Diocese of Bergamo

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Lanfranco , O.S.B. † (26 Jan 1187 Appointed - 1211 Died)
• Giovanni Tornielli † (Aug 1211 Appointed - 7 Mar 1230 Died)
• Attone † ( 1230 Appointed - 13 Jul 1240 Died)
• Enrico de Sessa † (18 Feb 1241 Appointed - 1 Sep 1242 Died)
• Alberto da Terzo (Tertio) † (29 Sep 1242 Appointed - 24 Jan 1251 Resigned)
• Algisio da Rosciate † (11 Feb 1251 Appointed - 1259 Resigned)
• Erbordo , O.P. † (7 Apr 1260 Appointed - 24 Apr 1272 Died)
• Guiscardo Suardi † (8 Jul 1272 Appointed - 22 Feb 1282 Died)
• Roberto Benghi † (7 Oct 1289 Appointed - 22 Dec 1291 Died)
• Giovanni da Scanzo † (31 Jul 1295 Appointed - 2 Nov 1309 Died)
• Cipriano degli Alessandri † (8 May 1310 Appointed - 3 Nov 1341 Died)
• Nicola Canali † (18 Jul 1342 Appointed - 25 Sep 1342 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
• Bernardo Tricardo, O. Cist. † (7 Oct 1342 Appointed - 23 Oct 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Lanfranco de Saliverti, O.F.M. Conv. † (23 Oct 1349 Appointed - 4 Apr 1381 Died)
• Branchino Besozzi † (Apr 1381 Appointed - 22 Jun 1399 Died)
• Ludovico Bonito † (5 Sep 1399 Appointed - 15 Nov 1400 Confirmed, Archbishop of Pisa)
• Francesco Lante, O.F.M. † (4 Oct 1401 Appointed - 27 Sep 1402 Appointed, Bishop of Cremona)
• Francesco Aregazzi, O.F.M. † (31 Jan 1403 Appointed - 6 Aug 1437 Died)
• Polydoro Foscari † (27 Sep 1437 Appointed - 5 Nov 1449 Appointed, Archbishop of Zadar (Zara))
• Giovanni Barozzi † (5 Nov 1449 Appointed - 7 Jan 1465 Appointed, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice})
• Luigi Donato (Donà) † (9 Jan 1465 Appointed - 20 Jul 1484 Died)
• Lorenzo Gabriel † (13 Oct 1484 Appointed - 6 Jul 1512 Died)
• Niccolò Lippomano † (16 Jul 1512 Appointed - 1516 Resigned)
• Pietro Lippomano † (1 Jul 1516 Appointed - 18 Feb 1544 Appointed, Bishop of Verona)
• Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (18 Feb 1544 Appointed - 19 Jan 1547 Died)
• Vittore Soranzo † (19 Jan 1547 Succeeded - 1552 Resigned)
• Luigi Lippomano † (20 Jul 1558 Appointed - 15 Aug 1559 Died)
• Luigi Cornaro † (13 Mar 1560 Appointed - 15 Jan 1561 Appointed, Administrator of Trogir (Traù))
• Federico Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (15 Jan 1561 Appointed - 19 Jul 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Padova {Padua})
• Girolamo Ragazzoni † (19 Jul 1577 Appointed - 5 Mar 1592 Died)
• Giambattista Milani, C.R. † (8 Apr 1592 Appointed - 1611 Resigned)
• Giovanni Emo † (18 Apr 1611 Appointed - 16 Oct 1622 Died)
• Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro † (23 Feb 1623 Appointed - 7 Sep 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Vicenza)
• Agostino Priuli † (8 Feb 1627 Appointed - 4 Oct 1632 Died)
• Luigi Grimani † (12 Jan 1633 Appointed - 4 Dec 1656 Died)
• St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo † (9 Jul 1657 Appointed - 24 Mar 1664 Appointed, Bishop of Padova {Padua})
• Daniele Giustiniani † (23 Jun 1664 Appointed - 11 Jan 1697 Died)
• Luigi Ruzini (Ruzzini) † (27 Jan 1698 Appointed - 18 Mar 1708 Died)
• Pietro Priuli † (14 May 1708 Appointed - 22 Jan 1728 Died)
• Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. † (12 Apr 1728 Appointed - 18 Nov 1730 Resigned)
• Antonio Redetti † (22 Nov 1730 Appointed - 4 May 1773 Died)
