Modena-Nonantola (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Erio Castellucci, Archbishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Name Changed: 30 September 1986
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 2,089 (806 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Emilia-Romagna
Official Web Site: http://www.chiesamodenanonantola.it/
Mailing Address: Via Sant'Eufemia 13, 41121 Modena, Italia
Telephone: 059.213.38.11
Fax: 059.213.38.03

Historical Details

Diocese of Modena
- Latin Name: Mutinensis
- Erected: 3rd Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bologna
- Country: Italy
Diocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
- Latin Name: Mutinensis (et Nonantulana)
- United: 15 December 1820
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
- Latin Name: Mutinensis (et Nonantulana)
- Elevated: 22 August 1855
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Heriberto † ( 1054 Appointed - 1085 Removed)
Dodo † ( 1100 Appointed - 1136 Died)
Egidio de Garzoni † ( 1194 Appointed - 16 Apr 1207 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
Martino † ( 1207 Appointed - 18 Sep 1221 Died)
Guglielmo di Modena, O. Cart. † (May 1222 Appointed - 21 Sep 1233 Resigned)
Alberto Boschetti † (3 Apr 1234 Appointed - 29 Feb 1264 Died)
Matteo de Pii † ( 1264 Appointed - 7 Nov 1276 Died)
Ardizio Conti † (23 Dec 1281 Appointed - 1287 Died)
Filippo Boschetti, O.F.M. † ( 1287 Appointed - 1290 Died)
Jacopo † ( 1290 Appointed - 26 May 1311 Died)
Bonadamo Boschetti † (3 Jun 1311 Appointed - 24 Jan 1313 Died)
Bonicontrus de Floriano † (4 Feb 1313 Appointed - 19 Jan 1318 Died)
Guidone de Guisis † (9 Sep 1318 Appointed - 16 Sep 1334 Appointed, Bishop of Concordia (Sagittaria))
Bonifazio de Mutina † (10 May 1336 Appointed - 6 Nov 1340 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
Alamanno Donati, O.F.M. † (18 Jul 1342 Appointed - 4 Jun 1352 Died)
Bl. Aldobrandino d’Este † (18 Jan 1353 Appointed - 1377 Appointed, Bishop of Ferrara)
Guido da Baisio † (10 Oct 1380 Appointed - 1382 Appointed, Bishop of Ferrara)
Dionisio Restani, O.S.A. † ( 1383 Appointed - 1400 Died)
Pietro Boiardi † ( 1400 Appointed - 24 Jan 1401 Appointed, Bishop of Ferrara)
Nicolò Boiardi † (24 Jan 1401 Appointed - 1414 Died)
Carlo Boiardi † (30 Apr 1414 Appointed - 1436 Resigned)
Scipione Manenti † (17 Oct 1436 Appointed - 1444 Died)
Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre † (19 Oct 1444 Appointed - 24 Sep 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Parma)
Delfino della Pergola † (24 Sep 1463 Appointed - 1465 Died)
Nicolò Sandonnini † (7 Jun 1465 Appointed - 15 Nov 1479 Appointed, Bishop of Lucca)
Gian Andrea Bocciacci † (15 Nov 1479 Appointed - 1495 Died)
Giovanni Battista Ferrari † (11 Sep 1495 Appointed - 9 Aug 1501 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
Francesco Ferrari † (20 Jul 1502 Appointed - 1507 Died)
Ippolito d’Este (I) † ( 1507 Appointed - 3 Sep 1520 Died)
Ercole Rangone † (12 Sep 1520 Appointed - 25 Aug 1527 Died)
Pirro Gonzaga † (5 Sep 1527 Appointed - 28 Jan 1529 Died)
Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † (7 Apr 1529 Appointed - 23 May 1550 Resigned)
Egidio Foscarari, O.P. † (23 May 1550 Appointed - 23 Feb 1564 Died)
Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † (23 Feb 1564 Appointed - 16 Nov 1571 Resigned)
