Diocese of Lodi, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.08.26 – ...):

Bishop Maurizio Malvestiti (70)

Pontifical Delegate for Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (Mechitarists)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lodi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maurizio Malvestiti (70)
(2014.08.26 – ...)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy)
Pontifical Delegate for Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (Mechitarists)

In silentio et spe

Born:	1953.08.25 (Marne, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.10.11

Priest of Bergamo (Italy) (1977.06.11 – 2014.08.26)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1996.07.20 – 2006.08.26)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2006.08.26 – 2014.08.26)

Undersecretary of Congregation for the Oriental Churches (2009.06.19 – 2014.08.26)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (2014.08.26 – ...)

Pontifical Delegate for Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (Mechitarists) (2022.01 – ...)

Bishop Giuseppe Merisi (85)
(2005.11.14 – 2014.08.26)

Bishop emeritus of Lodi (Italy)

Vos autem dixi amicos

Born:	1938.09.25 (Treviglio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.02.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.11.04

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1971.02.27 – 1995.09.08)

Titular Bishop of Drusiliana (1995.09.08 – 2005.11.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1995.09.08 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (2005.11.14 – 2014.08.26)

Bishop Giacomo Capuzzi
(1989.03.07 – 2005.11.14)

Born:	1929.08.14 (Manerbio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.04.30
Died:	2021.12.26 (Brescia, Italy † 92)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1989.03.07 – 2005.11.14)

Bishop Paolo Magnani
(1977.07.27 – 1988.11.19)

Propter vos in persona Christi

Born:	1926.12.31 (Pieve Porto Morone, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.09.10
Died:	2023.11.05 (Sant’Agnese, Italy † 96)

Priest of Pavia (Italy) (1951.06.29 – 1977.07.27)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1977.07.27 – 1988.11.19)

Bishop of Treviso (Italy) (1988.11.19 – 2003.12.03)

Bishop Giulio Oggioni
(1972.09.28 – 1977.05.20)

Born:	1916.06.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.11.04
Died:	1993.02.26 († 76)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1972.09.28 – 1977.05.20)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1977.05.20 – 1991.11.21)

Bishop Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D.
(1952.11.11 – 1972.05.24)

Born:	1899.10.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.07.03
Died:	1972.05.24 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Jerichus (1949.06.10 – 1952.11.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto (Italy) (1949.06.10 – 1952.11.11)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1952.11.11 – 1972.05.24)

Bishop Pietro Calchi Novati
(1927.07.08 – 1952.06.11)

Born:	1868.11.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1891.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.02.15
Died:	1952.06.11 († 83)

Bishop of Bobbio (Italy) (1914.12.21 – 1923.08.04)

Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy) (1923.08.04 – 1927.07.08)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1927.07.08 – 1952.06.11)

Bishop Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M.
(1924.03.24 – 1927.06.19)

Born:	1863.02.01 (Italy)
Died:	1927.06.19 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna (1913.02.23 – 1919.03.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Libya (Libya) (1913.02.23 – 1919.03.10)

Bishop of Bagnoregio (1919.03.10 – 1924.03.24)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1924.03.24 – 1927.06.19)

Bishop Pietro Zanolini
(1913.07.06 – 1923.12.06)

Born:	1866.06.29 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.05.05
Died:	1923.12.06 († 57)

Bishop of Fabriano (Italy) (1910.02.22 – 1913.07.06)

Bishop of Matelica (Italy) (1910.02.22 – 1913.07.06)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1913.07.06 – 1923.12.06)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Rota
(1888.06.01 – 1913.02.24)

Born:	1834.03.10 (Italy)
Died:	1913.02.24 († 78)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1888.06.01 – 1913.02.24)

Bishop Domenico Maria Gelmini
(1871.11.24 – 1888.01)

Born:	1807.12.29
Died:	1888.01 († 80)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1871.11.24 – 1888.01)

Bishop Gaetano Benaglia
(1837.10.02 – 1868)

Born:	1768.10.21
Died:	1868 († 100)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1837.10.02 – 1868)

Bishop Alessandro Maria Pagani
(1819.09.26 – 1835.06.27)

Born:	1755.04.04
Died:	1835.06.27 († 80)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1819.09.26 – 1835.06.27)

Bishop Gianantonio Della Beretta
(1785.02.14 – 1816.02.16)

Born:	1733.07.16
Died:	1816.02.16 († 82)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1785.02.14 – 1816.02.16)

