Diocese of

Albenga–Imperia

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Albenga–Imperia / Albinganen(sis)–Imperiæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Genova

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Michele Arcangelo

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Via Episcopio 5, 17031 Albenga, Italy

Phone: 0182 50288

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.09.01 – ...):Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti (70)Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Albenga–Imperia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti (70)Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti (70)
(2016.09.01 – ...)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)

Evangelium servire pro mundi spe

Born:1954.03.25 (Avenza di Carrara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1982.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:2010.09.15

Priest of Massa Carrara–Pontremoli (Italy) (1982.10.17 – 2010.06.25)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1996.03.01 – 2010.06.25)

Bishop of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy) (2010.06.25 – 2015.01.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello (Italy) (2015.01.10 – 2015.10.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (2015.01.10 – 2016.09.01)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (2016.09.01 – ...)

Bishop Mario Oliveri (81)Bishop Mario Oliveri (81)
(1990.10.06 – 2016.09.01)

Bishop emeritus of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)

Fides et pax

Born:1944.01.22 (Campo Ligure, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1990.11.04

Priest of Acqui (Italy) (1968.06.29 – 1990.10.06)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (1990.10.06 – 2016.09.01)

Bishop Alessandro Piazza
(1973.12.01 – 1990.10.06)

Born:1915.07.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1965.06.24
Died:1995.09.10 († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1965.05.18 – 1973.12.01)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (1973.12.01 – 1990.10.06)

Bishops of Albenga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alessandro Piazza
(1965.05.18 – 1973.12.01)

(see above)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni
(1963.05.30 – 1965.03.27)

Ad cœlum ædificemur

Born:1913.04.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:1954.12.27
Died:1999.03.14 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1954.12.04 – 1963.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1954.12.04 – 1963.05.30)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1963.05.30 – 1965.03.27)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1965.03.27 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1970 – 1973.02.10)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1973.02.10 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1989.07.11)

Bishop Raffaele De Giuli
(1946.02.18 – 1963.04.18)

Born:1884.11.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1908.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:1936.08.30
Died:1963.04.18 († 78)

Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy) (1936.06.17 – 1945.11.24)

Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy) (1945.11.24 – 1946.02.18)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1946.02.18 – 1963.04.18)

Bishop Angelo Cambiaso
(1915.01.22 – 1946.01.06)

Born:1865.06.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1889.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:1915.03.21
Died:1946.01.06 († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1946.01.06)

Bishop Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap.
(1914.08.25 – 1914.10.22)

Born:1859.08.08 (Seggiano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1882.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1914.09.13
Died:1914.10.22 († 55)

Preacher of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1904 – 1914.08.25)

Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans) (1908 – 1914.08.25)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1914.08.25 – 1914.10.22)

Bishop Giosuè Cattarossi
(1911.04.11 – 1913.11.21)

Born:1863.04.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1888.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:1911.05.30
Died:1944.03.03 († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1911.04.11 – 1913.11.21)

Bishop of Belluno (Italy) (1913.11.21 – 1944.03.03)

Bishop Filippo Allegro
(1879.05.12 – 1910.12.02)

Born:1829.06.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1851.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1879.05.22
Died:1910.12.02 († 81)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1879.05.12 – 1910.12.02)

Bishop Gaetano Alimonda (later Cardinal)
(1877.09.21 – 1879.05.12)

Born:1818.10.23 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1843.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1877.11.11
Created Cardinal:1879.05.12
Died:1891.05.30 (Albaro, Italy † 72)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1877.09.21 – 1879.05.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1879.09.22 – 1891.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1883.08.09 – 1891.05.30)

Bishop Pietro Anacleto Siboni
(1871.10.27 – 1877.06.23)

Born:1812.03.28
Ordained Priest:1834.10.05
Consecrated Bishop:1871.11.05
Died:1877.06.23 († 65)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1877.06.23)

Bishop Raffaele Biale
(1840.04.27 – 1870.04.12)

Born:1787.09.04
Ordained Priest:1810.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1840.06.07
Died:1870.04.12 († 82)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1840.04.27 – 1870.04.12)

Bishop Vincenzo-Tommaso Piratoni, O.P.
(1832.02.24 – 1839.10.25)

Born:1764.03.06
Ordained Priest:1786.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1832.02.26
Died:1839.10.25 († 75)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1832.02.24 – 1839.10.25)

Bishop Carmelo Cordiviola
(1820.10.02 – 1827.08.29)

Ordained Priest:1797.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1820.10.08
Died:1827.08.29

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1820.10.02 – 1827.08.29)

Bishop Angelo Vincenzo Andrea Maria Dania
(1802.12.20 – 1818.09.06)

Born:1744.09.13
Ordained Priest:1767.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:1802.12.21
Died:1818.09.06 († 73)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1802.12.20 – 1818.09.06)

Bishop Paolo Maggiolo
(1791.09.26 – 1802.08.07)

Born:1748.06.16
Ordained Priest:1773.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:1791.10.02
Died:1802.08.07 († 54)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1791.09.26 – 1802.08.07)

Bishop Stefano Giustiniani
(1779.07.12 – 1791.03.29)

Born:1738.03.16
Ordained Priest:1779.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:1779.07.18
Died:1791.03.29 († 53)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1779.07.12 – 1791.03.29)

Bishop Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre
(1764.05.11 – 1779.02.09)

Born:1717.01.04
Ordained Priest:1741.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:1764.05.20
Died:1779.02.09 († 62)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1764.05.11 – 1779.02.09)