Sisto Visdomini, O.P. † (16 Nov 1571 Appointed - 27 Sep 1590 Died)
Giulio Canani † (8 Feb 1591 Appointed - 27 Nov 1592 Died)
Gaspare Silingardi † (19 Feb 1593 Appointed - 13 Jul 1607 Died)
Lazaro Pellizzari, O.P. † (1 Oct 1607 Appointed - 1610 Died)
Pellegrino Bertacchi † (22 Mar 1610 Appointed - 22 Aug 1627 Died)
Alessandro Rangoni † (28 Feb 1628 Appointed - Apr 1640 Died)
Opizio d’Este † (19 Nov 1640 Appointed - Aug 1644 Died)
Roberto Fontana † (12 Jun 1645 Appointed - 16 Aug 1654 Died)
Ettore Molza † (2 Aug 1655 Appointed - 11 May 1679 Died)
Carlo Molza, O.S.B. † (27 Nov 1679 Appointed - 24 Dec 1690 Died)
Ludovico Masdoni † (12 Nov 1691 Appointed - Jun 1716 Died)
Stefano Fogliani † (12 Apr 1717 Appointed - 26 Jun 1742 Died)
Ettore Molza † (20 May 1743 Appointed - 1 Jan 1745 Died)
Giulio Sabbatini, Sch. P. † (8 Mar 1745 Appointed - 3 Jun 1757 Died)
Giuseppe Maria Fogliani † (19 Dec 1757 Appointed - 18 Oct 1785 Died)
Tiburzio Cortese † (3 Apr 1786 Appointed - 30 Dec 1823 Died)
Giuseppe Emilio Sommariva † (12 Jul 1824 Appointed - 7 Mar 1829 Died)
Adeodato Antonio Giovanni Luigi Caleffi, O.S.B. † (5 Jul 1830 Appointed - 5 Aug 1837 Died)
Luigi Reggianini † (12 Feb 1838 Appointed - 9 Jan 1847 Died)
Luigi Ferrari † (3 Jul 1848 Appointed - 19 Apr 1851 Died)
Francesco Emilio Cugini † (18 Mar 1852 Appointed - 22 Jan 1872 Died)
Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi † (6 May 1872 Appointed - May 1889 Resigned)
Carlo Maria Borgognoni † (24 May 1889 Appointed - 20 Aug 1900 Died)
Natale Bruni † (17 Dec 1900 Appointed - 14 Apr 1926 Died)
Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. † (7 May 1926 Appointed - 12 Dec 1939 Died)
Cesare Boccoleri † (28 Mar 1940 Appointed - 31 Oct 1956 Died)
Giuseppe Amici † (23 Dec 1956 Appointed - 7 Feb 1976 Retired)
Bruno Foresti † (2 Apr 1976 Appointed - 7 Apr 1983 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brescia)
Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † (31 May 1983 Appointed - 12 Apr 1996 Retired)
Benito Cocchi † (12 Apr 1996 Appointed - 27 Jan 2010 Retired)
Antonio Lanfranchi † (27 Jan 2010 Appointed - 17 Feb 2015 Died)
Erio Castellucci (3 Jun 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Modena
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Modena (erected)
Diocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
15 December 1820	United	Diocese of Modena Territorial Abbey of Nonantola	Diocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
22 August 1855	Elevated	Diocese of Modena (e Nonantola)	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
15 April 1939	Territory Added	Diocese of Carpi (S. Antonio, La Bordinetta, and Ponte Pietra)	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola)
15 April 1939	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola) (C. Pignatti, Vuccelliera, Qualiara, S. Liberated, Montalbano, and Dogale Delfini)	Diocese of Carpi
12 July 1972	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola) (Part of Piumalbo (in Abetone))	Diocese of Pistoia
15 September 1984	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola) (S. Lorenzo Mart. in Cerredolo and S. Michele Arcangelo in Massa Toano (in Toano))	Diocese of Reggio Emilia
Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
30 September 1986	Name Changed	Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola)	Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola

