Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Cardinal, Archbishop
Gaetano Bonicelli, Archbishop Emeritus
Antonio Buoncristiani, Archbishop Emeritus
Alessandro Staccioli, O.M.I., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
United: 30 September 1986
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 2,265 (874 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Toscana
Official Web Site: http://www.arcidiocesi.siena.it/
Mailing Address: Piazza Duomo 6, 53100 Siena, Italia
Telephone: 0577.42.020
Fax: 0577.28.10.40

Historical Details

Diocese of Siena
- Latin Name: Senensis
- Erected: 4th Century
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Siena
- Latin Name: Senensis
- Elevated: 23 April 1459
- Metropolitan See
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Bono † ( 1189 Appointed - 25 Oct 1215 Died)
Bonfigli † ( 1216 Appointed - 15 Dec 1252 Died)
Tommaso Fusconi, O.P. † (13 Dec 1253 Appointed - 1273 Died)
Bernardo di Boncio † (2 Jun 1273 Appointed - 1281 Died)
Rainaldo di Malavolti (Uguccione) † (16 Nov 1282 Appointed - 8 Jun 1307 Died)
Ruggero da Casole, O.P. † (4 May 1310 Appointed - 7 Jun 1316 Died)
Donusdeo di Malavolti † (23 May 1317 Appointed - Dec 1350 Died)
Azzolino di Malavolti † (22 Oct 1351 Appointed - 1 Jan 1371 Died)
Iacopo di Malavolti † (24 Jan 1371 Appointed - 8 Nov 1371 Died)
Guglielmo Vasco, O.F.M. † (24 Nov 1371 Appointed - 2 Oct 1377 Appointed, Bishop of Győr (Raab))
Luca Bertini, C.R.S.A. † (2 Oct 1377 Appointed - 1 Oct 1384 Died)
Francesco Mormile † (13 Nov 1385 Appointed - 30 Dec 1407 Appointed, Bishop of Cava (de’ Tirreni))
Gabriele Condulmer, C.R.S.A. † (30 Dec 1407 Appointed - 9 May 1408 Resigned)
Antonio Casini † (20 Jul 1409 Appointed - 12 Sep 1427 Appointed, Administrator of Grosseto)
Carlo Bartoli † (12 Sep 1427 Appointed - Sep 1444 Died)
Cristoforo di San Marcello † (18 Sep 1444 Appointed - Nov 1444 Died)
Neri da Montegarullo † (27 Nov 1444 Appointed - Oct 1449 Died)
Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (23 Sep 1450 Confirmed - 19 Aug 1458 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Antonio Piccolomini, O.S.B. † (18 Sep 1458 Appointed - 8 Nov 1459 Died)
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini † (6 Feb 1460 Appointed - 22 Sep 1503 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Giovanni Piccolomini † ( 1503 Appointed - 7 Apr 1529 Resigned)
Francesco Bandini Piccolomini † (7 Apr 1529 Appointed - 28 May 1588 Died)
Ascanio Piccolomini † (28 May 1588 Succeeded - 13 May 1597 Died)
François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. † (15 Sep 1597 Appointed - 24 Jan 1607 Resigned)
Camillo Borghese † (24 Jan 1607 Appointed - 8 Oct 1612 Died)
Metello Bichi † (17 Dec 1612 Appointed - 23 Mar 1615 Resigned)
Alessandro Petrucci † (23 Mar 1615 Appointed - 7 Jun 1628 Died)
Ascanio Piccolomini d’Aragona † (18 Sep 1628 Appointed - 18 Mar 1671 Resigned)
Celio Piccolomini † (18 Mar 1671 Appointed - 24 May 1681 Died)
Leonardo Marsili † (26 Jan 1682 Appointed - 8 Apr 1713 Died)
Alessandro Zondadari † (21 Jan 1715 Appointed - 2 Jan 1745 Died)
Alessandro Cervini † (29 May 1747 Appointed - 13 Nov 1771 Died)
Tiberio Borghesi † (1 Jun 1772 Appointed - Mar 1792 Died)
Alfonso Marsili † (3 Dec 1792 Appointed - 23 Dec 1794 Died)
Antonio Felice Zondadari † (1 Jun 1795 Appointed - 13 Apr 1823 Died)
Giuseppe Mancini † (12 Jul 1824 Appointed - 15 Feb 1855 Died)
Ferdinando Baldanzi † (28 Sep 1855 Appointed - 7 Mar 1866 Died)
Enrico Bindi † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 23 Jun 1876 Died)
Giovanni Pierallini † (29 Sep 1876 Appointed - 2 Dec 1888 Died)
Celestino (Raffaele) Zini, Sch. P. † (11 Feb 1889 Appointed - 19 May 1892 Died)
Benedetto Tommasi † (11 Jul 1892 Appointed - 4 Sep 1908 Died)
Paolo Maria Barone † (27 Nov 1908 Appointed - 20 May 1909 Died)
Prospero Scaccia † (5 Jun 1909 Appointed - 29 Sep 1932 Died)
Gustavo Matteoni † (29 Sep 1932 Succeeded - 17 Nov 1934 Died)
Mario Toccabelli † (1 Apr 1935 Appointed - 14 Apr 1961 Died)
Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † (6 Jun 1961 Appointed - 14 Nov 1989 Retired)
Gaetano Bonicelli (14 Nov 1989 Appointed - 23 May 2001 Retired)
Antonio Buoncristiani (23 May 2001 Appointed - 6 May 2019 Retired)
Augusto Paolo Lojudice (6 May 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Siena
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Siena (erected)
Archdiocese of Siena
23 April 1459	Elevated	Diocese of Siena	Archdiocese of Siena
26 July 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Volterra (Chiusdino, Frassini and Castelletto, Ciciano, Montalcinello, Monticiano, Frosini, S. Galgano, Scalvaia and Luriano, and Tocchi)	Archdiocese of Siena
7 October 1975	Territory Added	Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (Asciano (except the Abbey))	Archdiocese of Siena
28 October 1977	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Siena (Abbadia Ardenga and Castiglion del Bosco)	Diocese of Montalcino
21 November 1978	Territory Added	Diocese of Arezzo (S. Ansano a Dofana and S. Maria a Montaperti)	Archdiocese of Siena
Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Colle di Val d’Elsa Diocese of Montalcino Archdiocese of Siena	Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino

