Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo

Historical Details

• Diocese of Ancona
  • Latin Name: Anconitana
  • Erected: 3rd Century
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

• Diocese of Ancona e Numana
  • Latin Name: Anconitana et Numanensis
  • United: 19 October 1422
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Ancona e Numana
  • Latin Name: Anconitana et Numanensis
  • Elevated: 14 September 1904
  • Metropolitan See
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Ancona (-Numana)
  • Latin Name: Anconitana (-Numanensis)
  • Name Changed: 5 July 1975
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• 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)
• Nicolò degli Ungari, O.F.M. † (28 Sep 1299 Appointed - 1326 Died)
• Tommaso de Muro † (16 Jun 1326 Appointed - 1342 Died)
• Nicolò 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)
• Giannicolò 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 - )

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 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.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Claudio Giuliodori (Priest: 30 Sep 1986 to 22 Feb 2007)
• Edoardo Menichelli (Archbishop: 8 Jan 2004 to 14 Jul 2017)
• Luciano Paolucci Bedini (Deacon: 24 Sep 1994; Priest: 30 Sep 1995 to 29 Sep 2017)
• Angelo Spina (Archbishop: 14 Jul 2017 - )

  ---

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• 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)
• Giannicolò 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)
• Nicolò 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)
• Nicolò 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)

Source(s)

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils Eastern Catholic Churches
About Catholic-Hierarchy		Terminology/Site Help
		Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024 Code: web_d, v3.4.8, 30 Jun 2024; Data: 8 Jul 2024

✠