Diocese of Foligno, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.26 – ...):

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino (76)

Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Foligno (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino (76)
(2021.06.26 – ...)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy)
Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy)

Abba pater

Born:	1948.05.16 (Boscoreale, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.19

Priest of Nola (Italy) (1972.06.24 – 2001.02.17)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1994.12.21 – 2001.02.17)

Archbishop-Prelate of Pompei (Italy) (2001.02.17 – 2003.08.02)

Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2003.08.02 – 2005.11.19)

Archbishop-Bishop of Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino (Italy) (2005.11.19 – ...)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (2021.06.26 – ...)

Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.06.28 – 2021.06.26)

Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi (64)
(2008.07.03 – 2020.03.07)

Bishop of Orvieto–Todi (Italy)

Ecclesiam suam diligere

Born:	1961.02.25 (Ospedalicchio di Bastia Umbra, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.12

Priest of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy) (1986.06.29 – 2008.07.03)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (2008.07.03 – 2020.03.07)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (2017.03.04 – 2023.03.04)

Bishop of Orvieto–Todi (Italy) (2020.03.07 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Foligno (Italy) (2020.06.28 – 2021.06.26)

Bishop Arduino Bertoldo
(1992.10.10 – 2008.07.03)

Born:	1932.12.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.11.21
Died:	2012.04.03 († 79)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1992.10.10 – 2008.07.03)

Bishop Giovanni Benedetti
(1976.03.25 – 1992.10.10)

Born:	1917.03.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1940.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.01.23
Died:	2017.08.03 († 100)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1974.12.12 – 1976.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1974.12.12 – 1976.03.25)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1976.03.25 – 1992.10.10)

Bishop Siro Silvestri
(1955.07.21 – 1975.09.03)

Born:	1913.10.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1937.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.09.18
Died:	1997.06.14 († 83)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1955.07.21 – 1975.09.03)

Bishop of Brugnato (Italy) (1975.09.03 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of La Spezia (Italy) (1975.09.03 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Sarzana (Italy) (1975.09.03 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1989.12.07)

Bishop Secondo Chiocca
(1947.01.18 – 1955.04.15)

Born:	1905.04.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.03.16
Died:	1982.01.05 († 76)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1947.01.18 – 1955.04.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Genova (Italy) (1955.04.15 – 1981.05.09)

Titular Bishop of Cesarea in Bithynia (1955.04.15 – 1982.01.05)

Bishop Stefano Corbini (later Archbishop)
(1918.06.18 – 1946.10.01)

Born:	1859.05.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1882.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.08.04
Died:	1952.10.15 († 93)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1918.06.18 – 1946.10.01)

Titular Archbishop of Madytus (1946.10.01 – 1952.10.15)

Bishop Carlo Sica (later Archbishop)
(1915.01.22 – 1917.12.20)

Born:	1860.04.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1883
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.05.23
Died:	1939.12.02 († 79)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1917.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Paleopolis (1917.12.20 – 1921.11.21)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1921.11.21 – 1939.12.02)

Bishop Giorgio Gusmini (later Cardinal)
(1910.04.15 – 1914.09.08)

Fortiter et suaviter

Born:	1855.12.09 (Gazzaniga, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1878.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.17
Created Cardinal:	1915.12.06
Died:	1921.08.24 (Bologna, Italy † 65)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1910.04.15 – 1914.09.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1914.09.08 – 1921.08.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1915.12.09 – 1921.08.24)

Bishop Carlo Bertuzzi (later Archbishop)
(1895.03.18 – 1910.04.15)

Born:	1826.07.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1849.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.02.17
Died:	1914.01.04 († 87)

Bishop of Rieti (Italy) (1889.02.11 – 1895.03.18)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1910.04.15)

Titular Archbishop of Dioclea (1910.05.10 – 1914.01.04)

Bishop Albino Angelo Pardini, C.R.L.
(1893.01.16 – 1894.12.22)

Born:	1849.03.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1871.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.02.12
Died:	1925.06.05 († 76)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1893.01.16 – 1894.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Zama (1894.12.22 – 1925.06.05)

Bishop Federico Federici
(1888.06.01 – 1892.08.06)

Born:	1844.12.20
Ordained Priest:	1868.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.06.10
Died:	1892.08.06 († 47)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1888.06.01 – 1892.08.06)