Bishop Salvatore Andreani, B.
(1765.04.22 – 1784.04.01)

Born:	1705 (Italy)
Died:	1784.04.01 († 78)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1765.04.22 – 1784.04.01)

Bishop Giuseppe Gallarati
(1742.04.18 – 1765)

Born:	1695.05.21
Died:	1767.07.01 († 72)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1742.04.18 – 1765)

Patriarch Carlo Ambrosio Mezzabarba
(1725.07.18 – 1741.12.07)

Born:	1685.04.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1718.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1719.09.21
Died:	1741.12.07 († 56)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1719.09.18 – 1741.12.07)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1725.07.18 – 1741.12.07)

Bishop Ortensio Visconti
(1702.06.12 – 1725.06.12)

Born:	1651.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1709.07.11
Died:	1725.06.12 († 73)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1702.06.12 – 1725.06.12)

Bishop Bartolomeo Menatti
(1673.09.11 – 1702.03.15)

Born:	1621.05.13
Died:	1702.03.15 († 80)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1673.09.11 – 1702.03.15)

Fr. Giovanni Battista Rabbia, C.R.
(1671.09.28 – 1672.01.19▼)

Died:

1672.01.19

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1671.09.28 – 1672.01.19▼)

Fr. Serafino Corio, C.R.
(Apostolic Administrator 1669.07.15 – 1671.04.20)

Cardinal Pietro Vidoni
(1644.07.13 – 1669.06.16)

Born:	1610.11.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1644
Created Cardinal:	1660.04.05
Died:	1681.01.05 († 70)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1644.07.13 – 1669.06.16)

Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1652.05.28 – 1660.04.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1661.07.04 – 1673.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1673.03.13 – 1681.01.05)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1675.01.28 – 1676.02.24)

Bishop Clemente Gera
(1625.05.22 – 1643.11.23)

Consecrated Bishop:	1613.11.30
Died:	1643.11.23

Bishop of Terni (Italy) (1613.11.19 – 1625.05.22)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1625.05.22 – 1643.11.23)

Bishop Michelangelo Seghizzi, O.P.
(1616.06.19 – 1625)

Died:

1625

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1616.06.19 – 1625)

Bishop Ludovico Taverna
(1579 – 1616)

Died:

1616

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1573 – 1574)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1579 – 1616)

Bishop Gerolamo Federici
(1576.08.06 – 1579.12.08)

Died:

1579.12.08

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1576.08.06 – 1579.12.08)

Bishop Antonio Scarampi
(1569.03.09 – 1576.07.30)

Died:

1576.07.30

Coadjutor Bishop of Nola (Italy) (? – 1549)

Bishop of Nola (Italy) (1549 – 1569.03.09)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1569.03.09 – 1576.07.30)

Cardinal Gianantonio Capizzuchi
(1557.07.05 – 1569.01.28)

Born:	1515.10.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1555.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1557.12.21
Died:	1569.01.28 († 53)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1556.01.13 – 1562.07.06)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1557.07.05 – 1569.01.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1562.07.06 – 1565.11.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1565.11.07 – 1569.01.28)

Bishop Giovanni Simonetta
(1537.06.20 – 1556)

Died:

1556

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1537.06.20 – 1556)

Cardinal Giacomo Simoneta
(Apostolic Administrator 1536.08.04 – 1537.06.20)

Bishop Girolamo Sansoni
(1533 – 1536)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1511 – 1519)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1519 – 1527)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1533 – 1536)

Bishop Ottaviano Maria Sforza (later Patriarch)
(1527 – 1533)

Died:

1545

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1497.10.27 – 1499)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1512 – 1519)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1522 – 1527)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1527 – 1533)

Bishop of Terracina (Italy) (1540.11.24 – 1545)

Bishop of Priverno (Italy) (1540.11.24 – 1545)

Bishop of Sezze (Italy) (1540.11.24 – 1545)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1541.05.20 – 1545)

Bishop Girolamo Sansoni
(1519 – 1527)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1511 – 1519)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1519 – 1527)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1533 – 1536)

Bishop Ottaviano Maria Sforza (later Patriarch)
(1512 – 1519)

Died:

1545

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1497.10.27 – 1499)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1512 – 1519)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1522 – 1527)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1527 – 1533)

Bishop of Terracina (Italy) (1540.11.24 – 1545)

Bishop of Priverno (Italy) (1540.11.24 – 1545)

Bishop of Sezze (Italy) (1540.11.24 – 1545)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1541.05.20 – 1545)