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 Siena

1886 56,681 .0% 221 0 102 OTC

1950 81,940 82,000 99.9% 149 75 224 365 125 520 110 ap1951

1969 100,000 100,000 100.0% 115 70 185 540 85 638 121 ap1971

1980 99,950 108,000 92.5% 119 35 154 649 39 450 128 ap1981

Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino

1990 186,000 188,450 98.7% 173 70 243 765 72 537 186 ap1991

1999 170,000 177,800 95.6% 129 34 163 1,042 3 37 302 145 ap2000

2000 170,000 170,800 99.5% 133 34 167 1,017 3 36 330 145 ap2001

2001 170,000 170,800 99.5% 132 34 166 1,024 4 36 330 145 ap2002

2002 175,000 179,500 97.5% 128 51 179 977 7 58 319 145 ap2003

2003 174,950 179,400 97.5% 121 53 174 1,005 7 57 312 141 ap2004

2004 175,010 179,490 97.5% 122 49 171 1,023 7 54 305 141 ap2005

2010 178,098 185,751 95.9% 108 42 150 1,187 9 48 278 178 ap2011

2014 180,700 188,900 95.7% 102 41 143 1,263 7 49 210 156 ap2015

2017 164,838 183,154 90.0% 78 44 122 1,351 9 48 199 156 ap2018

2020 177,460 197,180 90.0% 73 39 112 1,584 9 42 163 139 ap2021

2022 175,300 194,800 90.0% 66 35 101 1,735 7 37 138 139 ap2023

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 Siena
1886		56,681	.0%			221	0				102	OTC
1950	81,940	82,000	99.9%	149	75	224	365		125	520	110	ap1951
1969	100,000	100,000	100.0%	115	70	185	540		85	638	121	ap1971
1980	99,950	108,000	92.5%	119	35	154	649		39	450	128	ap1981
Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino
1990	186,000	188,450	98.7%	173	70	243	765		72	537	186	ap1991
1999	170,000	177,800	95.6%	129	34	163	1,042	3	37	302	145	ap2000
2000	170,000	170,800	99.5%	133	34	167	1,017	3	36	330	145	ap2001
2001	170,000	170,800	99.5%	132	34	166	1,024	4	36	330	145	ap2002
2002	175,000	179,500	97.5%	128	51	179	977	7	58	319	145	ap2003
2003	174,950	179,400	97.5%	121	53	174	1,005	7	57	312	141	ap2004
2004	175,010	179,490	97.5%	122	49	171	1,023	7	54	305	141	ap2005
2010	178,098	185,751	95.9%	108	42	150	1,187	9	48	278	178	ap2011
2014	180,700	188,900	95.7%	102	41	143	1,263	7	49	210	156	ap2015
2017	164,838	183,154	90.0%	78	44	122	1,351	9	48	199	156	ap2018
2020	177,460	197,180	90.0%	73	39	112	1,584	9	42	163	139	ap2021
2022	175,300	194,800	90.0%	66	35	101	1,735	7	37	138	139	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Ferdinando Baldanzi † (Archbishop: 28 Sep 1855 to 7 Mar 1866)
Rolando Bandinelli, C.R.L. †
Volumnio Bandinelli †
Germanico Bandini † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 29 Jun 1560 to 1569)
Francesco Bandini Piccolomini † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1529 to 28 May 1588)
Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B. †
Paolo Maria Barone † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1908 to 20 May 1909)
Carlo Bartoli † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1427 to Sep 1444)
Giuseppe Batignani †
Jader Bertini †
Luca Bertini, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1377 to 1 Oct 1384)
Alessandro Bichi †
Antonio Bichi †
Carlo Bichi †
Metello Bichi † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1612 to 23 Mar 1615)
