Fermo (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Rocco Pennacchio, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

Ascoli Piceno
Camerino-San Severino Marche (Archdiocese)
Macerata
San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 24 May 1589
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 1,319 (509 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Marche
Official Web Site: http://www.fermodiocesi.it/
Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Sisto V 11, 63900 Fermo, Italia
Telephone: 0734.22.90.05

Historical Details

Diocese of Fermo
- Latin Name: Firmana
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pietro † ( 1216 Appointed - 1223 Died)
Rinaldo Monaldi † (22 Jun 1223 Appointed - 1227 Died)
Filippo de Monte dell’Olmo † (23 Aug 1229 Appointed - 24 May 1250 Died)
Gerardo † (2 Jul 1250 Appointed - 1272 Died)
Filippo † (24 Mar 1273 Appointed - 1300 Died)
Alberigo Visconti † (28 Feb 1301 Appointed - 13 Jul 1314 Died)
Amelius de Lautrec, O.S.A. † (23 Aug 1317 Appointed - 1318 Resigned)
Francesco da Mogliano † (25 Sep 1318 Appointed - 1325 Died)
Vitale , O.F.M. † (1 Jul 1328 Ordained Bishop - )
Francesco Silvestri † (21 Jul 1328 Appointed - 1334 Resigned)
Giacomo da Cingoli, O.P. † (11 Mar 1334 Appointed - Jan 1348 Died)
Bongiovanni † (28 Jan 1349 Appointed - 5 Apr 1363 Appointed, Archbishop of Patrae Veteres (Patras))
Alonso de Toro (Tauro), O.F.M. † (2 Jun 1363 Appointed - 1 Jul 1370 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
Nicolò Marciari (Merciari) de Perusio † (1 Jul 1370 Appointed - 4 Dec 1374 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello)
Antonio de Vetulis (Vecchi) † (4 Dec 1374 Appointed - 1386 Resigned)
Angelo Pierleoni † (26 Nov 1386 Appointed - )
Antonio de Vetulis (Vecchi) † (2 Feb 1390 Appointed - )
Leonardo de' Fisici † (22 Jan 1406 Appointed - )
Giovanni Firmoni (Grimaldi) † (20 Jun 1412 Appointed - )
Domenico Capranica † (3 Dec 1425 Appointed - 14 Aug 1458 Died)
Nicola Capranica † (30 Oct 1458 Appointed - )
Angelo Capranica † (9 Apr 1473 Appointed - 17 Jun 1474 Resigned)
Girolamo Capranica † (17 Jun 1474 Appointed - 1478 Died)
Giovanni Battista Capranica † (27 Jul 1478 Appointed - 1485 Died)
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini † (21 Feb 1485 Appointed - 26 May 1494 Resigned)
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini † ( 1496 Appointed - 22 Sep 1503 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Francesco de Remolins † ( 1504 Appointed - 5 Feb 1518 Died)
