27 Jun 1821 Appointed - 24 Feb 1827 Died)Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (21 May 1827 Appointed - 17 Dec 1832 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola )Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (17 Dec 1832 Appointed - 12 Feb 1838 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrho�ne )Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni † (12 Feb 1838 Appointed - 26 Sep 1852 Died)Giovanni Battista Arnaldi † (7 Mar 1853 Appointed - 28 Feb 1867 Died)Domenico Cavallini Spadoni † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 6 Feb 1879 Retired)Mariano Elvezio Pagliari † (28 Feb 1879 Appointed - 5 Feb 1900 Died)Domenico Serafini , O.S.B. † (19 Apr 1900 Appointed - 2 Mar 1912 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria )Pietro Pacifici , C.R.S. † (28 Aug 1912 Appointed - 7 Apr 1934 Died)Pietro Tagliapietra † (12 Sep 1934 Appointed - 11 May 1948 Died)Raffaele Mario Radossi , O.F.M. Conv. † (7 Jul 1948 Appointed - 23 Jun 1967 Retired)Ugo Poletti † (26 Jun 1967 Appointed - 3 Jul 1969 Appointed, Vicegerent of Roma {Rome} )Giuliano Agresti † (7 Nov 1969 Appointed - 25 Mar 1973 Appointed, Archbishop of Lucca )Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (9 Aug 1973 Appointed - 23 Nov 1987 Appointed, Archbishop of Cagliari )Antonio Ambrosanio † (4 Jan 1988 Appointed - 7 Feb 1995 Died)Riccardo Fontana (16 Dec 1995 Appointed - 16 Jul 2009 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro )Renato Boccardo (16 Jul 2009 Appointed - )
Date
Event
From
To
Diocese of Spoleto
1st Century Erected
Diocese of Spoleto (erected)
570 Territory Added
Diocese of Terni (suppressed)
Diocese of Spoleto
1217 Territory Lost
Diocese of Spoleto
Diocese of Terni
Archdiocese of Spoleto
15 January 1821 Elevated
Diocese of Spoleto
Archdiocese of Spoleto
26 June 1976 Territory Lost
Archdiocese of Spoleto (S. Donato in Leonessa, Ocre, Pianezza, S. Angelo in Trigillo, S. Paolo e S. Pietro in Terzone, Vallunga, Villa Bigioni, and Ville del Piano)
Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)
18 April 1980 Territory Added
Diocese of Assisi (S. Michele Arcangelo di Limigiano)
Archdiocese of Spoleto
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
30 September 1986 United
Diocese of Norcia Archdiocese of Spoleto
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
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 Spoleto
1886
64,878
.0%
126
0
170
OTC
1949
108,900
110,000
99.0%
144
75
219
497
25
391
173
ap1951
1970
84,118
84,138
100.0%
128
58
186
452
65
364
177
ap1971
1980
76,310
76,530
99.7%
124
42
166
459
47
370
152
ap1981
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
1990
92,390
92,650
99.7%
126
47
173
534
1
63
402
138
ap1991
1999
94,220
94,500
99.7%
111
43
154
611
1
48
372
138
ap2000
2000
94,220
94,500
99.7%
110
46
156
603
1
51
372
137
ap2001
2001
94,220
94,500
99.7%
109
46
155
607
1
62
372
137
ap2002
2002
100,501
101,385
99.1%
102
46
148
679
70
372
141
ap2003
2003
100,501
101,385
99.1%
104
44
148
679
5
71
349
74
ap2004
2004
100,562
101,472
99.1%
97
51
148
679
6
78
328
74
ap2005
2010
101,750
104,215
97.6%
83
58
141
721
5
73
293
76
ap2011
2014
102,000
108,000
94.4%
74
59
133
766
5
118
266
73
ap2015
2017
102,300
108,700
94.1%
69
52
121
845
8
78
213
71
ap2018
2020
104,800
109,290
95.9%
58
49
107
979
7
81
171
71
ap2021
2022
104,390
108,780
96.0%
53
47
100
1,043
7
73
167
71
ap2023
Note : Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
Bartolomeo Accoramboni † (Bishop: 1236 to 1271 )Vincenzo Acqua † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1759 to 31 Mar 1772 )Giuliano Agresti † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1969 to 25 Mar 1973 )Niccol� Alberti , O.P. † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1299 to 18 Dec 1303 )Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1973 to 23 Nov 1987 )Antonio Ambrosanio † (Archbishop: 4 Jan 1988 to 7 Feb 1995 )Ludovico Ancaiani † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1739 to 8 Mar 1743 )Mario Ancaiani † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1821 to 24 Feb 1827 )Tommaso de Angelis † (Bishop: 1271 to 1278 )Giovanni Battista Arnaldi † (Archbishop: 7 Mar 1853 to 28 Feb 1867 )Raffaele Bachetoni † (Deacon: 23 Dec 1826 ; Priest: 14 Jan 1828 to 20 May 1850 )Maffeo Barberini † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1608 to 17 Jul 1617 )Bartolomeo de’ Bardi , O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1320 to 10 Apr 1349 )Pietro Carlo Benedetti † (Coadjutor Bishop: 3 Jun 1726 ; Bishop: 17 Mar 1727 to Sep 1739 )Paolo Bonavisa † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1743 to 21 Jul 1759 )Bernard de Bonneval † (Bishop: 10 Feb 1371 to 18 Jul 1371 )Giacomo Buccii † (Bishop: 7 Jul 1424 to 1427 )Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1832 to 12 Feb 1838 )Giacomo de Camplo (Turco) † (Bishop: 1 Feb 1419 to 7 Jul 1424 )Francesco Canali † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1814 to 28 Aug 1820 )Giovanni Capobianco † (Priest: 20 Dec 1902 ; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 