Diocese of Chiusi e Pienza

Historical Details

• Diocese of Chiusi e Pienza
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • United: 15 June 1772
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 399 (154 Square Miles)

• Diocese of Chiusi
  • Latin Name: Clusina
  • Erected: 3rd Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Siena
  • Country: Italy

Past Ordinaries

• Frigerio † ( 1245 Appointed - 11 May 1248 Appointed, Bishop of Perugia)
• Pietro † (17 Apr 1273 Appointed - 1299 Died)
• Matteo de Medici, O.P. † ( 1299 Appointed - 1313 Died)
• Matteo Orsini, O.P. † (12 Jan 1317 Appointed - 15 Jun 1322 Died)
• Leonardo Fieschi † (25 Sep 1327 Appointed - )
• Ranieri , O.S.B. † (25 Sep 1327 Appointed - 1342 Died)
• Angelo † (3 May 1343 Appointed - 1348 Died)
• Francesco degli Atti † (17 Sep 1348 Appointed - 17 Apr 1353 Appointed, Bishop of Monte Cassino)
• Biagio , O. Cist. † (12 Aug 1353 Appointed - 1357 Died)
• Biagio Geminelli † (21 Aug 1357 Appointed - 16 Apr 1386 Appointed, Titular Bishop of Lindinen)
• Giacomo Tolomei, O.F.M. † ( 1383 Appointed - 1384 Appointed, Bishop of Grosseto)
• Clemente Cennino † ( 1384 Appointed - )
• Matteo † (9 Dec 1388 Appointed - 1393 Died)
• Edoardo Michelotti, O.F.M. † (5 Sep 1393 Appointed - 27 Feb 1404 Appointed, Bishop of Perugia)
• Antonio , O.S.B. † (27 Feb 1404 Appointed - 1410 Resigned)
• Biagio Ermanni † (28 Apr 1410 Appointed - 16 Nov 1418 Died)
• Pietro Paolo Bertini † (14 Dec 1418 Appointed - 1437 Died)
• Alessio de Cesari † (7 Jan 1437 Appointed - 5 Mar 1462 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
• Giovanni Chinugi † (6 Apr 1462 Appointed - 7 Jan 1463 Resigned)
• Gabriele Piccolomini, O.F.M. † (7 Jan 1463 Appointed - 1483 Died)
• Lorenzo Mancini † (22 Oct 1483 Appointed - )
• Antonio † ( 1490 Appointed - 1497 Died)
• Sinolfo di Castel Lotario † (8 Mar 1497 Appointed - 14 Jan 1503 Died)
• Bonifacio di Castel Lotario † (8 Feb 1503 Appointed - 1504 Died)
• Niccolò Bonafede † (20 Jun 1504 Appointed - 1533 Died)
• Bartolomeo Ferratini † (14 Jan 1534 Appointed - Jun 1534 Died)
• Gregorio Magalotti † (20 Aug 1534 Appointed - Sep 1537 Died)
• Giorgio Andreasi † (20 Mar 1538 Appointed - 2 Apr 1544 Appointed, Bishop of Reggio Emilia)
• Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † (2 Apr 1544 Appointed - 20 Feb 1545 Resigned)
• Giovanni Ricci † (20 Feb 1545 Appointed - 19 Nov 1554 Resigned)
• Filucio (Figliuccio) de Filucci (Figliucci) † (19 Nov 1554 Appointed - 1558 Died)
• Salvatore Pacini † (24 Aug 1558 Appointed - 20 Mar 1581 Died)
• Masseo Bardi, O.F.M. Obs. † (29 May 1581 Appointed - 1597 Died)
• Ludovico Martelli † ( 1597 Succeeded - Nov 1601 Died)
• Fausto Malari (Molari, Mellari) † (22 Apr 1602 Appointed - 1608 Died)
• Orazio Spannocchi † (12 Jan 1609 Appointed - 5 Sep 1620 Died)
• Alfonso Petrucci † (16 Nov 1620 Appointed - Mar 1633 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Piccolomini † (20 Jun 1633 Appointed - 14 Jul 1637 Died)
• Ippolito Campioni, O.S.B. † (14 Dec 1637 Appointed - 27 Jan 1647 Died)
• Carlo de’ Vecchi † (2 Mar 1648 Appointed - 12 Mar 1657 Resigned)
• Alessandro Piccolomini † (12 Mar 1657 Appointed - 6 Nov 1661 Died)
• Marco Antonio Marescotti † (11 Feb 1664 Appointed - 8 Dec 1681 Died)
• Lucio Borghesi † (25 May 1682 Appointed - 31 Jul 1705 Died)
• Gaetano Maria Bargagli, O.S.B. † (22 Feb 1706 Appointed - 30 Jun 1729 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Tarugi † (23 Dec 1729 Appointed - 14 Sep 1735 Died)
• Pio Magnoni † (9 Jul 1736 Appointed - 4 Sep 1747 Appointed, Bishop of Montepulciano)
• Giustino Girolamo Bagnesi, O.S.B. † (15 Jul 1748 Appointed - Jan 1775 Died)
• Giuseppe Pannilini † (13 Nov 1775 Appointed - 12 Aug 1823 Died)
• Giacinto Pippi † (12 Jul 1824 Appointed - 30 Dec 1839 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Ciofi † (27 Jan 1843 Appointed - 25 Mar 1870 Died)
• Raffaele Bianchi † (29 Jul 1872 Appointed - 30 Dec 1889 Resigned)
• Giacomo Bellucci † (30 Dec 1889 Appointed - 19 Feb 1917 Died)
• Giuseppe Conti † (22 Mar 1917 Appointed - 24 Apr 1941 Died)
• Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. † (31 Jul 1941 Appointed - 2 Jan 1970 Died)
• Alberto Giglioli † (7 Oct 1975 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza)

