Ajaccio (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Aimerico † ( 1309 Appointed - 1322 Died)
Vitale Gracchi, O.E.S.A. † ( 1322 Appointed - 1328 Died)
Manfredo di Calcinaria, O.F.M. † (13 Nov 1342 Appointed - 1345 Died)
Bertrando Escarpiti, O.F.M. † (20 Jun 1345 Appointed - 14 Aug 1348 Appointed, Bishop of Assisi)
Filippo de Ursone, O.F.M. † (11 Nov 1348 Appointed - )
Vincenzo de Sassari, O.F.M. † (20 May 1351 Appointed - 1369 Died)
Simon † (19 Dec 1369 Appointed - 1400 Died)
Pietro di Corsica † (11 Feb 1401 Appointed - 1410 Died)
Marco , O.S.B. † (21 Mar 1411 Appointed - )
Paolo Alberti, O.F.M. † (13 May 1420 Appointed - 19 Oct 1422 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
André Dias de Escobar, O.S.B. † (4 Sep 1422 Appointed - 5 May 1428 Resigned)
Luca de Offida, O.E.S.A. † (31 Jan 1429 Appointed - 1438 Died)
Valeriano Calderina † (26 May 1438 Appointed - 18 Jul 1438 Appointed, Bishop of Sagone (Sagona))
Raffaele Spínola, O.F.M. † (6 Aug 1438 Appointed - 1457 Resigned)
Deodato Bocconi (Boctoni), O.S.M. † (20 May 1457 Appointed - 1477 Died)
Paul de Bonifacio † (6 Feb 1477 Appointed - 1482 Resigned)
Gabriel de Franchis, O.P. † (2 Oct 1482 Appointed - )
Paolo Fregoso (Campofregoso) † ( 1483 Appointed - 22 Mar 1498 Died)
Filippo Pallavicini † (30 Mar 1498 Appointed - 1518 Died)
Jacques Pallavicini † (30 Jul 1518 Appointed - 1538 Died)
Leonardo Tornabuoni † (19 Mar 1539 Appointed - 1540 Died)
Alessandro Guidiccioni † (19 Jan 1541 Appointed - 1550 Resigned)
Giovanni Battista Bernardi † ( 1550 Succeeded - 1578 Resigned)
Christophe Guidiccioni † (14 May 1578 Appointed - 18 Nov 1582 Died)
Giulio Giustiniani † (28 Sep 1587 Appointed - 18 Apr 1616 Died)
Fabiano Giustiniano Giustiniani, C.O. † (13 Jun 1616 Appointed - 3 Jan 1627 Died)
Octavius Rivarola † (5 Jul 1627 Appointed - Oct 1651 Died)
Giovanni Stefano Donghi † (27 Nov 1651 Appointed - 2 Aug 1655 Appointed, Bishop of Imola)
Cyrus Straserra, C.R. † (11 Oct 1655 Appointed - 28 Apr 1656 Died)
Joannes Gregorius Ardizzoni, C.R. † (28 Aug 1656 Appointed - 22 Nov 1685 Died)
Giovanni Paolo Inurea (Invrea), O.S.B. † (12 Aug 1686 Appointed - 10 Mar 1694 Died)
Giovanni Battista Gentile, O.S.B. † (13 Sep 1694 Appointed - 2 Sep 1695 Died)
François Marie Sacco, C.R. † (28 Nov 1695 Appointed - 27 Mar 1697 Appointed, Bishop of Brugnato)
Pietro Spínola, O.F.M. Ref. † (10 Mar 1698 Appointed - 26 Dec 1715 Died)
Agostino Spínola, C.R.S. † (30 Mar 1716 Appointed - 23 Sep 1722 Appointed, Bishop of Savona)
Carlo Maria Lomellino † (23 Jan 1723 Appointed - 26 Nov 1741 Resigned)
Bernardino Centurione † (27 Nov 1741 Appointed - 11 Nov 1758 Died)
Benedetto Andrea Doria † (28 May 1759 Appointed - 17 Sep 1794 Died)
Louis Sébastiani de La Porta † (16 Jun 1802 Confirmed - 9 Dec 1831 Died)
Toussaint (Raffaele Sante) Casanelli d’Istria † (30 Sep 1833 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1869 Died)
Pierre-Paul de Cuttoli † (21 Mar 1870 Confirmed - 18 Dec 1870 Died)
François-André-Xavier de Gaffory † (6 May 1872 Confirmed - 14 Jul 1877 Died)
Paul-Matthieu de La Foata † (21 Sep 1877 Confirmed - 3 Jan 1899 Died)
Louis Olivieri † (14 Dec 1899 Confirmed - 17 May 1903 Died)
Marie-Joseph Ollivier † (21 Feb 1906 Appointed - 21 Mar 1906 Died)
Jean-Baptiste Desanti † (13 Jul 1906 Appointed - 12 Feb 1916 Died)
Augustin-Joseph-Marie Simeone † (27 May 1916 Appointed - 30 Jul 1926 Appointed, Bishop of Fréjus)
Jean-Marcel Rodié † (29 Apr 1927 Appointed - 7 Mar 1938 Appointed, Bishop of Agen)
Jean-Baptiste-Adrien Llosa † (14 Sep 1938 Appointed - 26 Jul 1966 Retired)
André Charles Collini † (26 Jul 1966 Succeeded - 22 Dec 1972 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux))
Jean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel Thomas † (4 Feb 1974 Appointed - 23 Dec 1986 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Versailles)
Sauveur Casanova † (13 Aug 1987 Appointed - 5 Jan 1995 Retired)
André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † (5 Jan 1995 Appointed - 13 Aug 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Besançon)
Jean-Luc Brunin (6 May 2004 Appointed - 24 Jun 2011 Appointed, Bishop of Le Havre)
Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine (22 Feb 2012 Appointed - 22 Oct 2020 Appointed, Archbishop of Lyon)
François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv. (11 May 2021 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Ajaccio (erected)
29 November 1801	Territory Added	Diocese of Accia and Mariana (suppressed) Diocese of Aleria (suppressed) Diocese of Nebbio (suppressed) Diocese of Sagone (Sagona) (suppressed)	Diocese of Ajaccio
8 December 2002	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Ajaccio (from Aix)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 249,000 250,000 99.6% 220 80 300 830 70 250 420 ap1951