Bishop Vincenzo Serarcangeli
(1879.09.19 – 1888.02.14)

Born:	1827.06.21
Ordained Priest:	1850.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.09.28
Died:	1888.02.14 († 60)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1879.09.19 – 1888.02.14)

Bishop Nicola Crispigni
(1867.03.27 – 1879)

Born:	1798.11.09
Ordained Priest:	1821.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.02.06
Died:	1879.08.29 († 80)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1879)

Bishop Nicola Belletti
(1843.06.19 – 1864.09.21)

Born:	1782.02.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1830.03.21
Died:	1864.09.21 († 82)

Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy) (1830.03.15 – 1843.06.19)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1843.06.19 – 1864.09.21)

Bishop Arcangelo Polidori
(1834.10.08 – 1843.05.10)

Born:	1773.03.11
Ordained Priest:	1796.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1834.11.02
Died:	1843.05.10 († 70)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1834.10.08 – 1843.05.10)

Bishop Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini (later Cardinal)
(1831.09.30 – 1832.12.17)

Born:	1794.11.04 (Cremona, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1818.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1826.10.29
Created Cardinal:	1843.01.27
Died:	1850.04.11 (Ferrara, Italy † 55)

Bishop of Cervia (Italy) (1826.07.03 – 1831.09.30)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1831.09.30 – 1832.12.17)

Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1832.12.17 – 1838.02.12)

Titular Archbishop of Edessa (1838.02.12 – 1843.01.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1843.01.30 – 1850.04.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1843.01.30 – 1850.04.11)

Bishop Stanislao Lucchesi
(1818.10 – 1830.11.02)

Born:	1755.04.29
Ordained Priest:	1778.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.10.04
Died:	1830.11.02 († 75)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1818.10 – 1830.11.02)

Bishop Antonio Moscardini
(1796.06.28 – 1818.08.19)

Born:	1749.07.09
Ordained Priest:	1784.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1796.07.10
Died:	1818.08.19 († 69)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1796.06.28 – 1818.08.19)

Bishop Filippo Trenta
(1785.04.03 – 1796.03.04)

Ordained Priest:	1784.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1785.10.02
Died:	1796.03.04

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1785.04.03 – 1796.03.04)

Bishop Gaetano Giannini
(1777.12.15 – 1785.03.28)

Born:	1726.08.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1751.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.09.17
Died:	1785.03.28 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Cydonia (1775.07.17 – 1777.12.15)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1777.12.15 – 1785.03.28)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Morotti
(1777.07.18 – 1777.10.20)

Died:

1777.10.20

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1777.07.18 – 1777.10.20)

Bishop Mario Antonio Maffei
(1741.11.27 – 1777.05.29)

Ordained Priest:	1716.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1741.12.17
Died:	1777.05.29

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1741.11.27 – 1777.05.29)

Bishop Francesco Maria Alberici
(1735.06.07 – 1741.10.06)

Born:	1685.02.01
Ordained Priest:	1719.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1732.04.14
Died:	1741.10.06 († 56)

Bishop of Città della Pieve (Italy) (1732.03.31 – 1735.06.07)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1735.06.07 – 1741.10.06)

Bishop Giosafatte Battistelli
(1717.05.11 – 1735.03.21)

Died:

1735.03.21

Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1705 – 1717.05.11)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1717.05.11 – 1735.03.21)

Bishop Dondazio Alessio Malvicini Fontana
(1712.08.01 – 1717.02.17)

Born:	1675.10.21
Ordained Priest:	1712.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1712.09.11
Died:	1717.02.17 († 41)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1712.08.01 – 1717.02.17)

Bishop Giulio Troili
(1698.09.15 – 1712.07.06)

Born:	1636.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1698.10.05
Died:	1712.07.06 († 75)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1698.09.15 – 1712.07.06)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Pallotta
(1684.04.24 – 1698.01.17)

Died:

1698.01.17

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1684.04.24 – 1698.01.17)

Bishop Marcantonio Vicentini
(1669.04.01 – 1683)

Born:	1624.06.03
Ordained Priest:	1668.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1669.04.07
Died:	1692 († 68)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1669.04.01 – 1683)

Bishop Antonio Montecatini
(1643.02.23 – 1668.01.07)

Consecrated Bishop:	1643.03.22
Died:	1668.01.07

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1643.02.23 – 1668.01.07)

