Montalcino (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past Ordinaries

Alessandro Piccolomini † (20 Nov 1528 Appointed - 1554 Resigned)
Francesco Maria Piccolomini † (20 Apr 1554 Appointed - 1599 Died)
Camillo Borghese † (7 Jan 1600 Appointed - 24 Jan 1607 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena)
Mario Cossa † (2 Apr 1607 Appointed - 1618 Died)
Ippolito Borghese, O.S.B. † (26 Mar 1618 Appointed - 1 Sep 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Pienza)
Scipione Tancredi † (2 Mar 1637 Appointed - 13 Apr 1641 Died)
Alessandro Sergardi † (21 Oct 1641 Appointed - Apr 1649 Died)
Antonio Bichi † (8 Dec 1652 Ordained Bishop - 6 Mar 1656 Appointed, Bishop of Osimo)
Lorenzo Martinozzi, O.S.B. † (16 Oct 1656 Appointed - Aug 1663 Died)
Fabio de Vecchi † (14 Jan 1664 Appointed - Aug 1688 Resigned)
Romualdo Tancredi, O.S.B. † (9 Aug 1688 Appointed - Dec 1694 Died)
Giuseppe Maria Borgognini † (28 Nov 1695 Appointed - Nov 1726 Died)
Bernardino Ciani, O.E.S.A. † (30 Jul 1727 Appointed - 9 Aug 1767 Died)
Domenico Andrea Vegni † (14 Dec 1767 Appointed - 8 Nov 1773 Died)
Giuseppe Bernardino Pecci, O.S.B. † (27 Jun 1774 Appointed - 1809 Died)
Giacinto Pippi † (15 Mar 1815 Appointed - 12 Jul 1824 Appointed, Bishop of Chiusi e Pienza)
Giovanni Bindi Sergardi † (20 Dec 1824 Appointed - 18 Nov 1843 Died)
Paolo Giovanni Bertolozzi † (7 Jan 1850 Appointed - 27 Jan 1867 Died)
Raffaele Pucci-Sisti † (23 Feb 1872 Appointed - 30 May 1879 Died)
Donnino Donnini † (19 Sep 1879 Appointed - 14 Dec 1891 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
Amilcare Tonietti † (12 Jun 1893 Appointed - 25 Sep 1899 Resigned)
Jader Bertini † (18 Sep 1899 Appointed - 27 Sep 1908 Died)
Alfredo del Tomba † (29 Apr 1909 Appointed - 10 Jul 1937 Resigned)
Ireneo Enrico Chelucci † (22 Jul 1938 Appointed - 8 Jun 1970 Died)
Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † (19 Jan 1978 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1528	Split	Diocese of Pienza e Montalcino	Diocese of Montalcino Diocese of Pienza
28 October 1977	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Siena (Abbadia Ardenga and Castiglion del Bosco)	Diocese of Montalcino
28 October 1977	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montalcino (Pieve a Salti in San Giovanni d'Asso)	Diocese of Chiusi e Pienza
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

1886 26,632 .0% 100 0 34 OTC

1950 39,980 40,000 100.0% 41 4 45 888 5 45 37 ap1951

1969 25,764 25,787 99.9% 5 5 5,152 5 66 30 ap1971

1980 24,581 24,735 99.4% 33 5 38 646 8 37 39 ap1981