Pier Maria Bichi, O.S.B. †
Vincenzo Bichi †
Enrico Bindi † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 23 Jun 1876)
Giovanni Bindi Sergardi †
Bernardo di Boncio † (Bishop: 2 Jun 1273 to 1281)
Camillo Borghese † (Archbishop: 24 Jan 1607 to 8 Oct 1612)
Ippolito Borghese, O.S.B. †
Pietro Maria Borghese †
Tiberio Borghesi † (Archbishop: 1 Jun 1772 to Mar 1792)
Girolamo Maria Casalini, O.S.M. †
Antonio Casini † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1409; Administrator: 24 May 1426 to 12 Sep 1427)
Ruggero da Casole, O.P. † (Bishop: 4 May 1310 to 7 Jun 1316)
Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † (Archbishop: 6 Jun 1961 to 14 Nov 1989)
Francesco Cennini de’ Salamandri †
Alessandro Cervini † (Archbishop: 29 May 1747 to 13 Nov 1771)
Alessio de Cesari †
Fernando Charrier † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Sep 1984 to 22 Apr 1989)
Fabio Chigi †
Flavio Chigi (Sr.) †
Bernardino Ciani, O.E.S.A. †
Eusebio Ciani, O.S.B. †
Cinugo Settimio Cinughi †
Gabriele Condulmer, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 30 Dec 1407 to 9 May 1408)
Stefano Corbini † (Priest: 3 Jun 1882 to 18 Jun 1918)
Mario Cossa †
Francesco d’Elci †
Carlo de’ Vecchi †
Giovanni De Vivo † (Priest: 30 Sep 1986 to 18 Dec 1993)
Giacomo Falconetti, O.P. †
Antonio Forteguerra, O.S.B. †
Tommaso Fusconi, O.P. † (Bishop: 13 Dec 1253 to 1273)
Fazio Gallerani †
Girolamo Ghinucci {Ginucci} †
Giovanni Gianderoni, O.S.A. †
Alberto Giglioli † (Priest: 29 Jun 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Apr 1970 to 7 Oct 1975)
Taddeo Guidi, O.P. †
Ambrogio Landucci, O.S.A. †
Pio Magnoni †
Azzolino di Malavolti † (Bishop: 22 Oct 1351 to 1 Jan 1371)
Donusdeo di Malavolti † (Bishop: 23 May 1317 to Dec 1350)
Iacopo di Malavolti † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1371 to 8 Nov 1371)
Rainaldo di Malavolti (Uguccione) † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1282 to 8 Jun 1307)
Giuseppe Mancini † (Archbishop: 12 Jul 1824 to 15 Feb 1855)
Alfonso Marsili † (Deacon: 20 Sep 1772; Priest: 29 Sep 1772; Archbishop: 3 Dec 1792 to 23 Dec 1794)
Leonardo Marsili † (Archbishop: 26 Jan 1682 to 8 Apr 1713)
Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. †
Gustavo Matteoni † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 3 Mar 1932; Archbishop: 29 Sep 1932 to 17 Nov 1934)
Giovanni Domenico Francesco Mensini †
Fabio Mignanelii †
Neri da Montegarullo † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1444 to Oct 1449)
Francesco Mormile † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1385 to 30 Dec 1407)
Giacomo Filippo Nini †
Nicola Oliva, O.S.A. †
Giuseppe Pannilini †
Scipione Pannocchieschi d’Elci †
Costantino Patrizi Naro †
Bernardino Pecci †
Giuseppe Bernardino Pecci, O.S.B. †
Enrico Petrilli † (Priest: 10 Aug 1909; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Sep 1963 to 9 Feb 1968)
Riccardo Petroni †
Alessandro Petrucci † (Archbishop: 23 Mar 1615 to 7 Jun 1628)
Alfonso Petrucci †
Raffaello Petrucci †