• Marco Molin, O.S.B. † (13 Sep 1773 Appointed - 2 Mar 1777 Died)
• Giampaolo Dolfin, C.R.L. † (28 Jul 1777 Appointed - 19 May 1819 Died)
• Pietro Mola † (8 Jan 1821 Confirmed - 16 Jan 1829 Died)
• Carlo Gritti Morlacchi † (28 Feb 1831 Confirmed - 17 Dec 1852 Died)
• Pietro Luigi Speranza † (19 Dec 1853 Confirmed - 4 Jun 1879 Died)
• Gaetano Camillo Guindani (Guindari) † (19 Sep 1879 Appointed - 21 Oct 1904 Died)
• Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi † (20 Jan 1905 Appointed - 22 Aug 1914 Died)
• Luigi Maria Marelli † (22 Jan 1915 Appointed - 14 Apr 1936 Died)
• Adriano Bernareggi † (14 Apr 1936 Succeeded - 23 Jun 1953 Died)
• Giuseppe Piazzi † (1 Oct 1953 Appointed - 5 Aug 1963 Died)
• Clemente Gaddi † (25 Sep 1963 Appointed - 20 May 1977 Retired)
• Giulio Oggioni † (20 May 1977 Appointed - 21 Nov 1991 Retired)
• Roberto Amadei † (21 Nov 1991 Appointed - 22 Jan 2009 Retired)
• Francesco Beschi (22 Jan 2009 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
1886		343,932	.0%			1,036	0				349	OTC
1950	560,000	560,000	100.0%	1,060		1,060	528		207	3,964	397	ap1951
1959	629,000	631,400	99.6%	1,028	166	1,194	526		328	4,260	412	ap1960
1969	695,176	706,483	98.4%	945	204	1,149	605		275	4,063	403	ap1971
1980	782,000	797,554	98.0%	902	243	1,145	682		393	3,840	427	ap1981
1990	808,000	816,122	99.0%	834	266	1,100	734		359	3,371	387	ap1991
1999	850,000	873,519	97.3%	826	237	1,063	799		325	2,904	389	ap2000
2000	851,000	878,569	96.9%	820	238	1,058	804		320	2,904	389	ap2001
2001	852,000	882,350	96.6%	810	227	1,037	821		313	2,784	389	ap2002
2002	845,000	887,244	95.2%	816	221	1,037	814		299	2,667	389	ap2003
2003	860,000	894,584	96.1%	803	213	1,016	846		278	2,614	389	ap2004
2004	861,000	897,998	95.9%	798	226	1,024	840		294	2,590	389	ap2005
2006	880,000	914,259	96.3%	790	213	1,003	877		273	2,449	389	ap2007
2012	912,000	972,645	93.8%	777	180	957	952	8	227	2,105	389	ap2013
2015	930,000	995,323	93.4%	727	193	920	1,010	10	243	1,832	371	ap2016
2018	937,200	992,238	94.5%	706	189	895	1,047	11	231	1,594	389	ap2019
2020	938,600	994,359	94.4%	667	195	862	1,088	11	236	1,398	389	ap2021
2022	935,168	990,729	94.4%	633	186	819	1,141	15	217	1,219	389	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.
• Francesco Beschi (Bishop: 22 Jan 2009 - )
• Luigi Bonazzi (Priest: 30 Jun 1973 to 19 Jun 1999)
• Gaetano Bonicelli (Deacon: 2 Aug 1947; Priest: 22 May 1948 to 10 Jul 1975)
• Maurizio Claudio Bravi (Priest: 21 Jun 1986 to 15 Jan 2025)
• Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. (Priest: 4 Nov 1975 to 14 Sep 1985)
• Aldo Cavalli (Priest: 18 Mar 1971 to 2 Jul 1996)
• Eugenio Coter (Priest: 20 Jun 1981 to 2 Feb 2013)
• Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.
• Maurizio Gervasoni (Priest: 11 Jun 1977 to 20 Jul 2013)
• Leopoldo Girelli (Priest: 17 Jun 1978 to 13 Apr 2006)
• Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (Priest: 26 Jun 1971 to 6 May 1999)
• Corrado Maggioni, S.M.M.
• Maurizio Malvestiti (Priest: 11 Jun 1977 to 19 Jun 2009)
• Raffaello Martinelli (Priest: 8 Apr 1972 to 2 Jul 2009)
• Carlo Mazza (Priest: 21 Dec 1968 to 1 Oct 2007)
• Natale Paganelli, S.X.
• Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.
• Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.
• Giordano Rota, O.S.B.
• Paolo Rudelli (Priest: 10 Jun 1995 to 3 Sep 2019)
• Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S.

