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Gerardo , O.S.B. † ( 1204 Appointed - 1228 Died)Persevallo † ( 1239 Appointed - )Giovanni Bono † (8 Jan 1244 Appointed - )Pietro di Romanuccio Capocci † (May 1284 Appointed - 24 Aug 1286 Appointed, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania )Berardo di Poggio † (27 Aug 1286 Appointed - 4 Feb 1296 Appointed, Bishop of Rieti )Pandolfo † (26 Feb 1296 Appointed - 1299 Died)Nicol� degli Ungari , O.F.M. † (28 Sep 1299 Appointed - 1326 Died)Tommaso de Muro † (16 Jun 1326 Appointed - 1342 Died)Nicol� Frangipane † (18 Jul 1342 Appointed - 1344 Died)Agostino dal Poggio † (6 Feb 1344 Appointed - 1348 Died)Lanfranco de Saliverti , O.F.M. Conv. † (3 Oct 1348 Appointed - 23 Oct 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Bergamo )Giovanni Tedeschi , O.E.S.A. † (23 Oct 1349 Appointed - )Bartolomeo Oleario , O.F.M. † ( 1381 Appointed - 9 Dec 1385 Appointed, Bishop of Firenze )Guglielmo della Vigna , O.S.B. † (6 Feb 1386 Appointed - 12 Jun 1405 Appointed, Bishop of Todi )Carlo degli Atti , O.S.B. † (12 Jun 1405 Appointed - 1406 Died)Lorenzo de Ricco † (26 May 1406 Appointed - 19 Dec 1412 Appointed, Bishop of Senigallia )Simone de’ Vigilanti , O.E.S.A. † (5 Apr 1410 Appointed - 6 Mar 1419 Appointed, Bishop of Senigallia )Pietro Liberotti † (19 Dec 1412 Appointed - 11 Sep 1419 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno )Astorgio Agnesi † (6 Mar 1419 Appointed - 8 Feb 1436 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento )Giovanni Caffarelli † (18 Feb 1437 Appointed - 1460 Died)Agapito Rustici Cenci † (16 Apr 1460 Appointed - 22 Aug 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino )Bl. Antonio Fatati † (3 Nov 1463 Appointed - 9 Jan 1484 Died)Benincasa Benincasa † (5 Oct 1484 Appointed - 1502 Died)Giovanni Sacco † (15 Jul 1502 Appointed - 1505 Died)Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † (4 Apr 1505 Appointed - 5 Apr 1514 Resigned)Francesco de Accolti † (5 Apr 1514 Appointed - 1523 Resigned)Baldovinetto de’ Baldovinetti † (26 Mar 1523 Appointed - 1538 Died)Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (12 Aug 1538 Appointed - 15 Nov 1538 Appointed, Administrator of Massa Marittima )Girolamo Ghianderoni † (12 Nov 1538 Appointed - 1550 Resigned)Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) † (23 May 1550 Appointed - 6 Feb 1556 Appointed, Bishop of Tropea )Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) † (6 Feb 1556 Appointed - 31 Jan 1585 Died)Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (24 Feb 1585 Appointed - 1 Jul 1585 Resigned)Carlo Conti † (1 Jul 1585 Appointed - 3 Dec 1615 Died)Giulio Savelli † (11 Jan 1616 Appointed - 2 May 1622 Resigned)(Giovanni) Aloysius Galli † (2 May 1622 Appointed - 22 Jul 1657 Died)Giannicol� Conti † (29 Mar 1666 Appointed - 20 Jan 1698 Died)Marcello d’Aste † (3 Feb 1700 Appointed - 11 Jun 1709 Died)Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † (19 Feb 1710 Appointed - 23 Dec 1726 Died)Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (20 Jan 1727 Appointed - 30 Apr 1731 Appointed, Archbishop of Bologna )Bartolomeo Massei † (21 May 1731 Appointed - 20 Nov 1745 Died)Nicola Manciforte † (17 Jan 1746 Appointed - 19 Dec 1762 Died)Filippo Acciaioli † (24 Jan 1763 Appointed - 24 Jul 1766 Died)Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini † (1 Dec 1766 Appointed - 3 Aug 1782 Died)Vincenzo Ranuzzi † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 27 Oct 1800 Died)Nicola Riganti † (8 Mar 1816 Appointed - 31 Aug 1822 Died)Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa † (10 Mar 1823 Appointed - 23 May 1824 Resigned)Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga † (24 May 1824 Appointed - 5 Dec 1837 Died)Antonio Maria Cadolini , B. † (12 Feb 1838 Appointed - 1 Aug 1851 Died)Antonio Benedetto Antonucci † (5 Sep 1851 Appointed - 29 Jan 1879 Died)Achille Manara † (12 May 1879 Appointed - 15 Feb 1906 Died)Giovanni Battista Ricci † (21 Jul 1906 Appointed - 10 Nov 1929 Died)Mario Giardini , B. † (16 May 1931 Appointed - 5 Feb 1940 Resigned)Marco Giovanni Della Pietra , O.F.M. † (25 Mar 1940 Appointed - 13 Jan 1945 Died)Egidio Bignamini † (18 Nov 1945 Appointed - 21 Dec 1966 Died)Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella , O.F.M. † (22 Feb 1967 Appointed - 6 Jul 1968 Resigned)Carlo Maccari † (5 Aug 1968 Appointed - 1 Jul 1989 Retired)Dionigi Tettamanzi † (1 Jul 1989 Appointed - 6 Apr 1991 Appointed, Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference )Franco Festorazzi † (6 Apr 1991 Appointed - 8 Jan 2004 Retired)Edoardo Menichelli (8 Jan 2004 Appointed - 14 Jul 2017 Retired)Angelo Spina (14 Jul 2017 Appointed - )
