Pesaro (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bartolomeo d’Ancona † ( 1218 Appointed - 1256 Died)
Uguccione † (3 Jul 1257 Appointed - 12 Dec 1267 Appointed, Bishop of Jesi)
Francesco de Jesi, O.F.M. † (23 Dec 1276 Appointed - 1283 Died)
Accorsio † (13 Dec 1283 Appointed - 1291 Died)
Salvo , O.P. † (27 Jan 1292 Appointed - )
Pietro , O.F.M. † (1 Jan 1296 Appointed - 1315 Died)
Pietro , O.F.M. † ( 1317 Appointed - 1343 Died)
Francesco Vinoli, O.F.M. † (24 May 1343 Appointed - 1346 Died)
Omodio † (26 Jun 1346 Appointed - 1353 Died)
Biagio Geminelli † (29 Jan 1354 Appointed - 21 Aug 1357 Appointed, Bishop of Chiusi)
Enrico de Sessa † (21 Aug 1357 Appointed - 12 Oct 1358 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
Nicolò Marciari (Merciari) de Perusio † (12 Jul 1359 Appointed - 1 Jul 1370 Appointed, Bishop of Fermo)
Leale Malatesta † (1 Jul 1370 Appointed - 10 Jan 1374 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
Nicolò † ( 1374 Appointed - 23 Mar 1374 Appointed, Bishop of Chioggia)
Angelo Feducci, O.F.M. † (23 Mar 1374 Appointed - 1381 Resigned)
Angelo Rocci † (23 Dec 1398 Appointed - 1406 Died)
Antonio Casini † ( 1406 Appointed - 20 Jul 1409 Appointed, Bishop of Siena)
Bartolomeo Casini, O.S.B. † (20 Jul 1409 Appointed - 1419 Died)
Giovanni Benedetti † (5 Jul 1419 Appointed - 1451 Died)
Giovanni Paterna, O.F.M. † ( 1451 Appointed - 1469 Died)
Barnabé Mersoni † (29 Mar 1470 Appointed - 29 May 1475 Appointed, Bishop of Terni)
Tommaso Vincenzi † (29 May 1475 Appointed - 10 Dec 1479 Died)
Lorenzo Capodiferro † (10 Dec 1479 Appointed - 1487 Died)
Nestor Malvasia † ( 1487 Appointed - 1488 Died)
Ascanio Maria Sforza † ( 1487 Appointed - May 1491 Resigned)
Aloysius Capra † (16 May 1491 Appointed - 13 Aug 1498 Died)
Francesco Oricellari † (16 Apr 1499 Appointed - 1503 Died)
Francesco Riccardi † (27 Mar 1504 Appointed - 24 Sep 1508 Died)
Albertino della Rovere † (6 Sep 1508 Appointed - 1513 Died)
Paride de Grassis † (4 Apr 1513 Appointed - 10 Jun 1528 Died)
Baldassarre Caetano de Grassi † (10 Jun 1528 Succeeded - Jul 1528 Resigned)
Giacomo Simonetta † (17 Jul 1528 Appointed - 10 Dec 1537 Resigned)
Ludovico Simonetta † (19 Dec 1537 Appointed - 9 May 1561 Resigned)
Giulio Simonetta † (9 May 1561 Appointed - 27 May 1576 Died)
Roberto Sassatelli † (4 Jun 1576 Appointed - 1586 Died)
Cesare Benedetti † (28 May 1586 Appointed - 6 Feb 1609 Died)
Bartolomeo Giorgi, O.F.M. † (15 Jun 1609 Appointed - 1612 Died)
Malatesta Baglioni † (16 Jul 1612 Appointed - 16 Sep 1641 Appointed, Bishop of Assisi)
Giovanni Francesco Passionei † (27 Nov 1641 Appointed - Aug 1657 Died)
Gianlucido Palombara † (1 Apr 1658 Appointed - 25 Nov 1666 Died)
Alessandro Diotallevi, C.R.S.A. † (3 Oct 1667 Appointed - 28 Sep 1676 Died)
Girolamo Valvassori, O.S.A. † (11 Jan 1677 Appointed - 15 Oct 1684 Died)
Alessandro Avio † (17 May 1688 Appointed - 2 Oct 1702 Appointed, Bishop of San Severino (Marche))
Filippo Carlo Spada † (20 Nov 1702 Appointed - 19 Dec 1738 Resigned)
Umberto Luigi Radicati de Cocconato † (26 Jan 1739 Appointed - 13 Nov 1773 Died)
Marcantonio Conti † (28 Feb 1774 Appointed - 2 Mar 1775 Resigned)
Gennaro Antonio de Simone † (13 Mar 1775 Appointed - 18 Aug 1779 Resigned)
Rocco Maria Barsanti, C.R.M. † (20 Sep 1779 Appointed - 16 Oct 1784 Died)
Teodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 3 Sep 1790 Died)
Andrea Mastai-Ferretti † (26 Aug 1806 Appointed - 26 Jun 1822 Died)
Ottavio Zollio † (27 Sep 1822 Appointed - 24 May 1824 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
Felice Bezzi † (24 May 1824 Appointed - 16 Mar 1828 Died)
Filippo Monacelli † (15 Dec 1828 Appointed - 30 Jan 1839 Died)
Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali † (8 Jul 1839 Appointed - 5 Sep 1846 Died)
Giovanni Carlo Gentili † (12 Apr 1847 Appointed - 10 Oct 1854 Resigned)
Clemente Fares † (15 Dec 1856 Appointed - 1 Mar 1896 Died)
Carlo Bonajuti (Bonaiuti) † (22 Jun 1896 Appointed - 26 Jul 1904 Died)
Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap. † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 28 Apr 1916 Died)
Bonaventura Porta † (22 Mar 1917 Appointed - 28 Dec 1952 Retired)
Luigi Carlo Borromeo † (28 Dec 1952 Appointed - 4 Jul 1975 Died)
Gaetano Michetti † (4 Jul 1975 Succeeded - 3 Jan 1998 Retired)
Angelo Bagnasco (3 Jan 1998 Appointed - 20 Jun 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Italy, Military)
Piero Coccia (28 Feb 2004 Appointed - 12 Mar 2022 Retired)
Sandro Salvucci (12 Mar 2022 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Pesaro
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Pesaro (erected)
Archdiocese of Pesaro
11 March 2000	Elevated	Diocese of Pesaro	Archdiocese of Pesaro