Bishop Cristoforo Caetani
(1634.10.02 – 1642.10.12)

Consecrated Bishop:	1623.05.21
Died:	1642.10.12

Titular Bishop of Laodicea (1623.05.10 – 1634.10.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1623.05.10 – 1634.10.02)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1634.10.02 – 1642.10.12)

Bishop Porfirio Feliciani
(1612.04.02 – 1634.10.02)

Consecrated Bishop:	1612.05.01
Died:	1634.10.02

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1612.04.02 – 1634.10.02)

Bishop Francesco Simonetta
(1606.07.17 – 1612.01.19)

Consecrated Bishop:	1606.07.23
Died:	1612.01.19

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1606.07.17 – 1612.01.19)

Bishop Marcantonio Bizzoni
(1586.01.06 – 1606.04.26)

Consecrated Bishop:	1586.01.26
Died:	1606.04.26

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1586.01.06 – 1606.04.26)

Bishop Costantino Barzellini, O.F.M. Conv.
(1584.04.09 – 1585.12.29)

Died:

1585.12.29

Bishop of Rieti (Italy) (1574.09.17 – 1584.04.09)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1584.04.09 – 1585.12.29)

Bishop Troilo Boncompagni
(1582.04.09 – 1584.03.17)

Died:

1584.03.17

Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1579.08.03 – 1582.04.09)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1582.04.09 – 1584.03.17)

Bishop Ippolito Bosco
(1576.01.30 – 1582.01.27)

Consecrated Bishop:	1572.09.14
Died:	1582.01.27

Bishop of San Marco (Italy) (1572.06.16 – 1576.01.30)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1576.01.30 – 1582.01.27)

Bishop Tommaso Orsini
(1568.01.23 – 1576.01.25)

Consecrated Bishop:	1566.08.28
Died:	1576.01.25

Bishop of Strongoli (Italy) (1566.08.15 – 1568.01.23)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1568.01.23 – 1576.01.25)

Cardinal Clemente d’Olera, O.F.M. Obs.
(1560.03.13 – 1568.01.06)

Born:	1501.06.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1557.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1560
Died:	1568.01.06 († 66)

Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor (1553 – 1557.03.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1557.03.24 – 1568.01.06)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1560.03.13 – 1568.01.06)

Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
(1557.05.07 – 1560.03.13)

Born:	1519 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1557.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1557.08.25
Created Cardinal:	1560.01.31
Died:	1591.03.18 († 71)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1557.05.07 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1560.02.14 – 1570.04.12)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1560.03.13 – 1574)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1565.05.15 – 1570.04.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1570.04.12 – 1570.06.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1570.06.09 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1570.07.03 – 1577.07.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1577.07.31 – 1578.07.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1578.07.09 – 1578.10.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1578.10.05 – 1583.03.04)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1583.03.04 – 1587.12.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1587.12.11 – 1589.03.02)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1587.12.11 – 1589.03.02)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1589.03.02 – 1591.03.18)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1589.03.02 – 1591.03.18)

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Medici (later Pope Pius IV)
(1556.06.25 – 1557.05.07)

Born:	1499.03.31 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1546.04.20
Created Cardinal:	1549.04.08
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1559.12.26
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1560.01.06
Died:	1565.12.09 (Roma, Italy † 66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1545.12.14 – 1553.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1549.05.10 – 1550.09.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1550.09.01 – 1552.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1552.03.23 – 1553.12.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1553.03.01 – 1556.06.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1553.12.11 – 1557.09.20)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1556.06.25 – 1557.05.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1557.09.20 – 1559.12.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Milano (Italy) (1559 – 1560)

Supreme Pontiff (1559.12.26 [1560.01.06] – 1565.12.09)

Bishop Sebastiano Portico
(1555.09.18 – 1556.02.27)

Died:

1556.02.27

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ragusa (Croatia) (1553.03.01 – 1555.09.18 not possessed)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1555.09.18 – 1556.02.27)

Fr. Tambusio Ercole
(1555.03 – 1555.09 not possessed)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1555.03 – 1555.09 not possessed)

Bishop Isidoro Clario
(1547.01.28 – 1555.03.18)

Consecrated Bishop:	1547.04.17
Died:	1555.03.18

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1547.01.28 – 1555.03.18)

Fr. Blosio Palladio
(1540.11.04 – 1547.01.27 not possessed)

Died:

1547.01.27

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1540.11.04 – 1547.01.27 not possessed)

Bishop Fabio Vigili
(1539.09.09 – 1540.09.22)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1539.09.09 – 1540.09.22)

Bishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1540.09.22 – ?)

