- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna
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The Archdiocese of Bologna is a Roman Catholic archbishopric in northern Italy, with the archiepiscopal seat in Bologna Cathedral. The current Archbishop is Cardinal Carlo Caffarra since 2003.[1]
The archdiocese has the following suffragans:
- diocese of Imola
- diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
- archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio.
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History
The bishopric of Bologna was founded in the 3rd century and raised to the level of an archbishopric on 10 December 1582.
One bishop and three archbishops have been elected to the Papacy as Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Benedict XIV and Pope Benedict XV.
List of bishops and archbishops
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Bologna from the late 15th century to the present day.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Bishops
- Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (3 November 1483 – 20 September 1499) (later Pope Julius II)
- Giovanni Stefano Ferreri (24 January 1502 – 5 October 1510)
- (Cardinal Francesco Adiosi (Apostolic Administrator: 18 October 1510 - 24 May 1511)
- Cardinal Achille Grassi (24 May 1511 – 22 November 1523)
- Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (2 December 1523 – 1525)
- (Cardinal Andrea della Valle (Apostolic Administrator: 20 December 1525 - 19 March 1526)
- Cardinal Alessandro Campeggio (1526 – 6 March 1553)
- Giovanni Campeggio (6 March 1553 – 7 September 1563)
- (Cardinal Rannucio Farnese (Apostolic Administrator: 17 July 1564 – 28 October 1565)
- Archbishops
- Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti (10 February 1566 – 23 July 1597) (first archbishop on 10 December 1582)
- Alfonso Paleotti (23 July 1597 – 1610)
- Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese (25 October 1610 – 2 April 1612)
- Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi (12 March 1612 – 9 February 1621) (elected Pope Gregory XV)
- Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (29 March 1621 – 18 November 1632)
- Cardinal Girolamo Colonna (24 November 1632 – 1645)
- Cardinal Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi (6 February 1645 – 1651)
- Cardinal Geronimo Boncompagni (11 December 1651 – 24 January 1684)
- Cardinal Angelo Ranuzzi (17 May 1688 – 27 September 1689)
- Cardinal Giacomo Boncompagni (15 April 1690 – 24 March 1731)
- Cardinal Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (30 April 1731 – 17 August 1740) (elected Pope Benedict XIV)
- Cardinal Vincenzo Malvezzi (14 January 1754 – 3 December 1775)
- Cardinal Andrea Giovanetti (15 December 1775 – 8 April 1800)
- Cardinal Carlo Oppizoni (20 September 1802 – 31 May 1831)
- Cardinal Michele Viale-Prelà (28 September 1855 – 15 May 1860)
- Cardinal Filippo Guidi (21 December 1863 – 12 November 1871)
- Cardinal Carlo Luigi Morichini (24 November 1871 – 22 December 1876)
- Cardinal Lucido Parocchi (12 March 1877 – 28 June 1882)
- Cardinal Francesco Battaglini (3 July 1882 – 8 July 1892)
- Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli (16 January 1893 – 12 June 1893)
- Cardinal Domenico Svampa (21 May 1894 – 10 August 1907)
- Cardinal Giacomo della Chiesa (18 December 1907 – 3 September 1914) (elected Pope Benedict XV)
- Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini (8 September 1914 – 24 August 1921)
- Cardinal Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (21 November 1921 – 13 March 1952)
- Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro (19 April 1952 – 12 February 1968)
- Cardinal Antonio Poma (12 February 1968 – 11 February 1983)
- Enrico Manfredini (18 March 1983 – 16 December 1983)
- Cardinal Giacomo Biffi (19 April 1984 – 16 December 2003)
- Cardinal Carlo Caffarra (16 December 2003 – present)
References
- ^ a b "Archdiocese of Bologna". Catholic Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbolo.html. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals in the XVI Century (1503-1605)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xvi.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals in the XVII Century (1605-1700)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xvii.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals in the XVIII Century (1700-1799)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xviii.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals in the XIX Century (1800-1903)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xix.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals in the XX Century (1903-2005)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xx.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Miranda, Salvador. "Consistories for the creation of Cardinals in the XXI Century (since 2005)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xxi.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
External links
Categories:- Dioceses established in the 3rd century
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Bologna
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