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 Pesaro

1886 41,760 .0% 191 0 39 OTC

1950 76,900 77,500 99.2% 81 30 111 692 10 21 44 ap1951

1970 101,100 101,007 100.1% 79 43 122 828 52 190 56 ap1971*

1980 112,600 115,400 97.6% 70 45 115 979 3 52 173 61 ap1981

1990 112,000 113,400 98.8% 72 47 119 941 2 60 90 54 ap1991

Archdiocese of Pesaro

1999 113,210 114,423 98.9% 67 38 105 1,078 10 40 98 54 ap2000

2000 113,180 114,685 98.7% 66 37 103 1,098 8 39 95 54 ap2001

2001 116,215 117,506 98.9% 69 35 104 1,117 8 38 110 54 ap2002

2002 115,478 117,205 98.5% 69 36 105 1,099 8 39 104 54 ap2003

2003 117,200 119,890 97.8% 69 38 107 1,095 8 42 103 54 ap2004

2004 117,017 120,697 97.0% 67 43 110 1,063 7 47 93 54 ap2005

2013 125,550 132,600 94.7% 61 41 102 1,230 12 44 72 54 ap2014

2016 124,742 131,942 94.5% 53 37 90 1,386 12 42 85 54 ap2017

2019 125,740 133,398 94.3% 55 31 86 1,462 13 32 58 54 ap2020

2021 122,392 130,952 93.5% 47 32 79 1,549 12 32 55 54 ap2022

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 Pesaro
1886		41,760	.0%			191	0				39	OTC
1950	76,900	77,500	99.2%	81	30	111	692		10	21	44	ap1951
1970	101,100	101,007	100.1%	79	43	122	828		52	190	56	ap1971*
1980	112,600	115,400	97.6%	70	45	115	979	3	52	173	61	ap1981
1990	112,000	113,400	98.8%	72	47	119	941	2	60	90	54	ap1991
Archdiocese of Pesaro
1999	113,210	114,423	98.9%	67	38	105	1,078	10	40	98	54	ap2000
2000	113,180	114,685	98.7%	66	37	103	1,098	8	39	95	54	ap2001
2001	116,215	117,506	98.9%	69	35	104	1,117	8	38	110	54	ap2002
2002	115,478	117,205	98.5%	69	36	105	1,099	8	39	104	54	ap2003
2003	117,200	119,890	97.8%	69	38	107	1,095	8	42	103	54	ap2004
2004	117,017	120,697	97.0%	67	43	110	1,063	7	47	93	54	ap2005
2013	125,550	132,600	94.7%	61	41	102	1,230	12	44	72	54	ap2014
2016	124,742	131,942	94.5%	53	37	90	1,386	12	42	85	54	ap2017
2019	125,740	133,398	94.3%	55	31	86	1,462	13	32	58	54	ap2020
2021	122,392	130,952	93.5%	47	32	79	1,549	12	32	55	54	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