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 Modena (e Nonantola)

1886 181,738 .0% 409 0 181 OTC

1950 383,519 383,769 99.9% 352 86 438 875 105 935 225 ap1951

1970 404,500 405,000 99.9% 320 99 419 965 132 700 238 ap1971

1980 405,000 420,000 96.4% 271 113 384 1,054 131 770 244 ap1981

Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola

1990 420,000 430,000 97.7% 245 88 333 1,261 16 100 610 246 ap1991

1999 443,200 444,500 99.7% 220 81 301 1,472 37 94 556 245 ap2000

2000 442,500 443,800 99.7% 219 74 293 1,510 38 87 561 244 ap2001

2001 443,520 445,000 99.7% 212 72 284 1,561 38 87 553 244 ap2002

2002 455,000 458,000 99.3% 197 78 275 1,654 37 91 548 243 ap2003

2003 446,300 448,500 99.5% 189 73 262 1,703 39 82 538 243 ap2004

2004 455,000 462,000 98.5% 184 76 260 1,750 42 85 538 246 ap2005

2013 478,374 515,732 92.8% 182 57 239 2,001 72 57 307 243 ap2014

2016 478,350 566,000 84.5% 167 52 219 2,184 79 55 295 243 ap2017

2019 409,530 511,021 80.1% 175 50 225 1,820 87 54 292 242 ap2020

2021 400,230 511,182 78.3% 166 39 205 1,952 91 45 231 222 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 Modena (e Nonantola)
1886		181,738	.0%			409	0				181	OTC
1950	383,519	383,769	99.9%	352	86	438	875		105	935	225	ap1951
1970	404,500	405,000	99.9%	320	99	419	965		132	700	238	ap1971
1980	405,000	420,000	96.4%	271	113	384	1,054		131	770	244	ap1981
Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
1990	420,000	430,000	97.7%	245	88	333	1,261	16	100	610	246	ap1991
1999	443,200	444,500	99.7%	220	81	301	1,472	37	94	556	245	ap2000
2000	442,500	443,800	99.7%	219	74	293	1,510	38	87	561	244	ap2001
2001	443,520	445,000	99.7%	212	72	284	1,561	38	87	553	244	ap2002
2002	455,000	458,000	99.3%	197	78	275	1,654	37	91	548	243	ap2003
2003	446,300	448,500	99.5%	189	73	262	1,703	39	82	538	243	ap2004
2004	455,000	462,000	98.5%	184	76	260	1,750	42	85	538	246	ap2005
2013	478,374	515,732	92.8%	182	57	239	2,001	72	57	307	243	ap2014
2016	478,350	566,000	84.5%	167	52	219	2,184	79	55	295	243	ap2017
2019	409,530	511,021	80.1%	175	50	225	1,820	87	54	292	242	ap2020
2021	400,230	511,182	78.3%	166	39	205	1,952	91	45	231	222	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Cesare Fedele Abbati (Abati), O.F.M. Ref. †
Giuseppe Amici † (Archbishop: 23 Dec 1956 to 7 Feb 1976)
Gherardo Araldi †
Guido da Baisio † (Bishop: 10 Oct 1380 to 1382)
Alfonso De’ Bellincini †
Augusto Bellincini †
Marino Bergonzini † (Priest: 24 Aug 1929; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1953 to 12 Jan 1957)
Giacomo Bernardi †
Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †
Girolamo Bernerio, O.P. †
Pellegrino Bertacchi † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1610 to 22 Aug 1627)
Felice Antonio Bianchi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1776 to 9 Aug 1778)
Giorgio Bocchi de Carpo, O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 1456)
Gian Andrea Bocciacci † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1479 to 1495)
Cesare Boccoleri † (Archbishop: 28 Mar 1940 to 31 Oct 1956)
Carlo Boiardi † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1414 to 1436)
Nicolò Boiardi † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1401 to 1414)
Pietro Boiardi † (Bishop: 1400 to 24 Jan 1401)
Carlo Maria Borgognoni † (Archbishop: 24 May 1889 to 20 Aug 1900)
Alberto Boschetti † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1234 to 29 Feb 1264)
Bonadamo Boschetti † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1311 to 24 Jan 1313)
Filippo Boschetti, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1287 to 1290)
Natale Bruni † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1900 to 14 Apr 1926)
Giuseppe Antonio Ferdinando Bussolari, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 7 May 1926 to 12 Dec 1939)
Adeodato Antonio Giovanni Luigi Caleffi, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1830 to 5 Aug 1837)
Giulio Canani † (Bishop: 8 Feb 1591 to 27 Nov 1592)
Benito Cocchi † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1996 to 27 Jan 2010)
Abele Conigli † (Priest: 24 Aug 1935 to 2 May 1963)
Ardizio Conti † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1281 to 1287)
Tiburzio Cortese † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1786 to 30 Dec 1823)
Francesco Emilio Cugini † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1852; Archbishop: 22 Aug 1855 to 22 Jan 1872)
Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre † (Bishop: 19 Oct 1444 to 24 Sep 1463)
Erasmo de’ Bertacchi †
Delfino della Pergola † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1463 to 1465)
Bl. Aldobrandino d’Este † (Bishop: 18 Jan 1353 to 1377)
Ippolito d’Este (I) † (Administrator: 1507 to 3 Sep 1520)
Opizio d’Este † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1640 to Aug 1644)
Rinaldo d’Este †
Alamanno Donati, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1342 to 4 Jun 1352)
Francesco Ferrari † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1502 to 1507)
Giovanni Battista Ferrari † (Bishop: 11 Sep 1495 to 9 Aug 1501)
Luigi Ferrari † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1848 to 19 Apr 1851)
Alessio Maria Filippi, O.F.M. Ref. †
Bonicontrus de Floriano † (Bishop: 4 Feb 1313 to 19 Jan 1318)
Giuseppe Maria Fogliani † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1757 to 18 Oct 1785)
Stefano Fogliani † (Bishop: 12 Apr 1717 to 26 Jun 1742)
Roberto Fontana † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1645 to 16 Aug 1654)
Bruno Foresti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 1974; Archbishop: 2 Apr 1976 to 7 Apr 1983)
Egidio Foscarari, O.P. † (Bishop: 23 May 1550 to 23 Feb 1564)
Tommaso da Frignano, O.F.M. †
Antonio Maria Frosini †
Egidio de Garzoni † (Bishop: 1194 to 16 Apr 1207)
Francesco Giberti † (Priest: 7 Apr 1913 to 12 May 1943)
Pirro Gonzaga † (Bishop: 5 Sep 1527 to 28 Jan 1529)
Giuseppe Maria delli Guidelli Guidi † (Priest: 2 Jun 1860; Archbishop: 6 May 1872 to May 1889)
Guidone de Guisis † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1318 to 16 Sep 1334)
Antonio Lanfranchi † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 2010 to 17 Feb 2015)
Antonio Magnoni † (Priest: 11 Apr 1943 to 24 Apr 1980)
Amilcare Malagola †
Scipione Manenti † (Bishop: 17 Oct 1436 to 1444)
Ludovico Masdoni † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1691 to Jun 1716)
Guglielmo di Modena, O. Cart. † (Bishop: May 1222 to 21 Sep 1233)
Carlo Molza, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1679 to 24 Dec 1690)
Ettore Molza † (Bishop: 2 Aug 1655 to 11 May 1679)
Ettore Molza † (Bishop: 20 May 1743 to 1 Jan 1745)
Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (Moroni) † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1529 to 23 May 1550)
Bonifazio de Mutina † (Bishop: 10 May 1336 to 6 Nov 1340)
Gabriele Neviani, O.F.M. Ref. †
Lazaro Pellizzari, O.P. † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1607 to 1610)
Matteo de Pii † (Bishop: 1264 to 7 Nov 1276)
Rodolfo Pio †
Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † (Archbishop: 31 May 1983 to 12 Apr 1996)
Ercole Rangone † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1520 to 25 Aug 1527)
Alessandro Rangoni † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1628 to Apr 1640)
Claudio Rangoni †
Claudio Rangoni †
Luigi Reggianini † (Bishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 9 Jan 1847)
Dionisio Restani, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 1383 to 1400)
Giulio Sabbatini, Sch. P. † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1745 to 3 Jun 1757)
Jacopo Sadoleto †
Nicolò Sandonnini † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1465 to 15 Nov 1479)
Giovanni Battista Scanaroli (Scannaroli) †
Gaspare Silingardi † (Bishop: 19 Feb 1593 to 13 Jul 1607)
Giuseppe Emilio Sommariva † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1824 to 7 Mar 1829)
Francesco Tavani †
Costantino Testa, O.P. †
Filippo de Villanova † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1499)
Sisto Visdomini, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1571 to 27 Sep 1590)
Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. Ref. †
Dodo † (Bishop: 1100 to 1136)
Heriberto † (Bishop: 1054 to 1085)
Jacopo † (Bishop: 1290 to 26 May 1311)
Martino † (Bishop: 1207 to 18 Sep 1221)

Source(s)

Diocese of Modena
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 353
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 197, and Page 198
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 252
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 250
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 277
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 298
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 757, to Page 759

Archdiocese of Modena (e Nonantola)