Patriarch Rodrigo de Carvajal
(1523.02.04 – 1539)

Consecrated Bishop:	1526.12.09
Died:	1539

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1523.02.04 – 1539)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (1523.02.20 – 1539)

Cardinal Bernardino López de Carvajal
(Apostolic Administrator 1522.09.26 – 1523.02.04)

Bishop Luca Borsciani Cybo (later Archbishop)
(1489.03.03 – 1522.09)

Died:

1523?

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1489.03.03 – 1522.09)

Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1522.09 – 1523?)

Bishop Francesco Rosa
(1486.11.22 – 1490.03.03)

Died:

1500

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1486.11.22 – 1490.03.03)

Bishop of Terracina (Italy) (1490.03.03 – 1500)

Bishop of Priverno (Italy) (1490.03.03 – 1500)

Bishop of Sezze (Italy) (1490.03.03 – 1500)

Bishop Antonio Bettini
(1461.12.04 – 1484?)

Born:	1396.06.13 (Siena, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1461.06.28
Died:	1487.10.22 (Siena, Italy † 91)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1461.12.04 – 1484?)

Bishop Antonio Bolognini
(1444.08.31 – 1461.01.01)

Died:

1461

Bishop of Nocera Umbra (Italy) (1438.03.19 – 1444.08.31)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1444.08.31 – 1461.01.01)

Bishop Cristoforo Corfini Boscari
(1439.09.19 – 1444.08.21)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1439.09.19 – 1444.08.21)

Fr. Rinaldo Trinci
(1437 – 1439 not possessed)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1437 – 1439 not possessed)

Bishop Giacomo Berti
(1423 – 1437)

Died:

1437

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1423 – 1437)

Fr. Gaspare
(1421 – 1423 not possessed)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1421 – 1423 not possessed)

Bishop Niccolò Ferragatti, O.F.M.
(1417 – 1421)

Died:

1421

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1417 – 1421)

Bishop Federico Frezzi, O.P.
(1403 – 1416)

Died:

1416

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1403 – 1416)

Bishop Onofrio Trinci
(1397 – 1403.04.02)

Died:

1403.04.02

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1397 – 1403.04.02)

Bishop Giovanni Angeletti
(1364 – 1397)

Died:

1397

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1364 – 1397)

Bishop Rinaldo Trinci
(1363 – 1364)

Died:

1364

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1363 – 1364)

Bishop Paolo Trinci
(1326 – 1363.06)

Died:

1363.06

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1326 – 1363.06)

Bishop Bartolomeo Sinibuldi
(1307.12.04 – 1326.07.11)

Died:

1326.07.11

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1303.11.02 – 1307.12.04)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1307.12.04 – 1326.07.11)

Fr. Ermanno degli Anastasi (later Bishop)
(1304 – 1307.12.04 not possessed)

Died:

1321.08.15

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1304 – 1307.12.04 not possessed)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1307.12.04 – 1321.08.15)

Bishop Bartolomeo Caetani
(1296 – 1304)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1296 – 1304)

Fr. Giacomo degli Anastasi
(1296 – 1296 not possessed)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1296 – 1296 not possessed)

Bishop Berardo de Comitibus
(1285 – 1296)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1285 – 1296)

Bishop Paperone de’ Paperoni
(1265 – 1285)

Died:

1290

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1265 – 1285)

Bishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1285 – 1290)

Saint Bishop Bonfiglio di Foligno
(1078 – 1100?)

Born:	1040? (Osimo, Italy)
Died:	1115.09.27 (Cingoli, Italy † 74)
Feast:	09.27

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1078 – 1100?)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Feliciano di Foligno
(193 – 249)

Born:	160? (Forum Flaminii, Italy)
Died:	249 🩸 († 89)
Feast:	01.24

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (193 – 249)

Bishop. Martyr.

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Cristoforo Caetani (1623.05.10 – 1634.10.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Decio Lucio Grandoni (1972.07.22 – 1974.12.12)

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