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Alessandro Adezario, C.R.L. †
• Antonio Agliardi †
• Bonifacio Agliardi (Alliardi), C.R. †
• Bonifazio Albani, C.R.S. †
• Gian Girolamo Albani †
• Cipriano degli Alessandri † (Bishop: 8 May 1310 to 3 Nov 1341)
• Gabriele de Alexandris, O.P. †
• Roberto Amadei † (Priest: 16 Mar 1957 to 21 Apr 1990; Bishop: 21 Nov 1991 to 22 Jan 2009)
• Antonio Maria Ambiveri † (Priest: 27 Mar 1751; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Apr 1775 to 1782)
• Giacinto Arcangeli †
• Francesco Aregazzi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 31 Jan 1403 to 6 Aug 1437)
• Giulio Arrigoni, O.F.M. Ref. †
• Raimondo Asperti, O.P. †
• Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †
• St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo † (Bishop: 9 Jul 1657 to 24 Mar 1664)
• Angelo Barbisotti, F.S.C.J. †
• Antoine Barile, O.F.M. †
• Giovanni Barozzi † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1449 to 7 Jan 1465)
• Giuseppe Battaglia † (Priest: 25 Jul 1914 to 21 Aug 1943)
• Flaminio Belotti, P.I.M.E. †
• Lino Bortolo Belotti, C.M.P. † (Priest: 12 Jun 1954; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 May 1999 to 22 Jan 2009)
• Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Administrator: 18 Feb 1544 to 19 Jan 1547)
• Gaetano Benaglia †
• Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. †
• Silvestro de Benedictis, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Nov 1495)
• Roberto Benghi † (Bishop: 7 Oct 1289 to 22 Dec 1291)
• Giulio Berlendis †
• Adriano Bernareggi † (Coadjutor Bishop: 16 Dec 1931; Bishop: 14 Apr 1936; Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 Jan 1953 to 23 Jun 1953)
• Branchino Besozzi † (Bishop: Apr 1381 to 22 Jun 1399)
• Silvio Cesare Bonicelli † (Priest: 16 Jun 1962 to 2 Sep 1991)
• Ludovico Bonito † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 5 Sep 1399 to 15 Nov 1400)
• Armando Giuseppe Brambilla, C.M.P. † (Deacon: 1975; Priest: 11 Jun 1977 to 25 Mar 1994)
• Nicola Canali † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1342 to 25 Sep 1342)
• Benigno Carrara † (Priest: 23 Apr 1911 to 20 Dec 1947)
• Francesco Carrara †
• Angelo Cattaneo, P.I.M.E. †
• Abbondio Cavadini, S.J. †
• Felice Cavagnis † (Priest: 19 Sep 1863 to 20 Jun 1893)
• Marcello Cavalieri, O.P. †
• Servílio Conti, I.M.C. †
• Federico Cornaro (Sr.), O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1561 to 19 Jul 1577)
• Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1623 to 7 Sep 1626)
• Luigi Cornaro † (Administrator: 13 Mar 1560 to 15 Jan 1561)
• Gherardo Cortenovis, B. †
• Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Giovanni (Giulio) della Torre †
• Giampaolo Dolfin, C.R.L. † (Bishop: 28 Jul 1777 to 19 May 1819)
• Luigi Donato (Donà) † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1465 to 20 Jul 1484)
• Luigi Drago † (Priest: 28 May 1904 to 3 Mar 1932)
• Giovanni Emo † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1611 to 16 Oct 1622)
• Camillo Vittorino Facchinetti, O.F.M. †
• Daniele Ferrari † (Priest: 20 Mar 1943 to 7 Sep 1970)
• Marco Virgilio Ferrari †
• Pietro Maria Ferrè †
• Giovan Battista Foppa, C.O. †
• Bruno Foresti † (Priest: 7 Apr 1946 to 12 Dec 1974)
• Polydoro Foscari † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1437 to 5 Nov 1449)
• Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti †
• Lorenzo Gabriel † (Bishop: 13 Oct 1484 to 6 Jul 1512)
• Clemente Gaddi † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 25 Sep 1963 to 20 May 1977)
• Angel Gelmi Bertocchi † (Priest: 28 Jun 1968 to 4 Apr 1985)
• Daniele Giustiniani † (Bishop: 23 Jun 1664 to 11 Jan 1697)
• Simone Pietro Grassi † (Priest: 21 Dec 1878 to 22 Dec 1914)
• Luigi Grimani † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1633 to 4 Dec 1656)
• Gaetano Camillo Guindani (Guindari) † (Bishop: 19 Sep 1879 to 21 Oct 1904)
• Giorgio Gusmini † (Priest: 8 Sep 1878 to 15 Apr 1910)
• Ignazio (Giovanni Battista) Imberti, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Francesco Lante, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 4 Oct 1401 to 27 Sep 1402)
• Valentino Giacomo Lazzari, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Luigi Lippomano † (Coadjutor Bishop: 23 Sep 1538 to 7 Feb 1539; Bishop: 20 Jul 1558 to 15 Aug 1559)