François-Marie Abbati †
Paol’Antonio Agostini Zamperoli †
Bartolomeo d’Ancona † (Bishop: 1218 to 1256)
Alessandro Avio † (Bishop: 17 May 1688 to 2 Oct 1702)
Malatesta Baglioni † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1612 to 16 Sep 1641)
Rocco Maria Barsanti, C.R.M. † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1779 to 16 Oct 1784)
Cesare Benedetti † (Bishop: 28 May 1586 to 6 Feb 1609)
Giovanni Benedetti † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1419 to 1451)
Felice Bezzi † (Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 16 Mar 1828)
Carlo Bonajuti (Bonaiuti) † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1896 to 26 Jul 1904)
Luigi Carlo Borromeo † (Bishop: 28 Dec 1952 to 4 Jul 1975)
Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali † (Bishop: 8 Jul 1839 to 5 Sep 1846)
Lorenzo Capodiferro † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1479 to 1487)
Aloysius Capra † (Bishop: 16 May 1491 to 13 Aug 1498)
Filippo Carandini †
Antonio Casini † (Bishop: 1406 to 20 Jul 1409)
Bartolomeo Casini, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1409 to 1419)
Luigi Ciacchi †
Marcantonio Conti † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1774 to 2 Mar 1775)
Agostino Nicola degl’Abbati Olivieri, O.E.S.A. †
Albertino della Rovere † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1508 to 1513)
Alessandro Diotallevi, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1667 to 28 Sep 1676)
Clemente Fares † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1856 to 1 Mar 1896)
Angelo Feducci, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1374 to 1381)
Biagio Geminelli † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1354 to 21 Aug 1357)
Giovanni Carlo Gentili † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1847 to 10 Oct 1854)
Bartolomeo Giorgi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1609 to 1612)
Baldassarre Caetano de Grassi † (Coadjutor Bishop: 13 Apr 1519; Bishop: 10 Jun 1528 to Jul 1528)
Paride de Grassis † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1513 to 10 Jun 1528)
Alessandro Grossi † (Priest: 19 Sep 1857 to 3 Apr 1876)
Francesco de Jesi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1276 to 1283)
Teodoro Giacomo Filippo Luvini, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 3 Sep 1790)
Leale Malatesta † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1370 to 10 Jan 1374)
Nestor Malvasia † (Bishop: 1487 to 1488)
Nicolò Marciari (Merciari) de Perusio † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1359 to 1 Jul 1370)
Saverio Marini †
Andrea Mastai-Ferretti † (Bishop: 26 Aug 1806 to 26 Jun 1822)
Barnabé Mersoni † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1470 to 29 May 1475)
Gaetano Michetti † (Apostolic Administrator: 18 Jul 1970 to 4 Jul 1975; Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Jul 1973; Bishop: 4 Jul 1975 to 3 Jan 1998)
Romolo Molaroni †
Filippo Monacelli † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1828 to 30 Jan 1839)
Agapito Mosca †
Pier Francesco Muccioli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Fabio Olivieri †
Giuseppe Zonga Ondedei †
Francesco Oricellari † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1499 to 1503)
Antonio Francesco Orioli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Gianlucido Palombara † (Bishop: 1 Apr 1658 to 25 Nov 1666)
Giovanni Francesco Passionei † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1641 to Aug 1657)
Giovanni Paterna, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1451 to 1469)
Eugenio di Pesaro (Fabriani), O.S.A. †
Pietro Giacomo Pichi †
Luca Piergiovanni † (Priest: 19 Apr 1899 to 10 Nov 1917)
Giovanni Battista Pontano (Montano) †
Bonaventura Porta † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1917 to 28 Dec 1952)
Umberto Luigi Radicati de Cocconato † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1739 to 13 Nov 1773)
Francesco Riccardi † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1504 to 24 Sep 1508)
Angelo Rocci † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1398 to 1406)
Roberto Sassatelli † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1576 to 1586)
Enrico de Sessa † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1357 to 12 Oct 1358)
Ascanio Maria Sforza † (Administrator: 1487 to May 1491)
Gennaro Antonio de Simone † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1775 to 18 Aug 1779)
Giacomo Simonetta † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1528 to 10 Dec 1537)
Giulio Simonetta † (Bishop: 9 May 1561 to 27 May 1576)
Ludovico Simonetta † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1537 to 9 May 1561)
Filippo Carlo Spada † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1702 to 19 Dec 1738)
Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1904 to 28 Apr 1916)
Egidio Valenti, O.S.A. †
Girolamo Valvassori, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1677 to 15 Oct 1684)
Tommaso Vincenzi † (Bishop: 29 May 1475 to 10 Dec 1479)
Francesco Vinoli, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 24 May 1343 to 1346)
Ottavio Zollio † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1822 to 24 May 1824)
Accorsio † (Bishop: 13 Dec 1283 to 1291)
Nicolò † (Bishop: 1374 to 23 Mar 1374)
Omodio † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1346 to 1353)
Pietro , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1317 to 1343)
Pietro , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1 Jan 1296 to 1315)
Salvo , O.P. † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1292)
Uguccione † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1257 to 12 Dec 1267)

Source(s)

Diocese of Pesaro
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 395
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 214
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 274
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 281
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 315
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 339
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 715, to Page 716
Archdiocese of Pesaro
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 92, Page 568, and Page 569

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