Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia

Historical Details

• Diocese of Ravenna
  • Latin Name: Ravennatensis
  • Erected: 1st Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Ravenna
  • Latin Name: Ravennatensis
  • Elevated: 5th Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Ravenna e Cervia
  • Latin Name: Ravennatensis et Cerviensis
  • United: 22 February 1947
  • Metropolitan See
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• St. Peter Chrysologus † ( 433 Appointed - 31 Jul 450 Died)
• Maximinus de Pola † ( 546 Appointed - 556 Died)
• Martinianus , O.S.B. † ( 595 Appointed - 23 Oct 606 Died)
• Giovanni † ( 904 Appointed - Mar 914 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Gerbert , O.S.B. † (Apr 998 Appointed - 2 Apr 999 Installed, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
• Arnoldo di Sassoni † (21 Jan 1014 Appointed - 17 Nov 1019 Died)
• Hunfried von Mömpelgart-Wülflingen, O.S.B. † (Oct 1046 Appointed - 23 Aug 1051 Died)
• Guibert of Ravenna † ( 1072 Appointed - 8 Sep 1100 Died)
• Gualterio † (Aug 1119 Appointed - 13 Feb 1144 Died)
• Anselm von Havelberg, O. Praem. † (18 Jun 1155 Appointed - 12 Aug 1158 Died)
• Guglielmo di Cabriano † (11 Feb 1191 Appointed - 1201 Died)
• Alberto Oselletti † (10 Mar 1202 Appointed - Jan 1207 Died)
• Egidio de Garzoni † (16 Apr 1207 Appointed - Oct 1208 Died)
• Ubaldo † (21 Dec 1208 Appointed - 21 Mar 1216 Resigned)
• Simeone † (5 Mar 1217 Appointed - 31 May 1228 Died)
• Teodorico † (Sep 1228 Appointed - 28 Dec 1249 Died)
• Filippo Fontana † ( 1251 Appointed - 3 Sep 1270 Died)
• Bonifacio Fieschi, O.P. † (4 Sep 1275 Appointed - 24 Dec 1294 Died)
• Obizzo Sanvitale † (23 Jul 1295 Appointed - 12 Sep 1303 Died)
• Raniero Concoreggi † (19 Nov 1303 Appointed - 18 Aug 1321 Died)
• Aymeric de Chalus † (24 Sep 1322 Appointed - 13 May 1332 Appointed, Bishop of Chartres)
• Guido Roberti † (27 Jun 1332 Appointed - Sep 1333 Died)
• Francesco Michiel † (14 Oct 1333 Appointed - 25 Sep 1342 Appointed, Archbishop of Candia {Crete})
• Nicola Canali † (25 Sep 1342 Appointed - 23 May 1347 Appointed, Archbishop of Patrae Veteres (Patras))
• Fontanier de Vassal, O.F.M. † (24 Oct 1347 Appointed - 20 May 1351 Appointed, Patriarch of Grado)
• Fontanier de Vassal, O.F.M. † (20 May 1351 Appointed - 16 Oct 1361 Died)
• Petrocinus Casalesco, O.S.B. † (26 Apr 1362 Appointed - 1369 Died)
• Pietro Pileo da Prata † (23 Jan 1370 Appointed - 1385 Resigned)
• Ludovico di Casale † ( 1385 Appointed - 1387 Resigned)
• Cosmato Gentile de’ Migliorati † (4 Nov 1387 Appointed - 15 Sep 1400 Resigned)
• Giovanni Niccolò delle Caselle Migliorati † (15 Sep 1400 Appointed - 16 Oct 1410 Died)
• Tommaso Perenduli † (2 Jan 1411 Appointed - 20 Oct 1445 Died)
• Bartolomeo Roverella † (26 Sep 1445 Appointed - 9 Jan 1475 Resigned)
• Sismondo Filiasus Roverella † (9 Jan 1475 Appointed - 1516 Resigned)
• Niccolò Fieschi † ( 1516 Appointed - 4 Nov 1517 Resigned)
• Urbano Fieschi † (4 Nov 1517 Appointed - 23 Jan 1524 Died)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † (15 Jun 1524 Appointed - 17 Aug 1524 Resigned)
• Benedetto de Accolti † (17 Aug 1524 Appointed - 21 Sep 1549 Died)
• Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (11 Oct 1549 Appointed - 28 Apr 1564 Appointed, Administrator of Bologna)
• Giulio della Rovere † (6 Mar 1566 Appointed - 3 Sep 1578 Died)
• Cristoforo Boncompagni † (15 Oct 1578 Appointed - 3 Oct 1603 Died)
• Pietro Aldobrandini † (13 Sep 1604 Appointed - 10 Feb 1621 Died)
• Luigi Capponi † (3 Mar 1621 Appointed - 18 Sep 1645 Resigned)
• Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) † (18 Sep 1645 Appointed - 2 Dec 1669 Died)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (19 May 1670 Appointed - 19 Feb 1674 Resigned)
• Fabio Guinigi † (19 Feb 1674 Appointed - 28 Aug 1691 Died)
• Raimondo Ferretti † (9 Jan 1692 Appointed - 24 Mar 1719 Died)
• Girolamo Crispi † (16 Dec 1720 Appointed - 13 Mar 1727 Resigned)
• Maffeo Niccolò Farsetti † (17 Mar 1727 Appointed - 6 Feb 1741 Died)
• Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli, O.S.B. † (5 Apr 1745 Appointed - 7 Nov 1763 Died)
• Niccolò Oddi, S.J. † (20 Feb 1764 Appointed - 25 May 1767 Died)
• Antonio Cantoni † (28 Sep 1767 Appointed - 2 Nov 1781 Died)
• Antonio Codronchi † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 22 Jan 1826 Died)
• Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 22 Aug 1859 Died)
• Enrico Orfei † (23 Mar 1860 Appointed - 22 Dec 1870 Died)
• Vincenzo Moretti † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 22 Sep 1879 Resigned)
• Giacomo Cattani † (22 Sep 1879 Appointed - 14 Feb 1887 Died)
• Sebastiano Galeati † (23 May 1887 Appointed - 25 Jan 1901 Died)
• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi † (15 Apr 1901 Appointed - 25 Apr 1902 Died)
• St. Guido Maria Conforti † (9 Jun 1902 Appointed - 14 Nov 1904 Resigned)
• Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 18 Dec 1921 Died)
• Antonio Lega † (18 Dec 1921 Succeeded - 16 Nov 1946 Died)
• Giacomo Lercaro † (31 Jan 1947 Appointed - 19 Apr 1952 Appointed, Archbishop of Bologna)
• Egidio Negrin † (24 May 1952 Appointed - 4 Apr 1956 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
• Salvatore Baldassarri † (3 May 1956 Appointed - 29 Nov 1975 Resigned)
• Ersilio Tonini † (22 Nov 1975 Appointed - 27 Oct 1990 Retired)
• Luigi Amaducci † (27 Oct 1990 Appointed - 9 Mar 2000 Retired)
• Giuseppe Verucchi † (9 Mar 2000 Appointed - 17 Nov 2012 Retired)
• Lorenzo Ghizzoni (17 Nov 2012 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
Archdiocese of Ravenna
1886		93,050	.0%			155	0				65	OTC
Archdiocese of Ravenna e Cervia
1950	172,500	173,639	99.3%	129	24	153	1,127		24	320	74	ap1951
1969		200,000	.0%	132	39	171	0		49	503	77	ap1971
1980	215,900	227,000	95.1%	114	48	162	1,332		51	450	88	ap1981
Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia
1990	207,000	210,000	98.6%	105	32	137	1,510	4	40	334	86	ap1991
1999	203,000	210,300	96.5%	95	34	129	1,573	5	43	256	89	ap2000
2000	208,270	215,570	96.6%	97	26	123	1,693	5	35	237	89	ap2001
2001	208,270	211,587	98.4%	87	28	115	1,811	5	32	230	89	ap2002
2002	211,000	211,380	99.8%	102	28	130	1,623	5	32	230	89	ap2003
2003	211,000	230,320	91.6%	96	29	125	1,688	3	34	210	89	ap2004
2004	211,000	230,320	91.6%	90	29	119	1,773	4	34	235	89	ap2005
2010	200,000	223,121	89.6%	91	30	121	1,652	6	35	164	89	ap2011
2014	210,500	229,403	91.8%	86	29	115	1,830	8	33	143	90	ap2015