Alessandro Piccolomini † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 28 Jul 1574 to 12 Mar 1578)
Antonio Piccolomini, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1458; Archbishop: 23 Apr 1459 to 8 Nov 1459)
Ascanio Piccolomini † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 3 Jul 1579; Archbishop: 28 May 1588 to 13 May 1597)
Celio Piccolomini † (Archbishop: 18 Mar 1671 to 24 May 1681)
Enea Silvio Piccolomini †
Enea Silvio Piccolomini † (Bishop: 23 Sep 1450 to 19 Aug 1458)
Francesco Maria Piccolomini †
Giacomo Piccolomini †
Giovanni Piccolomini † (Archbishop: 1503 to 7 Apr 1529)
Niccolò Piccolomini †
Niccolò Piccolomini †
Ascanio Piccolomini d’Aragona † (Archbishop: 18 Sep 1628 to 18 Mar 1671)
Giovanni Pierallini † (Archbishop: 29 Sep 1876 to 2 Dec 1888)
Pietro Maria Pieri, O.S.M. †
Ambrogio Catarino Politi, O.P. †
Nicola de Rochis de Musciolo, O.S.B. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Sep 1452)
Giuseppe Rosati †
Cristoforo di San Marcello † (Bishop: 18 Sep 1444 to Nov 1444)
Giulio Sansedoni †
Prospero Scaccia † (Archbishop: 5 Jun 1909 to 29 Sep 1932)
Niccolò Sciarelli †
Bartolomeo da Siena, O.F.M. †
Ascanio Silvestri †
Renato Spallanzani † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Apr 1970 to 7 Oct 1975)
Giovanni Spennazzi †
Flaminio Taja †
François-Marie Tarugi, C.O. † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1597 to 24 Jan 1607)
Mario Toccabelli † (Archbishop: 1 Apr 1935 to 14 Apr 1961)
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini † (Administrator: 6 Feb 1460 to 22 Sep 1503)
Cristoforo Tolomei †
Benedetto Tommasi † (Archbishop: 11 Jul 1892 to 4 Sep 1908)
Alessandro Toti †
Ascanio Turamini †
Angelo Fausto Vallainc † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1970 to 7 Oct 1975)
Guglielmo Vasco, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1371 to 2 Oct 1377)
Bernardino de Vecchi †
Celestino (Raffaele) Zini, Sch. P. † (Archbishop: 11 Feb 1889 to 19 May 1892)
Alessandro Zondadari † (Priest: 5 Jun 1694; Archbishop: 21 Jan 1715 to 2 Jan 1745)
Antonfelice Zondadari †
Antonio Felice Zondadari † (Archbishop: 1 Jun 1795 to 13 Apr 1823)
Bonfigli † (Bishop: 1216 to 15 Dec 1252)
Bono † (Bishop: 1189 to 25 Oct 1215)

Source(s)

Diocese of Siena
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 446
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 235
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 752, to Page 753
Archdiocese of Siena
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 297
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 312
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 353
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 375
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 342
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 517, and Page 518
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 678, to Page 680
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 376, and Page 377
Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 783, to Page 786

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