Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

David Bandini, O. Cist. † ( 1272 Appointed - )
Marco † (23 Dec 1283 Appointed - )
Landone † ( 1294 Appointed - 22 Apr 1298 Appointed, Bishop of Nola)
Monaldo Monaldeschi, O.F.M. † (7 May 1298 Appointed - 17 Jan 1303 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
Zampo † (10 Dec 1302 Appointed - 1312 Died)
Trasmondo Monaldeschi, O.P. † (10 May 1312 Appointed - )
Alamanno Donati, O.F.M. † (22 Oct 1330 Appointed - 18 Jul 1342 Appointed, Bishop of Modena)
Niccolò Bernardi, O. Carm. † (19 Jun 1342 Appointed - )
Paolo Neri Bessi, O.E.S.A. † (20 May 1360 Appointed - 8 Dec 1367 Died)
Niccolò da Nola, O.F.M. † (17 Jul 1368 Appointed - 1369 Died)
Roberto de Rainaldo † (25 Jun 1369 Appointed - )
Pietro Niccolò Blandibelli † ( 1380 Appointed - )
Antonio , O.S.B. † (19 Mar 1386 Appointed - 1390 Died)
Tommaso de Mari † (29 Nov 1390 Appointed - 1397 Appointed, Bishop of San Marco (Argentano))
Valentino Vanni † (22 Mar 1397 Appointed - )
Pietro , O.S.B. † (5 Jun 1402 Appointed - )
Antonio del Fede, O. Carm. † (12 Aug 1418 Appointed - 5 Jan 1434 Died)
Gioacchino Suhare † (20 Jan 1434 Appointed - 8 Jun 1439 Appointed, Bishop of Canne)
Apollonio Massaini † (8 Jun 1439 Appointed - Sep 1467 Died)
Tommaso Piccolomini (della Testa) † (20 Nov 1467 Appointed - 26 Oct 1470 Appointed, Bishop of Pienza e Montalcino)
Andrecius Ghinucci † (12 Nov 1470 Appointed - 9 Mar 1489 Appointed, Bishop of Grosseto)
Girolamo Scotti † (9 Mar 1489 Appointed - 1492 Died)
Adello Piccolomini † (8 Oct 1492 Appointed - 1 Oct 1510 Died)
Alfonso Petrucci † (1 Oct 1510 Appointed - 27 Jul 1513 Resigned)
Lactance (Lattanzio) Petrucci † (27 Jul 1513 Appointed - 1517 Resigned)
Domenico Coletta † (2 Dec 1517 Appointed - 1520 Died)
Raffaello Petrucci † (6 Feb 1520 Appointed - 11 Dec 1522 Died)
Lactance (Lattanzio) Petrucci † (11 Dec 1522 Appointed - 1527 Died)
Ercole Gonzaga † (5 Jul 1529 Appointed - 17 Apr 1532 Resigned)
Alessandro Farnese † (17 Apr 1532 Appointed - 26 Apr 1532 Resigned)
Ferdinando Farnese † (26 Apr 1532 Appointed - 1535 Resigned)
Carvajal de Simoncelli † (26 Feb 1535 Appointed - 1596 Died)
Metello Bichi † (15 Jan 1596 Appointed - 12 Jun 1606 Resigned)
Octavius Saraceni † (12 Jun 1606 Appointed - 1623 Died)
Scipione Tancredi † (15 Jan 1624 Appointed - 2 Mar 1637 Appointed, Bishop of Montalcino)
Cristoforo Tolomei † (16 Mar 1637 Appointed - Sep 1638 Died)
Enea di Cesare Spennazzi † (20 Dec 1638 Appointed - 23 May 1644 Appointed, Bishop of Ferentino)
Marcello Cervini † (15 May 1645 Appointed - 23 Sep 1652 Appointed, Bishop of Montepulciano)
Girolamo Borghese, O.S.B. † (11 Dec 1652 Appointed - 17 Dec 1668 Appointed, Bishop of Pienza)
Girolamo Cori (de Coris) † (17 Jun 1669 Appointed - 1672 Died)
Pier Maria Bichi, O.S.B. † (12 Jun 1673 Appointed - 9 Sep 1683 Died)
Pietro Valentini † (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - Sep 1687 Died)
Domenico Maria della Ciaja, O.P. † (14 Jun 1688 Appointed - 23 Jan 1713 Died)
Fulvio Salvi † (11 Dec 1713 Appointed - 23 May 1727 Died)
Cristoforo Palmieri † (8 Mar 1728 Appointed - 26 Mar 1739 Died)
Antonio Vegni † (16 Nov 1739 Appointed - 15 Aug 1744 Died)
Nicolaus (Arcangelo) Bianchini, O.C.D. † (28 Nov 1746 Appointed - 22 May 1750 Died)
Segherio Felice Seghieri † (19 Jul 1751 Appointed - 27 Jul 1758 Died)