Giovanni Salviati † (8 Feb 1518 Appointed - 16 Oct 1521 Resigned)
Niccolò Gaddi † (16 Oct 1521 Appointed - 1544 Resigned)
Lorenzo Lenti † (5 Dec 1544 Appointed - 1571 Died)
Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † (17 Dec 1571 Appointed - 14 Aug 1577 Resigned)
Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) † (14 Aug 1577 Appointed - 14 Jan 1585 Resigned)
Sigismondo Zanettini † (14 Jan 1585 Appointed - 1 Oct 1594 Died)
Ottavio Bandini † (19 Jun 1595 Appointed - 10 Apr 1606 Resigned)
Alessandro Strozzi † (10 Apr 1606 Appointed - 1621 Died)
Pietro Dini † (19 Apr 1621 Appointed - Aug 1625 Died)
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini † (6 Oct 1625 Appointed - 13 Dec 1653 Died)
Carlo Gualterio † (5 Oct 1654 Appointed - 1668 Resigned)
Giannotto Gualterio † (30 Apr 1668 Appointed - 13 May 1683 Died)
Gianfrancesco Ginetti † (5 Jun 1684 Appointed - 18 Sep 1691 Died)
Baldassare Cenci (Sr.) † (20 Nov 1697 Appointed - 26 May 1709 Died)
Girolamo Mattei † (21 Nov 1712 Appointed - 2 Oct 1724 Resigned)
Alessandro Borgia † (20 Nov 1724 Appointed - 14 Feb 1764 Died)
Urbano Paracciani Rutili † (9 Jul 1764 Appointed - 2 Jan 1777 Died)
Andrea Antonio Silverio Minucci † (20 Sep 1779 Appointed - 19 Apr 1803 Died)
Cesare Brancadoro † (11 Jul 1803 Appointed - 12 Sep 1837 Died)
Gabriele Ferretti † (2 Oct 1837 Appointed - 12 Jan 1842 Resigned)
Filippo de Angelis † (27 Jan 1842 Appointed - 8 Jul 1877 Died)
Amilcare Malagola † (21 Sep 1877 Appointed - 22 Jun 1895 Died)
Roberto Papiri (Pageri) † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 31 Mar 1906 Died)
Carlo Castelli, Obl.S.C. † (14 Jul 1906 Appointed - 8 Feb 1933 Died)
Ercole Attuoni † (16 Mar 1933 Appointed - 31 May 1941 Died)
Norberto Perini † (22 Oct 1941 Appointed - 21 Jun 1976 Retired)
Cleto Bellucci † (21 Jun 1976 Succeeded - 18 Jun 1997 Retired)
Benito Gennaro Franceschetti † (18 Jun 1997 Appointed - 4 Feb 2005 Died)
Luigi Conti † (13 Apr 2006 Appointed - 14 Sep 2017 Retired)
Rocco Pennacchio (14 Sep 2017 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Fermo
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Fermo (erected)
1 August 1571	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fermo Territorial Abbey of Farfa	Diocese of Ripatransone (erected)
24 November 1586	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fermo	Diocese of Montalto (delle Marche) (erected)
Archdiocese of Fermo
24 May 1589	Elevated	Diocese of Fermo	Archdiocese of Fermo