• Niccolò Lippomano † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1512 to 1516)
• Pietro Lippomano † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1516 to 18 Feb 1544)
• Giovanni Locatelli † (Priest: 22 May 1948 to 22 Feb 1977)
• Guglielmo de Longhi †
• Antonio Lupi †
• Marcantonio Maffei †
• Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †
• Angelo Mai †
• João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. †
• Luigi Maria Marelli † (Bishop: 22 Jan 1915 to 14 Apr 1936)
• Giovanni C. Luigi Marinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †
• VIncenzo Maria Mazzoleni, O.P. †
• Giambattista Milani, C.R. † (Bishop: 8 Apr 1592 to 1611)
• Luca Milesi, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Giuseppe Mojoli †
• Pietro Mola † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1821 to 16 Jan 1829)
• Marco Molin, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1773 to 2 Mar 1777)
• Carlo Gritti Morlacchi † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1831 to 17 Dec 1852)
• Luigi Morstabilini † (Priest: 30 May 1931 to 11 Aug 1962)
• Giovanni Pietro Aurelio Mutti, O.S.B. †
• Luciano Nervi, S.M.M. †
• Giulio Oggioni † (Bishop: 20 May 1977 to 21 Nov 1991)
• Pasquale Orlandini, O.F.M. Ref. †
• Angelo Paravisi † (Priest: 30 May 1953; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1988 to 11 Jul 1996)
• Guglielmo Piani, S.D.B. †
• Giuseppe Piazzi † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1953 to 5 Aug 1963)
• Louis Marie Piazzoli, P.I.M.E. †
• Leandro di Porzia (Porcia), O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1728 to 18 Nov 1730)
• Guido Attilio Previtali, O.F.M. †
• Agostino Priuli † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1627 to 4 Oct 1632)
• Pietro Priuli † (Bishop: 14 May 1708 to 22 Jan 1728)
• Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †
• Giacomo Maria Radini-Tedeschi † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1905 to 22 Aug 1914)
• Girolamo Ragazzoni † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1577 to 5 Mar 1592)
• Antonio Redetti † (Bishop: 22 Nov 1730 to 4 May 1773)
• Clemente Riva, I.C. †
• Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli † (Deacon: 31 May 1817; Priest: 20 Dec 1817 to 19 Jan 1846)
• St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (Deacon: 18 Dec 1903; Priest: 10 Aug 1904 to 3 Mar 1925)
• Algisio da Rosciate † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1251 to 1259)
• Giuseppe Rossi †
• Luigi Ruzini (Ruzzini) † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1698 to 18 Mar 1708)
• Lanfranco de Saliverti, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 23 Oct 1349 to 4 Apr 1381)
• Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †
• Giovanni da Scanzo † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1295 to 2 Nov 1309)
• Eugenio Scarpellini † (Priest: 17 Jun 1978 to 15 Jul 2010)
• Alberto Scola † (Priest: 31 Mar 1923 to 28 Mar 1960)
• Enrico de Sessa † (Bishop: 18 Feb 1241 to 1 Sep 1242)
• Pietro Sigismondi † (Priest: 15 Aug 1930 to 16 Dec 1949)
• Giosuè Signori † (Priest: 25 Mar 1883 to 15 Apr 1910)
• Vittore Soranzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 18 Jul 1544; Bishop: 19 Jan 1547 to 1552)
• Pietro Luigi Speranza † (Priest: 18 Sep 1824; Bishop: 19 Dec 1853 to 4 Jun 1879)
• Guiscardo Suardi † (Bishop: 8 Jul 1272 to 22 Feb 1282)
• Alberto da Terzo (Tertio) † (Bishop: 29 Sep 1242 to 24 Jan 1251)
• Giacomo Testa † (Priest: 6 Dec 1931 to 18 Jun 1953)
• Gustavo Testa † (Priest: 28 Oct 1910 to 4 Jun 1934)
• Zenone Albino Testa, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Giovanni Tornielli † (Bishop: Aug 1211 to 7 Mar 1230)
• Bernardo Tricardo, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 7 Oct 1342 to 23 Oct 1349)
• Alessandro Valsecchi † (Priest: 16 Jun 1832; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Jun 1869; Coadjutor Bishop: 22 Dec 1871 to 6 May 1879)
• Girolamo Verzeri †
• Marcantonio Zollio †
• Attone † (Bishop: 1230 to 13 Jul 1240)
• Erbordo , O.P. † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1260 to 24 Apr 1272)
• Lanfranco , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 26 Jan 1187 to 1211)

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