Trento (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Lauro Tisi, Archbishop
Luigi Bressan, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 14 June 1929
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 6,212 (2,399 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Triveneto
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesitn.it/
Mailing Address: Curia Arcivescovile, Piazza Fiera 2, 38122 Trento, Italia
Telephone: 0461.89.11.11
Fax: 0461.89.12.01

Historical Details

Diocese of Trento
- Latin Name: Tridentina
- Erected: 2nd Century
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Gorizia (Görz)
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Gebhard † (21 Oct 1106 Appointed - 1120 Died)
Corrado di Beseno † (6 Dec 1188 Appointed - 10 Mar 1205 Resigned)
Frederic de Wangen † (9 Aug 1207 Confirmed - 6 Nov 1218 Died)
Adelpret de Ravenstein † (Nov 1219 Appointed - 27 Dec 1223 Died)
Gerard Oscasali de Cremone † ( 1224 Appointed - Nov 1232 Died)
Aldrighetto di Castelcampo † (Nov 1232 Appointed - 1247 Died)
Egnone di Appiano † (8 Nov 1250 Appointed - 25 Mar 1273 Died)
Enrico , O.T. † (29 Sep 1273 Appointed - 1289 Died)
Philippe Bonacolsi, O.F.M. † (31 Jul 1289 Appointed - 18 Dec 1303 Appointed, Bishop of Mantova)
Bartolomeo Querini † (10 Jan 1304 Appointed - 3 Apr 1307 Died)
Enrico di Metz † (23 May 1310 Appointed - 9 Oct 1336 Died)
Nicolò Abrien † (3 Jul 1338 Appointed - 1347 Died)
Gerardo da Manhauc † (12 Dec 1347 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Giovanni di Pistoia † (27 Oct 1348 Appointed - 23 Oct 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Spoleto)
Mainardo di Neuhaus † (4 Nov 1349 Appointed - 1360 Resigned)
Alberto di Ortenberg † (31 Aug 1360 Appointed - 9 Sep 1390 Died)
Giorgio di Liechtenstein † (7 Nov 1390 Appointed - 20 Aug 1419 Died)
Alessandro de Masovia † (20 Oct 1423 Appointed - 2 Jun 1444 Died)
Benedetto da Trento † (12 Oct 1444 Appointed - 1446 Resigned)
Giorgio Hack † (16 Oct 1446 Appointed - 23 Aug 1465 Died)
Johann Hinderbach † (12 May 1466 Appointed - 21 Sep 1486 Died)
Udalric von Fraunsberg † (11 Jul 1488 Appointed - 10 Aug 1493 Died)
Ulrich von Liechtenstein † (11 Apr 1496 Confirmed - 16 Sep 1505 Died)
Georg von Neideck † (5 Jun 1506 Confirmed - 5 Jun 1514 Died)
Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) † (25 Sep 1514 Confirmed - 30 Jul 1539 Died)
Cristoforo Madruzzo † (10 Nov 1539 Confirmed - 14 Nov 1567 Resigned)
Ludovico Madruzzo † (14 Nov 1567 Succeeded - 20 Apr 1600 Died)
Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo † (2 Apr 1600 Succeeded - 14 Aug 1629 Died)
Carlo Emanuele von Madruzzo † (14 Aug 1629 Succeeded - 15 Dec 1658 Died)
Sigmund Franz von Österreich † (7 Feb 1659 Appointed - 28 May 1665 Resigned)
Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau † (11 Nov 1665 Appointed - 25 Oct 1667 Died)
Sigmund Alphons von Thun † (9 Sep 1669 Confirmed - 2 Feb 1677 Died)
Francesco Alberti di Poja † (3 Oct 1678 Confirmed - 4 Feb 1689 Died)
Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † (10 Dec 1691 Confirmed - 31 Dec 1695 Died)
Johann Michael von Spaur und Valör † (24 Sep 1696 Confirmed - 22 Apr 1725 Died)
Giovanni Benedetti Gentilotti † (9 Sep 1725 Appointed - 20 Sep 1725 Died)
Antonius Dominikus von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † (8 Apr 1726 Confirmed - 5 Apr 1730 Died)
Dominikus Anton von Thun † (22 Nov 1730 Confirmed - 7 Sep 1758 Died)
Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † (7 Sep 1758 Succeeded - 31 Dec 1762 Died)
Cristoforo Sizzo de Noris † (22 Aug 1763 Appointed - 16 Mar 1776 Died)
Peter Michael Vigil von Thun und Hohenstein † (16 Sep 1776 Confirmed - 17 Jan 1800 Died)
Emanuel Maria Thun † (11 Aug 1800 Confirmed - 9 Oct 1818 Died)
Franz Xavier (Franciszek Ksawery) Luschin (Luszin) † (24 May 1824 Confirmed - 23 Jun 1834 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lviv)
Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (19 Dec 1834 Confirmed - 3 Dec 1860 Died)
Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels † (22 Mar 1861 Confirmed - 31 Mar 1879 Died)
Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † (27 Feb 1880 Confirmed - 17 Nov 1885 Died)
Eugenio Carlo Valussi † (7 Jun 1886 Confirmed - 11 Oct 1903 Died)
Celestino Endrici † (6 Feb 1904 Confirmed - 29 Oct 1940 Died)
Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. † (12 Apr 1941 Appointed - 14 Dec 1962 Died)
Alessandro Maria Gottardi † (12 Feb 1963 Appointed - 7 Dec 1987 Retired)
Giovanni Maria Sartori † (7 Dec 1987 Appointed - 26 Sep 1998 Died)
Luigi Bressan (25 Mar 1999 Appointed - 10 Feb 2016 Retired)
Lauro Tisi (10 Feb 2016 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Trento
2nd Century	Erected		Diocese of Trento (erected)
1825	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Trento (from Immediately Subject to Salzburg)
24 February 1920	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Trento (from Salzburg to Immediately Subject)
29 January 1938	Territory Lost	Diocese of Trento (Vent)	Apostolic Administration of Innsbruck
Archdiocese of Trento
14 June 1929	Elevated	Diocese of Trento	Archdiocese of Trento (Without suffragans)
6 July 1964	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Trento (Bauzan and Magasa and Turano)	Diocese of Brixen {Bressanone}
6 July 1964	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Trento (Val d'Astico and Pedemonte)	Diocese of Vicenza
6 August 1964	Elevated		Archdiocese of Trento (became a Metropolitan)