Tiberio Borghesi † (29 Mar 1762 Appointed - 1 Jun 1772 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena)
Gregorio Alessandri † (14 Jun 1773 Appointed - 20 May 1776 Appointed, Bishop of Cortona)
Francesco Pio Santi † (16 Sep 1776 Appointed - 16 Aug 1799 Died)
Filippo Ghighi † (20 Sep 1802 Appointed - 10 Jan 1830 Died)
Giacomo Bellucci † (30 Sep 1831 Appointed - 1 Nov 1831 Died)
Francesco Maria Barzellotti † (2 Jul 1832 Appointed - 15 Aug 1861 Died)
Antonio Sbrolli † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - Jul 1885 Resigned)
Giulio Matteoli † (11 Feb 1889 Appointed - 22 Jun 1896 Appointed, Bishop of Pescia)
Michele Cardella, C.P. † (30 Nov 1896 Appointed - 6 Feb 1916 Died)
Riccardo Carlesi † (8 Jul 1916 Appointed - 23 May 1923 Appointed, Bishop of Cortona)
Gustavo Matteoni † (29 Apr 1924 Appointed - 3 Mar 1932 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena)
Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. † (24 Jun 1932 Appointed - 14 Feb 1952 Appointed, Bishop of Teramo e Atri)
Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † (10 May 1952 Appointed - 13 Jul 1963 Resigned)
Luigi Pirelli † (14 Aug 1963 Appointed - 14 Aug 1964 Died)
Giovanni D’Ascenzi † (7 Oct 1975 Appointed - 11 Apr 1983 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
Eugenio Binini (3 Dec 1983 Appointed - 20 Jul 1991 Appointed, Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli)
Giacomo Babini † (7 Dec 1991 Appointed - 13 Jul 1996 Appointed, Bishop of Grosseto)
Mario Meini (13 Jul 1996 Appointed - 13 Feb 2010 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
Guglielmo Borghetti (25 Jun 2010 Appointed - 10 Jan 2015 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Albenga-Imperia)
Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. (1 Oct 2015 Appointed - 19 Dec 2024 Retired)
Bernardino Giordano (19 Dec 2024 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Sovana (Soana)
7th Century	Erected		Diocese of Sovana (Soana) (erected)
Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano
1844	Name Changed	Diocese of Sovana (Soana)	Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano
7 October 1975	Territory Lost	Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano (Rispescia and Alberese)	Diocese of Grosseto
28 October 1977	Territory Added	Diocese of Città della Pieve (Santa Fiora, Bagnolo, and Bagnore)	Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano
25 March 1981	Territory Added	Territorial Abbey of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle tre Fontane (suppressed)	Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese (S. Orestes and Ponzani Romani) Diocese of Nepi e Sutri (Monti Rosei) Diocese of Roma {Rome} (area in Rome) Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano (area in Etruria, Urbetelli, Mont Argentarii, Insula Igilii, and Capalbii)
Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello
25 March 1981	Name Changed	Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano	Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello
Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello
30 September 1986	Name Changed	Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello	Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano