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

Archdiocese of Fermo

1886 160,632 .0% 582 0 147 OTC

1950 225,250 225,500 99.9% 304 73 377 597 90 920 152 ap1951

1969 250,360 .0% 85 117 202 0 147 809 178 ap1971

1980 260,000 270,000 96.3% 261 102 363 716 121 401 217 ap1981

1990 255,715 272,500 93.8% 238 90 328 779 111 237 123 ap1991

1999 261,284 264,710 98.7% 202 75 277 943 10 90 412 123 ap2000

2000 267,918 273,016 98.1% 194 80 274 977 10 99 385 123 ap2001

2001 269,227 274,397 98.1% 192 73 265 1,015 12 91 391 123 ap2002

2002 268,302 273,963 97.9% 194 80 274 979 13 107 365 123 ap2003

2003 268,500 276,373 97.2% 191 77 268 1,001 14 96 366 123 ap2004

2004 269,953 275,589 98.0% 179 84 263 1,026 15 97 366 123 ap2005

2006 278,086 283,423 98.1% 175 72 247 1,125 17 98 302 123 ap2007

2013 283,002 294,002 96.3% 168 65 233 1,214 39 103 286 123 ap2014

2016 273,924 287,049 95.4% 166 62 228 1,201 40 74 199 123 ap2017

2019 271,943 294,807 92.2% 151 59 210 1,294 37 67 189 123 ap2020

2021 264,354 286,337 92.3% 138 51 189 1,398 37 62 157 123 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Fermo
1886		160,632	.0%			582	0				147	OTC
1950	225,250	225,500	99.9%	304	73	377	597		90	920	152	ap1951
1969		250,360	.0%	85	117	202	0		147	809	178	ap1971
1980	260,000	270,000	96.3%	261	102	363	716		121	401	217	ap1981
1990	255,715	272,500	93.8%	238	90	328	779		111	237	123	ap1991
1999	261,284	264,710	98.7%	202	75	277	943	10	90	412	123	ap2000
2000	267,918	273,016	98.1%	194	80	274	977	10	99	385	123	ap2001
2001	269,227	274,397	98.1%	192	73	265	1,015	12	91	391	123	ap2002
2002	268,302	273,963	97.9%	194	80	274	979	13	107	365	123	ap2003
2003	268,500	276,373	97.2%	191	77	268	1,001	14	96	366	123	ap2004
2004	269,953	275,589	98.0%	179	84	263	1,026	15	97	366	123	ap2005
2006	278,086	283,423	98.1%	175	72	247	1,125	17	98	302	123	ap2007
2013	283,002	294,002	96.3%	168	65	233	1,214	39	103	286	123	ap2014
2016	273,924	287,049	95.4%	166	62	228	1,201	40	74	199	123	ap2017
2019	271,943	294,807	92.2%	151	59	210	1,294	37	67	189	123	ap2020
2021	264,354	286,337	92.3%	138	51	189	1,398	37	62	157	123	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Giuseppe Aggarbati, O.S.A. †
Giovanni Battista Agnozzi †
Ercole Attuoni † (Archbishop: 16 Mar 1933 to 31 May 1941)
Decio Azzolini (Sr.) †
Ottavio Bandini † (Archbishop: 19 Jun 1595 to 10 Apr 1606)
Cleto Bellucci † (Apostolic Administrator: 22 Jul 1970; Coadjutor Archbishop: 7 Jul 1973; Archbishop: 21 Jun 1976 to 18 Jun 1997)
Tommaso Bernetti †
Alessandro Borgia † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1724 to 14 Feb 1764)
Cesare Brancadoro † (Archbishop: 11 Jul 1803 to 12 Sep 1837)
Gaetano Brinciotti †
Nicola Giuseppe (Nicolae Iosif) Camilli, O.F.M. Conv. †
Luigi Capotosti † (Priest: 19 Sep 1885 to 29 Apr 1908)
Angelo Capranica † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 9 Apr 1473 to 17 Jun 1474)
Domenico Capranica † (Bishop: 3 Dec 1425; Administrator: 8 Nov 1430 to 14 Aug 1458)
Giovanni Battista Capranica † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1478 to 1485)
Girolamo Capranica † (Archbishop: 17 Jun 1474 to 1478)
Nicola Capranica † (Bishop: 30 Oct 1458)
Carlo Castelli, Obl.S.C. † (Archbishop: 14 Jul 1906 to 8 Feb 1933)
Baldassare Cenci (Sr.) † (Archbishop: 20 Nov 1697 to 26 May 1709)
Giacomo da Cingoli, O.P. † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1334 to Jan 1348)
Filippo Maria Cipriani † (Priest: 3 Mar 1901 to 29 Sep 1934)
Luigi Conti † (Archbishop: 13 Apr 2006 to 14 Sep 2017)
Augusto Curi † (Priest: 24 Mar 1894 to 23 Dec 1918)
Filippo de Angelis † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1842 to 8 Jul 1877)
Pietro Dini † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1621 to Aug 1625)
Angelo Fagiani † (Priest: 13 Mar 1967 to 14 Apr 1997)
Clemente Fares †
Gabriele Ferretti † (Archbishop: 2 Oct 1837 to 12 Jan 1842)
Giovanni Firmoni (Grimaldi) † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1412)
Leonardo de' Fisici † (Bishop: 22 Jan 1406)
Concetto Focaccetti †
Michele Fontevecchia †
Benito Gennaro Franceschetti † (Archbishop: 18 Jun 1997 to 4 Feb 2005)