1959 159,000 160,000 99.4% 165 61 226 703 62 210 420 ap1960

1970 178,350 180,000 99.1% 158 53 211 845 58 405 ap1971

1980 272,000 292,000 93.2% 112 58 170 1,600 1 64 170 407 ap1981

1990 235,000 251,000 93.6% 99 34 133 1,766 5 39 72 410 ap1991

1999 230,000 253,992 90.6% 58 31 89 2,584 10 42 81 410 ap2000

2000 231,000 255,000 90.6% 58 17 75 3,080 14 28 68 410 ap2001

2001 237,000 261,500 90.6% 69 24 93 2,548 14 34 68 410 ap2002

2002 241,150 261,500 92.2% 74 23 97 2,486 13 36 63 410 ap2003

2003 241,150 261,500 92.2% 71 29 100 2,411 15 45 55 434 ap2004

2004 241,150 261,500 92.2% 69 33 102 2,364 15 45 63 434 ap2005

2006 243,000 263,700 92.2% 71 32 103 2,359 16 42 49 434 ap2007

2012 258,200 278,100 92.8% 47 24 71 3,636 19 35 33 434 ap2013

2015 281,500 307,000 91.7% 51 20 71 3,964 17 27 41 434 ap2016

2018 295,000 324,240 91.0% 54 18 72 4,097 16 20 36 438 ap2019

2020 301,000 331,000 90.9% 56 19 75 4,013 15 25 31 434 ap2021

2022 277,000 340,000 81.5% 56 20 76 3,644 13 23 29 434 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	249,000	250,000	99.6%	220	80	300	830		70	250	420	ap1951
1959	159,000	160,000	99.4%	165	61	226	703		62	210	420	ap1960
1970	178,350	180,000	99.1%	158	53	211	845		58		405	ap1971
1980	272,000	292,000	93.2%	112	58	170	1,600	1	64	170	407	ap1981
1990	235,000	251,000	93.6%	99	34	133	1,766	5	39	72	410	ap1991
1999	230,000	253,992	90.6%	58	31	89	2,584	10	42	81	410	ap2000
2000	231,000	255,000	90.6%	58	17	75	3,080	14	28	68	410	ap2001
2001	237,000	261,500	90.6%	69	24	93	2,548	14	34	68	410	ap2002
2002	241,150	261,500	92.2%	74	23	97	2,486	13	36	63	410	ap2003
2003	241,150	261,500	92.2%	71	29	100	2,411	15	45	55	434	ap2004
2004	241,150	261,500	92.2%	69	33	102	2,364	15	45	63	434	ap2005
2006	243,000	263,700	92.2%	71	32	103	2,359	16	42	49	434	ap2007
2012	258,200	278,100	92.8%	47	24	71	3,636	19	35	33	434	ap2013
2015	281,500	307,000	91.7%	51	20	71	3,964	17	27	41	434	ap2016
2018	295,000	324,240	91.0%	54	18	72	4,097	16	20	36	438	ap2019
2020	301,000	331,000	90.9%	56	19	75	4,013	15	25	31	434	ap2021
2022	277,000	340,000	81.5%	56	20	76	3,644	13	23	29	434	ap2023