Date
Event
From
To
Diocese of Ancona
3rd Century Erected
Diocese of Ancona (erected)
Diocese of Ancona e Numana
19 October 1422 United
Diocese of AnconaDiocese of Numana
Diocese of Ancona e Numana
Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana
14 September 1904 Elevated
Diocese of Ancona e Numana
Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana
15 August 1972 Elevated
Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana (became a Metropolitan)
Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana)
5 July 1975 Name Changed
Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana
Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana)
Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
30 September 1986 United
Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana)Diocese of Osimo
Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
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 Ancona e Numana
1886
70,136
.0%
156
0
37
OTC
Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana
1959
129,500
130,000
99.6%
71
90
161
804
105
238
46
ap1960
1969
153,000
153,428
99.7%
89
88
177
864
100
280
52
ap1971
Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana)
1980
152,500
153,500
99.3%
82
75
157
971
1
98
209
58
ap1981
Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
1990
204,310
208,218
98.1%
111
92
203
1,006
4
140
244
71
ap1991
1999
205,214
206,831
99.2%
108
82
190
1,080
8
101
206
72
ap2000
2000
205,682
207,220
99.3%
115
82
197
1,044
8
99
203
72
ap2001
2001
206,598
208,747
99.0%
110
79
189
1,093
15
94
196
72
ap2002
2002
205,682
207,220
99.3%
108
82
190
1,082
15
96
192
72
ap2003
2003
210,062
212,875
98.7%
108
76
184
1,141
15
89
173
72
ap2004
2004
205,204
212,340
96.6%
109
72
181
1,133
16
82
165
72
ap2005
2006
206,541
216,858
95.2%
100
75
175
1,180
17
88
124
72
ap2007
2012
197,851
225,441
87.8%
89
39
128
1,545
18
45
86
72
ap2013
2015
209,730
223,923
93.7%
91
43
134
1,565
17
57
94
72
ap2016
2018
207,708
221,764
93.7%
84
49
133
1,561
15
64
83
72
ap2019
2020
207,000
220,980
93.7%
74
49
123
1,682
15
64
79
72
ap2021
2022
205,000
219,000
93.6%
75
39
114
1,798
14
54
66
72
ap2023
Note : Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
Filippo Acciaioli † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 24 Jan 1763 to 24 Jul 1766 )Francesco de Accolti † (Bishop: 5 Apr 1514 to 1523 )Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1505 to 5 Apr 1514 )Astorgio Agnesi † (Bishop: 6 Mar 1419 to 8 Feb 1436 )Antonio Benedetto Antonucci † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 5 Sep 1851 to 29 Jan 1879 )Carlo degli Atti , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1405 to 1406 )Lorenzo Barili † (Priest: 2 Sep 1827 to 3 Aug 1857 )Cleto Bellucci †Benincasa Benincasa † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1484 to 1502 )Egidio Bignamini † (Archbishop: 18 Nov 1945 to 21 Dec 1966 )Giovanni Bono † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1244 )Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 1 Dec 1766 to 3 Aug 1782 )Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Bussi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 19 Feb 1710 to 23 Dec 1726 )Antonio Maria Cadolini , B. † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 1 Aug 1851 )Giovanni Caffarelli † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1437 to 1460 )Carlo Castelli , Obl.S.C. † (Apostolic Administrator: 1929 to 19 Jul 1931 )Carlo Conti † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1585 to 3 Dec 1615 )Giannicol� Conti † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1666 to 20 Jan 1698 )Marcello d’Aste † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 3 Feb 1700 to 11 Jun 1709 )Baldovinetto de’ Baldovinetti † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1523 to 1538 )Marco Giovanni Della Pietra , O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1940 to 13 Jan 1945 )Guglielmo della Vigna , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1386 to 12 Jun 1405 )Giovanni Francesco Falzacappa † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 10 Mar 1823 to 23 May 1824 )Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (Administrator: 12 Aug 1538 to 