Niccolò Gaddi † (Bishop: 16 Oct 1521 to 1544)
Mariano Gavasci, O.F.M. Cap. †
Gianfrancesco Ginetti † (Archbishop: 5 Jun 1684 to 18 Sep 1691)
Francesco Grassi Fonseca † (Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Aug 1873 to 4 Jan 1888)
Carlo Gualterio † (Archbishop: 5 Oct 1654 to 1668)
Giannotto Gualterio † (Archbishop: 30 Apr 1668 to 13 May 1683)
Amelius de Lautrec, O.S.A. † (Administrator: 23 Aug 1317 to 1318)
Lorenzo Lenti † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1544 to 1571)
Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. †
Amilcare Malagola † (Archbishop: 21 Sep 1877 to 22 Jun 1895)
Nicolò Marciari (Merciari) de Perusio † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1370 to 4 Dec 1374)
Massimiliano Massimiliani † (Priest: 20 Sep 1902 to 30 Jun 1931)
Roberto Massimiliani † (Priest: 8 Dec 1927 to 21 Jun 1948)
Girolamo Mattei † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1712 to 2 Oct 1724)
Gian Gaspare Melis †
Gaetano Michetti † (Priest: 8 Aug 1948; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 May 1961 to 7 Jul 1973)
Andrea Antonio Silverio Minucci † (Archbishop: 20 Sep 1779 to 19 Apr 1803)
Francesco da Mogliano † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1318 to 1325)
Rinaldo Monaldi † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1223 to 1227)
Filippo de Monte dell’Olmo † (Bishop: 23 Aug 1229 to 24 May 1250)
Gentile da Montefiore, O.F.M. †
Filippo de Monti †
Lelio Morelli †
Pietro Paolo Camillo Moreschini, C.P. †
Roberto Papiri (Pageri) † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1895 to 31 Mar 1906)
Urbano Paracciani Rutili † (Archbishop: 9 Jul 1764 to 2 Jan 1777)
Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1571 to 14 Aug 1577)
Norberto Perini † (Archbishop: 22 Oct 1941 to 21 Jun 1976)
Giuseppe Petrelli †
Angelo Pierleoni † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1386)
Domenico Pinelli (Sr.) † (Bishop: 14 Aug 1577 to 14 Jan 1585)
Francesco de Remolins † (Bishop: 1504 to 5 Feb 1518)
Giacomo Antonio Riccardini, O.F.M. Conv. †
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini † (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1625 to 13 Dec 1653)
Giovanni Salviati † (Administrator: 8 Feb 1518 to 16 Oct 1521)
Sergio Sebastiani † (Priest: 15 Jul 1956 to 27 Sep 1976)
Michele Seri-Molini †
Hilarion Sillani (Silani), O.S.B. †
Francesco Silvestri † (Administrator: 21 Jul 1328 to 1334)
Domenico Spinucci †
Alessandro Strozzi † (Archbishop: 10 Apr 1606 to 1621)
Domenico Svampa †
Giovanni Tacci (Porcelli) † (Priest: 18 Sep 1886 to 18 Mar 1895)
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini † (Administrator: 21 Feb 1485 to 26 May 1494)
Peregrini Tofoni †
Alonso de Toro (Tauro), O.F.M. † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1363 to 1 Jul 1370)
Settimio Maria Vecchiotti †
Antonio de Vetulis (Vecchi) † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1374 to 1386)
Alberigo Visconti † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1301 to 13 Jul 1314)
Sigismondo Zanettini † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1585; Archbishop: 24 May 1589 to 1 Oct 1594)
Bongiovanni † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1349 to 5 Apr 1363)
Filippo † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1273 to 1300)
Gerardo † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1250 to 1272)
Pietro † (Bishop: 1216 to 1223)
Vitale , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1328)

Source(s)

Diocese of Fermo
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 249, and Page 250
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 154
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 196, and Page 197
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 692, to Page 693
Archdiocese of Fermo
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 188
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 202
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 217

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