1886 38,231 .0% 96 0 46 OTC

1950 58,500 60,000 97.5% 70 8 78 750 10 50 50 ap1951

1970 68,830 68,854 100.0% 60 60 1,147 61 ap1971

1980 75,000 75,361 99.5% 64 20 84 892 20 89 76 ap1981

Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello

Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

1990 75,601 75,855 99.7% 68 18 86 879 1 18 89 71 ap1991

1999 71,480 71,536 99.9% 63 7 70 1,021 4 14 56 71 ap2000

2000 71,000 71,536 99.3% 63 6 69 1,028 4 6 58 71 ap2001

2001 71,000 71,536 99.3% 63 7 70 1,014 4 16 58 71 ap2002

2002 71,000 71,536 99.3% 60 7 67 1,059 4 17 56 71 ap2003

2003 71,000 71,536 99.3% 62 7 69 1,028 5 11 52 71 ap2004

2004 71,000 71,536 99.3% 62 7 69 1,028 6 19 55 71 ap2005

2013 71,100 73,200 97.1% 52 9 61 1,165 10 11 53 71 ap2014

2016 67,500 69,000 97.8% 50 10 60 1,125 9 16 45 71 ap2017

2019 66,000 67,613 97.6% 47 7 54 1,222 10 9 45 71 ap2020

2021 66,500 67,800 98.1% 46 11 57 1,166 10 18 36 71 ap2022

2023 65,700 67,100 97.9% 45 11 56 1,173 12 14 33 71 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano
1886		38,231	.0%			96	0				46	OTC
1950	58,500	60,000	97.5%	70	8	78	750		10	50	50	ap1951
1970	68,830	68,854	100.0%	60		60	1,147				61	ap1971
1980	75,000	75,361	99.5%	64	20	84	892		20	89	76	ap1981
Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello
Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello
1990	75,601	75,855	99.7%	68	18	86	879	1	18	89	71	ap1991
1999	71,480	71,536	99.9%	63	7	70	1,021	4	14	56	71	ap2000
2000	71,000	71,536	99.3%	63	6	69	1,028	4	6	58	71	ap2001
2001	71,000	71,536	99.3%	63	7	70	1,014	4	16	58	71	ap2002
2002	71,000	71,536	99.3%	60	7	67	1,059	4	17	56	71	ap2003
2003	71,000	71,536	99.3%	62	7	69	1,028	5	11	52	71	ap2004
2004	71,000	71,536	99.3%	62	7	69	1,028	6	19	55	71	ap2005
2013	71,100	73,200	97.1%	52	9	61	1,165	10	11	53	71	ap2014
2016	67,500	69,000	97.8%	50	10	60	1,125	9	16	45	71	ap2017
2019	66,000	67,613	97.6%	47	7	54	1,222	10	9	45	71	ap2020
2021	66,500	67,800	98.1%	46	11	57	1,166	10	18	36	71	ap2022
2023	65,700	67,100	97.9%	45	11	56	1,173	12	14	33	71	ap2024