15 Nov 1538 )Bl. Antonio Fatati † (Bishop: 3 Nov 1463 to 9 Jan 1484 )Pietro Fauno Costacciaro †Franco Festorazzi † (Archbishop: 6 Apr 1991 to 8 Jan 2004 )Nicol� Frangipane † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1342 to 1344 )(Giovanni) Aloysius Galli † (Bishop: 2 May 1622 to 22 Jul 1657 )Tommaso Gallucci †Girolamo Ghianderoni † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1538 to 1550 )Mario Giardini , B. † (Archbishop: 16 May 1931 to 5 Feb 1940 )Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 20 Jan 1727 to 30 Apr 1731 )Pietro Liberotti † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1412 to 11 Sep 1419 )Gian Matteo Luchi (di Luca) † (Bishop: 23 May 1550 to 6 Feb 1556 )Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1556 to 31 Jan 1585 )Carlo Maccari † (Archbishop: 5 Aug 1968 to 1 Jul 1989 )Achille Manara † (Bishop: 12 May 1879 ; Archbishop: 14 Sep 1904 to 15 Feb 1906 )Nicola Manciforte † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1746 to 19 Dec 1762 )Bartolomeo Massei † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 21 May 1731 to 20 Nov 1745 )Tommaso de Muro † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1326 to 1342 )Cesare Nembrini Pironi Gonzaga † (Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 5 Dec 1837 )Bartolomeo Oleario , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1381 to 9 Dec 1385 )Francesco Saverio Passari † (Apostolic Administrator: 21 Nov 1800 to 4 Jun 1808 )Bernardino Maria Dino Piccinelli , O.S.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jun 1966 to 23 Nov 1983 )Francesco Pichi † (Priest: 29 Apr 1810 to 25 May 1818 )Agostino dal Poggio † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1344 to 1348 )Berardo di Poggio † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1286 to 4 Feb 1296 )Vincenzo Radicioni †Vincenzo Ranuzzi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 14 Feb 1785 to 27 Oct 1800 )Giovanni Battista Ricci † (Archbishop: 21 Jul 1906 to 10 Nov 1929 )Lorenzo de Ricco † (Bishop: 26 May 1406 to 19 Dec 1412 )Nicola Riganti † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1816 to 31 Aug 1822 )Pietro di Romanuccio Capocci † (Bishop: May 1284 to 24 Aug 1286 )Agapito Rustici Cenci † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1460 to 22 Aug 1463 )Giovanni Sacco † (Administrator: 15 Jul 1502 to 1505 )Lanfranco de Saliverti , O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1348 to 23 Oct 1349 )Giulio Savelli † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1616 to 2 May 1622 )Oscar Serfilippi , O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Sep 1975 to 1977 )Tullio Sericci †Giovanni Tedeschi , O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1349 )Dionigi Tettamanzi † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1989 to 6 Apr 1991 )Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella , O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 22 Feb 1967 to 6 Jul 1968 )Nicol� degli Ungari , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1299 to 1326 )Antonio Vico †Simone de’ Vigilanti , O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 5 Apr 1410 to 6 Mar 1419 )Gerardo , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 1204 to 1228 )Pandolfo † (Administrator: 26 Feb 1296 to 1299 )Persevallo † (Bishop: 1239 )
Diocese of Ancona
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 87, and Page 88
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 664, to Page 666
Diocese of Ancona e Numana
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 87, and Page 88
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 87
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 107, and Page 108
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 82
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 83
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 82
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 73
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 99
Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 53
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 664, and Page 665
Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana)
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 557
Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 642, to Page 645
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 92, Page 567, and Page 568
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