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 Chiusi e Pienza
1886		46,624	.0%			117	0				54	OTC
1950	30,000	30,000	100.0%	40	10	50	600		10	57	36	ap1951
1970	26,000	26,000	100.0%	35	3	38	684		4	45	36	ap1971
1980	49,345	59,501	82.9%	57	2	59	836		11	133	61	ap1981

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• None

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Giorgio Andreasi † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1538 to 2 Apr 1544)
• Francesco degli Atti † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1348 to 17 Apr 1353)
• Giustino Girolamo Bagnesi, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1748 to Jan 1775)
• Carlo Baldini, O.M.D. † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1941 to 2 Jan 1970)
• Masseo Bardi, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 29 May 1581 to 1597)
• Gaetano Maria Bargagli, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 22 Feb 1706 to 30 Jun 1729)
• Giacomo Bellucci † (Bishop: 30 Dec 1889 to 19 Feb 1917)
• Pietro Paolo Bertini † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1418 to 1437)
• Raffaele Bianchi † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1872 to 30 Dec 1889)
• Niccolò Bonafede † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1504 to 1533)
• Lucio Borghesi † (Bishop: 25 May 1682 to 31 Jul 1705)
• Ippolito Campioni, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1637 to 27 Jan 1647)
• Bonifacio di Castel Lotario † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1503 to 1504)
• Sinolfo di Castel Lotario † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1497 to 14 Jan 1503)
• Domenico Cennini †
• Clemente Cennino † (Bishop: 1384)
• Alessio de Cesari † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1437 to 5 Mar 1462)
• Giovanni Chinugi † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1462 to 7 Jan 1463)
• Giovanni Battista Ciofi † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1843 to 25 Mar 1870)
• Giuseppe Conti † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1917 to 24 Apr 1941)
• Maurizio Benvenuto Maria Contorni, O.S.B. †
• Carlo de’ Vecchi † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1648 to 12 Mar 1657)
• Biagio Ermanni † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1410 to 16 Nov 1418)
• Bartolomeo Ferratini † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1534 to Jun 1534)
• Leonardo Fieschi † (Administrator: 25 Sep 1327)
• Filucio (Figliuccio) de Filucci (Figliucci) † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1554 to 1558)
• Biagio Geminelli † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1357 to 16 Apr 1386)
• Alberto Giglioli † (Bishop: 7 Oct 1975 to 30 Sep 1986)
• Bartolomeo Guidiccioni † (Administrator: 2 Apr 1544 to 20 Feb 1545)
• Gregorio Magalotti † (Bishop: 20 Aug 1534 to Sep 1537)
• Pio Magnoni † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1736 to 4 Sep 1747)
• Fausto Malari (Molari, Mellari) † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1602 to 1608)
• Lorenzo Mancini † (Bishop: 22 Oct 1483)
• Marco Antonio Marescotti † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1664 to 8 Dec 1681)
• Ludovico Martelli † (Coadjutor Bishop: 14 Jan 1585; Bishop: 1597 to Nov 1601)
• Matteo de Medici, O.P. † (Bishop: 1299 to 1313)
• Edoardo Michelotti, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1393 to 27 Feb 1404)
• Matteo Orsini, O.P. † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1317 to 15 Jun 1322)
• Salvatore Pacini † (Bishop: 24 Aug 1558 to 20 Mar 1581)
• Giuseppe Pannilini † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1775 to 12 Aug 1823)
• Alfonso Petrucci † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1620 to Mar 1633)
• Alessandro Piccolomini † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1657 to 6 Nov 1661)
• Gabriele Piccolomini, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 7 Jan 1463 to 1483)
• Giovanni Battista Piccolomini † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1633 to 14 Jul 1637)
• Giacinto Pippi † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1824 to 30 Dec 1839)
• Giovanni Ricci † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 20 Feb 1545 to 19 Nov 1554)
• Divo Angelo Maria Sabatini, O.S.B. †
• Renato Spallanzani † (Apostolic Administrator: 1974 to 7 Oct 1975)
• Orazio Spannocchi † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1609 to 5 Sep 1620)
• Giovanni Battista Tarugi † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1729 to 14 Sep 1735)
• Giacomo Tolomei, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1383 to 1384)
• Divo Zadi † (Priest: 2 Aug 1953 to 10 Mar 1989)
• Pietro Romualdo Maria Zilianti, O.S.B. †
• Angelo † (Bishop: 3 May 1343 to 1348)
• Antonio † (Bishop: 1490 to 1497)
• Antonio , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1404 to 1410)
• Biagio , O. Cist. † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1353 to 1357)
• Frigerio † (Bishop: 1245 to 11 May 1248)
• Matteo † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1388 to 1393)
• Pietro † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1273 to 1299)
• Ranieri , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1327 to 1342)

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