May 1933 to 1 Apr 1935 )Lorenzo Castrucci † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1617 to 1655 )Domenico Cavallini Spadoni † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 6 Feb 1879 )Giuseppe Chiaretti † (Priest: 8 Dec 1955 to 7 Apr 1983 )Sagace Conti , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 30 May 1446 to 1448 )Lorenzo Corvini † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1390 to 1 Sep 1403 )Fulvio Giulio della Corgna , O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Administrator: 22 Mar 1553 to 1555 )Paperone de’ Papareschi , O.P. † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1285 to 4 Mar 1290 )Marcello Durazzo † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 27 Aug 1691 to 7 Feb 1695 )Berardo Eroli † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1448 to 8 Dec 1474 )Constantin Eruli † (Bishop: 8 Dec 1474 to 1500 )Francesco Erulli † (Coadjutor Bishop: 10 Jul 1495 ; Bishop: 1500 to 1540 )Domenico Ettorre † (Priest: 4 Dec 1904 to 19 Nov 1936 )Cesare Facchinetti † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Aug 1655 to 30 Jan 1683 )St. Antonino Fantosati , O.F.M. Ref. †Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (Administrator: 1555 to 16 Dec 1562 )Pietro Gaddi † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1695 to Sep 1710 )Silvio Gasperini † (Priest: 15 Apr 1876 to 2 Dec 1912 )Agostino da Lanzano (Cacciaguerra) † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1404 to 1410 )Carlo Giacinto Lascaris , O.P. † (Bishop: 11 May 1711 to 17 Mar 1727 )Francesco Maria Locatelli † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1772 to 13 Feb 1811 )Eugenio Luzzi †Ercolano Marini † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jun 1904 to 11 Dec 1905 )Bonaventura Martinelli †Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (Archbishop: 21 May 1827 to 17 Dec 1832 )Giacomo Muti † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1371 to 1372 )Flavio Orsini † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1562 to 16 May 1581 )Pietro Orsini † (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Apr 1580 ; Bishop: 16 May 1581 to 5 Apr 1591 )Pietro Pacifici , C.R.S. † (Archbishop: 28 Aug 1912 to 7 Apr 1934 )Mariano Elvezio Pagliari † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1879 to 5 Feb 1900 )G�raud de Palayrac † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1372 to 1379 )Jacopo Palladini † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1410 to 1417 )Opizio Pallavicini † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 Nov 1689 to 8 Aug 1691 )Gerardo Pigalotti , O.P. † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1290 to 28 Mar 1295 )Giovanni di Pistoia † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1349 to 1370 )Ugo Poletti † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1967 to 3 Jul 1969 )Basilio Pompilj †Wesceslau Nazareno Ponti , O.F.M. Cap. †Nicola Porta † (Bishop: 1228 to 1234 )Giovanni di Preneste † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1303 to 1307 )Raffaele Mario Radossi , O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop: 7 Jul 1948 to 23 Jun 1967 )Aristide Rinaldini †Virgilio Rosario †Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 26 Sep 1852 )Paolo Sanvitale † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1591 to 11 May 1600 )Lotto Sardi † (Bishop: 21 May 1427 to 1445 )Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † (Priest: 12 Apr 1879 to 15 Jan 1900 )Ludovicus Sciamanna † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1685 to 1689 )Domenico Serafini , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1900 to 2 Mar 1912 )Filippo Carlo Spada †Pietro Tagliapietra † (Archbishop: 12 Sep 1934 to 11 May 1948 )Rolando Taverna † (Bishop: 10 May 1278 to 3 Apr 1285 )Pietro Trinci (di Montichiello) † (Bishop: 6 May 1307 to 1329 )Bernardino Trionfetti , O.F.M. Obs. †Fabio Vigili † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1540 to 1553 )Alfonso Visconte , C.O. † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1601 to 19 Sep 1608 )Niccol� Vivari † (Bishop: 1417 to 1 Feb 1419 )Carlo , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 31 Oct 1403 to 1404 )Ferdinando † (Administrator: 1379 to 1390 )Francesco , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 28 Mar 1295 to 1299 )
Diocese of Spoleto
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 461
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 241
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 303
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 321
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 362
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 386
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 351
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 727, to Page 729
Archdiocese of Spoleto
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 72, Page 553, and Page 554
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 792, to Page 794
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