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Gregorio Alessandri † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1773 to 20 May 1776)
Giacomo Babini † (Bishop: 7 Dec 1991 to 13 Jul 1996)
David Bandini, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 1272 - )
Giulio Barbetta †
Francesco Maria Barzellotti † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1832 to 15 Aug 1861)
Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. † (Bishop: 24 Jun 1932 to 14 Feb 1952)
Giacomo Bellucci † (Apostolic Administrator: 21 Jul 1885 to 30 Dec 1889)
Giacomo Bellucci † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1831 to 1 Nov 1831)
Niccolò Bernardi, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1342)
Nicolaus (Arcangelo) Bianchini, O.C.D. † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1746 to 22 May 1750)
Metello Bichi † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1596 to 12 Jun 1606)
Pier Maria Bichi, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1673 to 9 Sep 1683)
Pietro Niccolò Blandibelli † (Bishop: 1380)
Luigi Boccadoro † (Apostolic Administrator: 1964 to 1970)
Girolamo Borghese, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1652 to 17 Dec 1668)
Tiberio Borghesi † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1762 to 1 Jun 1772)
Michele Cardella, C.P. † (Bishop: 30 Nov 1896 to 6 Feb 1916)
Riccardo Carlesi † (Bishop: 8 Jul 1916 to 23 May 1923)
Marcello Cervini † (Bishop: 15 May 1645 to 23 Sep 1652)
Domenico Coletta † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1517 to 1520)
Girolamo Cori (de Coris) † (Bishop: 17 Jun 1669 to 1672)
Giovanni D’Ascenzi † (Bishop: 7 Oct 1975 to 11 Apr 1983)
Antonio del Fede, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1418 to 5 Jan 1434)
Domenico Maria della Ciaja, O.P. † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1688 to 23 Jan 1713)
Alamanno Donati, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 22 Oct 1330 to 18 Jul 1342)
Alessandro Farnese † (Administrator: 17 Apr 1532 to 26 Apr 1532)
Ferdinando Farnese † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1532 to 1535)
Primo Gasbarri † (Apostolic Administrator: 1970 to 22 Oct 1975)
Filippo Ghighi † (Bishop: 20 Sep 1802 to 10 Jan 1830)
Andrecius Ghinucci † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1470 to 9 Mar 1489)
Ercole Gonzaga † (Administrator: 5 Jul 1529 to 17 Apr 1532)
Tommaso de Mari † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1390 to 1397)
Apollonio Massaini † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1439 to Sep 1467)
Giulio Matteoli † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1889 to 22 Jun 1896)
Gustavo Matteoni † (Bishop: 29 Apr 1924 to 3 Mar 1932)
Monaldo Monaldeschi, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 7 May 1298 to 17 Jan 1303)
Trasmondo Monaldeschi, O.P. † (Bishop: 10 May 1312)
Paolo Neri Bessi, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 20 May 1360 to 8 Dec 1367)
Niccolò da Nola, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1368 to 1369)
Cristoforo Palmieri † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1728 to 26 Mar 1739)
Bartolomeo Peretti †
Alfonso Petrucci † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1510 to 27 Jul 1513)
Lactance (Lattanzio) Petrucci † (Bishop: 27 Jul 1513 to 1517)
Raffaello Petrucci † (Bishop: 6 Feb 1520 to 11 Dec 1522)
Adello Piccolomini † (Bishop: 8 Oct 1492 to 1 Oct 1510)
Tommaso Piccolomini (della Testa) † (Bishop: 20 Nov 1467 to 26 Oct 1470)
Luigi Pirelli † (Bishop: 14 Aug 1963 to 14 Aug 1964)
Roberto de Rainaldo † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1369)
Fulvio Salvi † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1713 to 23 May 1727)
Francesco Pio Santi † (Priest: 1765; Bishop: 16 Sep 1776 to 16 Aug 1799)
Octavius Saraceni † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1606 to 1623)
Antonio Sbrolli † (Priest: 19 Apr 1851; Bishop: 27 Oct 1871 to Jul 1885)
Girolamo Scotti † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1489 to 1492)
Segherio Felice Seghieri † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1751 to 27 Jul 1758)
Carvajal de Simoncelli † (Bishop: 26 Feb 1535 to 1596)
Renato Spallanzani † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1967 to 23 Apr 1970)
Enea di Cesare Spennazzi † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1638 to 23 May 1644)
Gioacchino Suhare † (Bishop: 20 Jan 1434 to 8 Jun 1439)
Adelmo Tacconi † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Apr 1970 to 1975)
Scipione Tancredi † (Bishop: 15 Jan 1624 to 2 Mar 1637)
Cristoforo Tolomei † (Bishop: 16 Mar 1637 to Sep 1638)
Pietro Valentini † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1685 to Sep 1687)
Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 10 May 1952 to 13 Jul 1963)
Valentino Vanni † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1397)
Antonio Vegni † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1739 to 15 Aug 1744)
Antonio , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1386 to 1390)
Landone † (Bishop: 1294 to 22 Apr 1298)
Marco † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1283)
Pietro , O.S.B. † (Bishop: 5 Jun 1402)
Zampo † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1302 to 1312)

Source(s)

Diocese of Sovana (Soana)
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 466
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 243
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 305
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 323
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 364, and Page 365
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 387, and Page 388
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 348
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 756, to Page 757
Diocese of Sovana e Pitigliano
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 131, and Page 132
Diocese of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 73, Page 474, to Page 476
Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 451, and Page 452

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Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis

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