2017	211,500	234,500	90.2%	74	23	97	2,180	10	26	114	89	ap2018
2020	198,120	219,100	90.4%	64	21	85	2,330	13	23	119	89	ap2021
2022	194,180	216,500	89.7%	58	21	79	2,457	14	25	105	88	ap2023
2023	193,400	215,600	89.7%	57	22	79	2,448	13	26	102	88	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Lorenzo Ghizzoni (Archbishop: 17 Nov 2012 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Benedetto de Accolti † (Archbishop: 17 Aug 1524 to 21 Sep 1549)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † (Administrator: 15 Jun 1524 to 17 Aug 1524)
• Pietro Aldobrandini † (Archbishop: 13 Sep 1604 to 10 Feb 1621)
• Luigi Amaducci † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1990 to 9 Mar 2000)
• Felice Ambrosino † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1578)
• Salvatore Baldassarri † (Archbishop: 3 May 1956 to 29 Nov 1975)
• Cristoforo Boncompagni † (Archbishop: 15 Oct 1578 to 3 Oct 1603)
• Guglielmo di Cabriano † (Archbishop: 11 Feb 1191 to 1201)
• Basile Cacace, C.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Feb 1624 to 27 Apr 1646)
• Emiliano Cagnoni † (Priest: 19 Sep 1908 to 5 May 1934)
• Nicola Canali † (Archbishop: 25 Sep 1342 to 23 May 1347)
• Antonio Cantoni † (Archbishop: 28 Sep 1767 to 2 Nov 1781)
• Luigi Capponi † (Archbishop: 3 Mar 1621 to 18 Sep 1645)
• Ludovico di Casale † (Archbishop: 1385 to 1387)
• Petrocinus Casalesco, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 26 Apr 1362 to 1369)
• Giacomo Cattani † (Archbishop: 22 Sep 1879 to 14 Feb 1887)
• Aymeric de Chalus † (Archbishop: 24 Sep 1322 to 13 May 1332)
• St. Peter Chrysologus † (Archbishop: 433 to 31 Jul 450)
• Antonio Codronchi † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 22 Jan 1826)
• Raniero Concoreggi † (Archbishop: 19 Nov 1303 to 18 Aug 1321)
• St. Guido Maria Conforti † (Archbishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 14 Nov 1904)
• Girolamo Crispi † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1720 to 13 Mar 1727)
• Giulio della Rovere † (Archbishop: 6 Mar 1566 to 3 Sep 1578)
• Giovanni Niccolò delle Caselle Migliorati † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1400; Administrator: 12 Jun 1405 to 16 Oct 1410)
• Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini † (Archbishop: 3 Jul 1826 to 22 Aug 1859)
• Ranuccio Farnese, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Administrator: 11 Oct 1549 to 28 Apr 1564)
• Maffeo Niccolò Farsetti † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1727 to 6 Feb 1741)
• Raimondo Ferretti † (Archbishop: 9 Jan 1692 to 24 Mar 1719)
• Bonifacio Fieschi, O.P. † (Archbishop: 4 Sep 1275 to 24 Dec 1294)
• Niccolò Fieschi † (Archbishop: 1516 to 4 Nov 1517)
• Urbano Fieschi † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1517 to 23 Jan 1524)
• Sismondo Filiasus Roverella † (Archbishop: 9 Jan 1475 to 1516)
• Pietro Ermenegildo Focaccia, O.F.M. †
• Filippo Fontana † (Archbishop: 1251 to 3 Sep 1270)
• Sebastiano Galeati † (Archbishop: 23 May 1887 to 25 Jan 1901)
• Egidio de Garzoni † (Archbishop: 16 Apr 1207 to Oct 1208)
• Gaetano Ginanni (Giannini) † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jul 1775 to 15 Dec 1777)
• Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 5 Apr 1745 to 7 Nov 1763)
• Fabio Guinigi † (Archbishop: 19 Feb 1674 to 28 Aug 1691)
• Anselm von Havelberg, O. Praem. † (Archbishop: 18 Jun 1155 to 12 Aug 1158)
• Antonio Lega † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 13 Jun 1921; Archbishop: 18 Dec 1921 to 16 Nov 1946)
• Giacomo Lercaro † (Archbishop: 31 Jan 1947 to 19 Apr 1952)
• Pietro Maffi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Jun 1902 to 22 Jun 1903)
• Giovanni Maria Majoli †
• Celso Mancino, C.R.L. †
• Giovanni Battista Maremonti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Mar 1567 to 14 Aug 1577)
• Giuseppe Crispino Mazzotti †
• Francesco Michiel † (Archbishop: 14 Oct 1333 to 25 Sep 1342)
• Cosmato Gentile de’ Migliorati † (Archbishop: 4 Nov 1387 to 15 Sep 1400)
• Hunfried von Mömpelgart-Wülflingen, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: Oct 1046 to 23 Aug 1051)
• Vincenzo Moretti † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 22 Sep 1879)
• Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1904 to 18 Dec 1921)
• Egidio Negrin † (Archbishop: 24 May 1952 to 4 Apr 1956)
• Niccolò Oddi, S.J. † (Archbishop: 20 Feb 1764 to 25 May 1767)
• Enrico Orfei † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1860 to 22 Dec 1870)
• Bartolomeo Ortolani †
• Alberto Oselletti † (Archbishop: 10 Mar 1202 to Jan 1207)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (Archbishop: 19 May 1670 to 19 Feb 1674)
• Tommaso Perenduli † (Archbishop: 2 Jan 1411 to 20 Oct 1445)
• Luigi Piavi (Biavi), O.F.M. Obs. †
• Maximinus de Pola † (Archbishop: 546 to 556)
• Pietro Pileo da Prata † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1370; Administrator: 18 Sep 1378 to 1385)
• Baldassare Rasponti †
• Guibert of Ravenna † (Archbishop: 1072 to 8 Sep 1100)
• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi † (Archbishop: 15 Apr 1901 to 25 Apr 1902)
• Guido Roberti † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1332 to Sep 1333)
• Angelo Rossini † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jul 1942 to 10 Mar 1947)
• Bartolomeo Roverella † (Archbishop: 26 Sep 1445 to 9 Jan 1475)
• Obizzo Sanvitale † (Archbishop: 23 Jul 1295 to 12 Sep 1303)
• Arnoldo di Sassoni † (Archbishop: 21 Jan 1014 to 17 Nov 1019)
• Pomponio Spreti †
• Alberto Tanasini †
• Ersilio Tonini † (Archbishop: 22 Nov 1975 to 27 Oct 1990)
• Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1645 to 2 Dec 1669)
• Fontanier de Vassal, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 24 Oct 1347 to 20 May 1351; Administrator: 20 May 1351 to 16 Oct 1361)
• Giuseppe Verucchi † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 2000 to 17 Nov 2012)
• Gerbert , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: Apr 998 to 2 Apr 999)
• Giovanni † (Archbishop: 904 to Mar 914)
• Gualterio † (Archbishop: Aug 1119 to 13 Feb 1144)
• Martinianus , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 595 to 23 Oct 606)
• Simeone † (Archbishop: 5 Mar 1217 to 31 May 1228)
• Teodorico † (Archbishop: Sep 1228 to 28 Dec 1249)
• Ubaldo † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1208 to 21 Mar 1216)

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