Fr. Claudio di Seyssel (Claude de Seyssel) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1501 – 1511)

Bishop Ottaviano Maria Sforza (later Patriarch)
(1497.10.27 – 1499)

(see above)

Bishop Carlo Pallavicino
(1456.06.21 – 1497)

Died:

1497

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1456.06.21 – 1497)

Bishop Antonio Bernieri
(1437.09.29 – 1456.05.29)

Died:

1456.05.29

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1437.09.29 – 1456.05.29)

Bishop Gerardo Landriani Capitani (later Cardinal)
(1419.03.15 – 1437.03.06)

Born:	(Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1439.12.18
Died:	1445.10.09

Apostolic Administrator of Lodi (Italy) (1418.05.13 – 1419.03.15)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1419.03.15 – 1437.03.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Tortona (Italy) (1435.06.07 – 1436.05.07 not possessed)

Bishop of Como (Italy) (1437.03.06 – 1445.10.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1440.01.08 – 1445.10.09)

Fr. Gerardo Landriani Capitani (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1418.05.13 – 1419.03.15)

Bishop Giacomo Bellardi, O.P.
(1407.01.26 – 1417.12.29)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1407.01.26 – 1417.12.29)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1417.12.29 – 1424)

Bishop Bonifacio Buttigelli, O.E.S.A.
(1393 – 1404)

Died:

1404

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1393 – 1404)

Bishop Pietro Della Scala
(1387 – 1392)

Died:

1392

Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1350 – 1387)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1387 – 1392)

Bishop Paolo Cadamosto
(1354 – 1386?)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1354 – 1386?)

Bishop Luca Castelli, O.F.M.
(1343 – 1353)

Died:

1353

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1343 – 1353)

Blessed Bishop Leone Palatini, O.F.M.
(1318 – 1343.03.16)

Died:

1343.03.16

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1318 – 1343.03.16)

Bishop and religious of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Bishop Egidio Dell’Acqua
(1307.06.15 – 1312)

Died:

1312

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1307.06.15 – 1312)

Bishop Bernardo Talenti
(1296 – 1307.05)

Died:

1307.05

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1296 – 1307.05)

Bishop Raimondo Sommaria, O.P.
(1289.12.23 – 1296)

Died:

1296

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1289.12.23 – 1296)

Bishop Bongiovanni Fissiraga
(1252 – 1289.10.08)

Died:

1289.10.08

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1252 – 1289.10.08)

Bishop Ottobello
(1218 – 1243)

Died:

1243

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1218 – 1243)

Bishop Ambrogio dal Corno
(1217 – 1218)

Died:

1218

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1217 – 1218)

Bishop Giacomo da Cerreto
(1216 – 1217)

Died:

1217

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1216 – 1217)

Bishop Arderico di Sant’Agnese
(1189 – 1216)

Died:

1216

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1189 – 1216)

Bishop Alberico dal Corno
(1173 – 1178.07.04)

Died:

1178.07.04

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1173 – 1178.07.04)

Saint Bishop Alberto Quadrelli
(1168.03.29 – 1173.07.04)

Born:	1103 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1168.04
Died:	1173.07.04 († 69)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1168.03.29 – 1173.07.04)

Bishop.

Bishop Alberico da Merlino
(1158 – 1168)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1158 – 1168)

Bishop Lanfranco
(1143 – 1158.08.28)

Died:

1158.08.28

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1143 – 1158.08.28)

Bishop Giovanni
(1135 – 1143)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1135 – 1143)

Bishop Guido
(1130 – 1134)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1130 – 1134)

Bishop Allone
(1127 – 1130)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1127 – 1130)

Bishop Arderico da Vignate
(1103 – 1127)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1103 – 1127)

Bishop Rainaldo
(1090? – 1092▼)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1090? – 1092▼)

Bishop Fredenzone
(1083 – 1090▼)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1083 – 1090▼)

Bishop Obizzo
(1059 – 1083)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1059 – 1083)

Bishop Ambrogio
(1027 – 1051)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1027 – 1051)

Bishop Notker
(1002 – 1027)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1002 – 1027)

Bishop Andrea
(970 – 1002)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (970 – 1002)

Saint Bishop Bassiano di Lodi
(374 – 409.02.08)

Born:	319 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	374.01.19
Died:	409.02.08 († 89)

Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (374 – 409.02.08)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Angelo Bersani-Dossena (1875.03.30 – 1887.06.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1951.11.04 – 1952.12.28)

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