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 Trento

1950 613,500 615,000 99.8% 1,149 568 1,717 357 834 2,168 426 ap1951

1970 425,471 425,782 99.9% 794 399 1,193 356 494 1,922 448 ap1971

1980 442,452 442,873 99.9% 696 360 1,056 418 495 1,693 458 ap1981

1990 440,000 445,165 98.8% 629 311 940 468 8 427 1,061 456 ap1991

1999 461,000 464,398 99.3% 552 289 841 548 17 400 864 456 ap2000

2000 469,000 473,000 99.2% 541 277 818 573 19 377 854 456 ap2001

2001 468,800 470,946 99.5% 522 282 804 583 19 374 759 456 ap2002

2002 469,600 472,816 99.3% 495 275 770 609 20 364 744 456 ap2003

2003 469,840 473,151 99.3% 484 269 753 623 18 355 756 454 ap2004

2004 470,513 477,017 98.6% 474 283 757 621 19 344 691 454 ap2005

2010 481,232 505,527 95.2% 402 265 667 721 28 319 553 452 ap2011

2014 486,000 530,308 91.6% 356 231 587 827 28 268 458 452 ap2015

2017 487,800 538,223 90.6% 332 207 539 905 27 233 370 452 ap2018

2020 488,000 541,098 90.2% 303 193 496 983 24 224 350 452 ap2021

2022 488,960 542,166 90.2% 267 173 440 1,111 26 204 374 450 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 Trento
1950	613,500	615,000	99.8%	1,149	568	1,717	357		834	2,168	426	ap1951
1970	425,471	425,782	99.9%	794	399	1,193	356		494	1,922	448	ap1971
1980	442,452	442,873	99.9%	696	360	1,056	418		495	1,693	458	ap1981
1990	440,000	445,165	98.8%	629	311	940	468	8	427	1,061	456	ap1991
1999	461,000	464,398	99.3%	552	289	841	548	17	400	864	456	ap2000
2000	469,000	473,000	99.2%	541	277	818	573	19	377	854	456	ap2001
2001	468,800	470,946	99.5%	522	282	804	583	19	374	759	456	ap2002
2002	469,600	472,816	99.3%	495	275	770	609	20	364	744	456	ap2003
2003	469,840	473,151	99.3%	484	269	753	623	18	355	756	454	ap2004
2004	470,513	477,017	98.6%	474	283	757	621	19	344	691	454	ap2005
2010	481,232	505,527	95.2%	402	265	667	721	28	319	553	452	ap2011
2014	486,000	530,308	91.6%	356	231	587	827	28	268	458	452	ap2015
2017	487,800	538,223	90.6%	332	207	539	905	27	233	370	452	ap2018
2020	488,000	541,098	90.2%	303	193	496	983	24	224	350	452	ap2021
2022	488,960	542,166	90.2%	267	173	440	1,111	26	204	374	450	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Nicolò Abrien † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1338 to 1347)
Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † (Priest: Apr 1726; Coadjutor Bishop: 19 Jul 1756; Bishop: 7 Sep 1758 to 31 Dec 1762)
Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † (Priest: 20 Oct 1669; Bishop: 10 Dec 1691 to 31 Dec 1695)
Francesco Alberti di Poja † (Priest: 29 May 1638; Bishop: 3 Oct 1678 to 4 Feb 1689)
Biagio Aldobrandini † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Mar 1558)
Egnone di Appiano † (Bishop: 8 Nov 1250 to 25 Mar 1273)
Edmund Maria Josef Artz von und zu Vasegg † (Deacon: 1 Sep 1765; Priest: 22 Feb 1766 to 28 Sep 1778)
Petrus Bellus † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Oct 1611)
Giacomo Benuzzi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jul 1572 to 1580)
Corrado di Beseno † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1188 to 10 Mar 1205)
Philippe Bonacolsi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1289 to 18 Dec 1303)
Aldrighetto di Castelcampo † (Bishop: Nov 1232 to 1247)
Ruggero Raffaele Cazzanelli, O.F.M. †
Orazio Ferrucio Ceól, O.F.M. †
Anton Felix Ciurletti †
Johann Paul (Giovanni Paolo) Ciurletti †
Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1514 to 30 Jul 1539)
Ernesto Cozzi †
Girolamo Luigi Crivelli †
Anton Crosini von Bonporto †
José Maria Dalvit, F.S.C.J. †
Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † (Deacon: 20 Jan 1838; Priest: 25 Jan 1838 to 4 May 1874; Bishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 17 Nov 1885)
Jacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †
Celestino Endrici † (Priest: 28 Oct 1891; Bishop: 6 Feb 1904; Archbishop: 14 Jun 1929 to 29 Oct 1940)
Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1941 to 14 Dec 1962)
Leopold Ernst von Firmian † (Coadjutor Bishop: 16 Dec 1748 to 20 Jan 1756)
Leopold Maximilian von Firmian (Frimian) †
Vigilius Augustin Maria von Firmian †
Heinrich Forer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 1956 to 1 Sep 1964)
Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. †
Udalric von Fraunsberg † (Bishop: 11 Jul 1488 to 10 Aug 1493)
Joseph Gargitter † (Apostolic Administrator: 10 Feb 1961 to 12 Feb 1963)
Giovanni Benedetti Gentilotti † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1725 to 20 Sep 1725)
Alessandro Maria Gottardi † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1963 to 7 Dec 1987)
José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †
Giorgio Hack † (Bishop: 16 Oct 1446 to 23 Aug 1465)
Johann Evangelist Haller † (Deacon: 4 Jul 1847; Priest: 21 May 1848; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Aug 1874 to 20 Dec 1880)
Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau † (Bishop: 11 Nov 1665 to 25 Oct 1667)
Karl Johann von Herberstein † (Priest: 8 Jun 1743 to 20 Nov 1769)
Johann Hinderbach † (Bishop: 12 May 1466 to 21 Sep 1486)
Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. †
Giorgio di Liechtenstein † (Bishop: 7 Nov 1390 to 20 Aug 1419)
Ulrich von Liechtenstein † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1496 to 16 Sep 1505)
Franz von Lodron †
Paris von Lodron †
Franz Xavier (Franciszek Ksawery) Luschin (Luszin) † (Bishop: 24 May 1824 to 23 Jun 1834)
Carlo Emanuele von Madruzzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 24 Aug 1622; Bishop: 14 Aug 1629 to 15 Dec 1658)
Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 23 Oct 1595; Bishop: 2 Apr 1600 to 14 Aug 1629)
Cristoforo Madruzzo † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1539 to 14 Nov 1567)
Ludovico Madruzzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 May 1550; Bishop: 14 Nov 1567 to 20 Apr 1600)
Gerardo da Manhauc † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1347 to 1348)
Nicola Marconi, O.F.M. Ref. †
Alessandro de Masovia † (Bishop: 20 Oct 1423 to 2 Jun 1444)
Sisto Mazzoldi, F.S.C.J. †
Francesco Giacinto Melchiori, O.F.M. †
Enrico di Metz † (Bishop: 23 May 1310 to 9 Oct 1336)
Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi Von Waal Und Sonnenthurn † (Priest: 7 Apr 1738 to 20 Sep 1751)
Enrico Montalbetti, Obs. S.C. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 May 1935 to 9 Jun 1938)
Angelo Negri, F.S.C.J. †
Georg von Neideck † (Bishop: 5 Jun 1506 to 5 Jun 1514)
Mainardo di Neuhaus † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1349 to 1360)
Giuseppe Placido Maria Nicolini, O.S.B. †
Alberto di Ortenberg † (Bishop: 31 Aug 1360 to 9 Sep 1390)
Gerard Oscasali de Cremone † (Bishop: 1224 to Nov 1232)
Sigmund Franz von Österreich † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1659 to 28 May 1665)
Bartolomeo Antonio Passi † (Deacon: 21 Dec 1715; Priest: 25 Feb 1716; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Sep 1744 to 23 Jul 1774)
Giovanni di Pistoia † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1348 to 23 Oct 1349)
Bartolomeo Querini † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1304 to 3 Apr 1307)
Oreste Rauzi † (Priest: 28 Oct 1913; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jun 1939 to 2 Feb 1973)
Adelpret de Ravenstein † (Bishop: Nov 1219 to 27 Dec 1223)
Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels † (Deacon: 1 Aug 1830; Priest: 8 Aug 1830 to 7 Apr 1854; Bishop: 22 Mar 1861 to 31 Mar 1879)
Giovanni (João) Risatti, P.I.M.E. †
Giuseppe Ferruccio Maurizio Rosà, O.F.M. †
Adalberto Arturo Rosat, O.F.M. †
Giorgio Rossi, C.S.I. †
Giuseppe Sandri, M.C.C.I. †
Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein † (Priest: 7 Dec 1794 to 28 Feb 1831)
Giovanni Maria Sartori † (Archbishop: 7 Dec 1987 to 26 Sep 1998)
Georg Sigismund von Sinersberg † (Deacon: 22 Feb 1687; Priest: 15 Mar 1687; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Oct 1693 to 18 Oct 1721)
Cristoforo Sizzo de Noris † (Deacon: 24 May 1733; Priest: 30 May 1733; Bishop: 22 Aug 1763 to 16 Mar 1776)
Johann Michael Wenzelaus von Spaur † (Priest: 4 Sep 1700; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 1722 to 28 Mar 1743)
Johann Michael von Spaur und Valör † (Deacon: 26 Aug 1663; Priest: 2 Sep 1663; Bishop: 24 Sep 1696 to 22 Apr 1725)
Dominikus Anton von Thun † (Deacon: 9 May 1720; Priest: 12 May 1720; Bishop: 22 Nov 1730 to 7 Sep 1758)
Emanuel Maria Thun † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jul 1797; Bishop: 11 Aug 1800 to 9 Oct 1818)
Sigmund Alphons von Thun † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1669 to 2 Feb 1677)
Josef Maria von Thun und Hohenstein †
Peter Michael Vigil von Thun und Hohenstein † (Deacon: 8 Sep 1746; Priest: 24 May 1755; Bishop: 16 Sep 1776 to 17 Jan 1800)
Thomas Johann Kaspar von Thun und Hohenstein †
Faustino M. Tissot, S.X. †
Benedetto da Trento † (Bishop: 12 Oct 1444 to 1446)
Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (Deacon: 24 Jun 1800; Priest: 27 Jul 1800 to 24 Feb 1832; Bishop: 19 Dec 1834 to 3 Dec 1860)
Eugenio Carlo Valussi † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1886 to 11 Oct 1903)
Georg Vink, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Feb 1481)
Frederic de Wangen † (Bishop: 9 Aug 1207 to 6 Nov 1218)
Johann Kaspar von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck † (Priest: 11 Jun 1729; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1743 to 12 Apr 1744)
Antonius Dominikus von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † (Deacon: 17 Mar 1685; Priest: 9 Mar 1686; Bishop: 8 Apr 1726 to 5 Apr 1730)
Johann Baptist Zwerger † (Priest: 14 Dec 1851 to 12 Oct 1867)
Enrico , O.T. † (Bishop: 29 Sep 1273 to 1289)
Gebhard † (Bishop: 21 Oct 1106 to 1120)

Source(s)

Diocese of Trento
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 497, and Page 498
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 256
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 318
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 344
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 389, and Page 390
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 416, and Page 417
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 377
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 566
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 376
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 316, to Page 317
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 12, Page 114
Archdiocese of Trento
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 21, Page 471, to Page 473
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 367, and Page 368

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