Bishop Costantino Serra, C.R.S.
(1746.03.09 – 1763.12.21)

Born:1687.03.10
Ordained Priest:1710.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1737.06.10
Died:1763.12.21 († 76)

Bishop of Noli (Italy) (1738 – 1746.03.09)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1746.03.09 – 1763.12.21)

Bishop Agostino Rivarola
(1730.12.11 – 1745.12.31)

Born:1683.05.26
Ordained Priest:1716.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1730.12.21
Died:1745.12.31 († 62)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1730.12.11 – 1745.12.31)

Bishop Carlo Maria Giuseppe de Fornari
(1715.02.20 – 1730.12.11)

Born:1674.03
Ordained Priest:1698.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1713.02.05

Bishop of Aléria (France) (1713.01.30 – 1715.02.20)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1715.02.20 – 1730.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Attalea in Lydia (1730.12.11 – ?)

Bishop Giorgio Spinola
(1691 – 1714.09)

Ordained Priest:1691.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:1691.11.18
Died:1714.09

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1691 – 1714.09)

Bishop Alberto Blotto, O. Carm.
(1689.01.24 – 1690.12)

Born:1645.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1689.01.30
Died:1690.12 († 45)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1689.01.24 – 1690.12)

Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R.
(1666.03.29 – 1688.06)

Consecrated Bishop:1648.05.24
Died:1688.06

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1648 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1666.03.29 – 1688.06)

Bishop Francesco Marini (later Archbishop)
(1655.08.11 – 1666.03.29)

Born:1630 (Switzerland)
Consecrated Bishop:1655.08.08

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1655.08.11 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1666.03.29 – 1670.10.06)

Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1671.01.19 – 1686.04.27)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosia (1686.04.27 – ?)

Bishop Pier Francesco Costa
(1624.11.29 – 1655.03.14)

Died:1655.03.14

Bishop of Savona (Italy) (1587.07.27 – 1624.11.29)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1624.11.29 – 1655.03.14)

Bishop Pietro Francesco Costa
(1624.04.29 – 1655.03.14)

Born:1594.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:1624.05.19
Died:1655.03.14 († 61)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1624.04.29 – 1655.03.14)

Bishop Vincenzo Landinelli
(1616.08.03 – 1624)

Consecrated Bishop:1616.08.14
Died:1627.01

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1616.08.03 – 1624)

Bishop Domenico de’ Marini (later Patriarch)
(1611.04.11 – 1616.07.18)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1611.05.01
Died:1635.02

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1611.04.11 – 1616.07.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1616.07.18 – 1635.02)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1623.04.01 – 1625.01.01)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (1627.11.15 – 1635.02)

Bishop Luca Fieschi
(1582.03.28 – 1610)

Consecrated Bishop:1566.02.17
Died:1610

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1566 – 1582.03.28)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1582.03.28 – 1610)

Bishop Orazio Malaspina
(1582.01.08 – 1582.02)

Died:1582.02

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1578 – 1581)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1582.01.08 – 1582.02)

Bishop Carlo Grimaldi
(1572.11.26 – 1581.10.11)

Died:1581.10.11

Bishop of Sagone (France) (1562.07.06 – 1565.12.08)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1565.12.08 – 1572.11.26)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1572.11.26 – 1581.10.11)

Bishop Carlo Cicada
(1554.03.30 – 1572)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1554.03.30 – 1572)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cicala
(Apostolic Administrator 1543.12.05 – 1554.03.30)

Cardinal Girolamo Grimaldi
(Apostolic Administrator 1538.11.15 – 1543.11.27)

Bishop Giangiacomo di Gambarana
(1518.05.05 – 1538)

Consecrated Bishop:1521.03.26
Died:1538

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1518.05.05 – 1538)

Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici (later Pope Clement VII)
(Apostolic Administrator 1517.11.19 – 1518.05.05)

Cardinal Bandinello Sauli
(Apostolic Administrator 1513.08.05 – 1517.11.19)

Bishop Leonardo Marchesi
(1476.10.05 – 1513.07.31)

Died:1513.07.31

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1476.10.05 – 1513.07.31)

Bishop Girolamo Basso della Rovere (later Cardinal)
(1472.02.14 – 1476.10.05)

Born:1434 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal in pectore:1477.12.10
Revealed as Cardinal:1477.12.12
Died:1507.09.01 († 72)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1472.02.14 – 1476.10.05)

Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1476.10.05 – 1507.09.01)

Bishop of Recanati (Italy) (1476.10.05 – 1507.09.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1477.12.12 – 1479.09.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1479.09.17 – 1492.08.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio (Italy) (1482.09.23 – 1492.01.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1492.08.31 – 1503.11.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1503.11.29 – 1507.09.01)

Bishop Valeriano Calderina
(1466.11.05 – 1472.01)

Died:1472.01

Bishop of Ajaccio (France) (1438.05.26 – 1438.07.18)

Bishop of Sagone (France) (1438.07.18 – 1442.02.06)

Bishop of Savona (Italy) (1442.02.06 – 1466.11.05)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1466.11.05 – 1472.01)

Bishop Napoleone Fieschi
(Apostolic Administrator 1459.12.21 – 1466)

Cardinal Giorgio Fieschi
(Apostolic Administrator 1448.07.31 – 1459.12.21)

Bishop Matteo Del Carretto
(1429.02.10 – 1448)

Died:1448

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1429.02.10 – 1448)

Bishop Antonio Da Ponte
(1419.07.10 – 1429)

Died:1429

Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia) (1395 – 1402.02.27)

Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1402.02.27 – 1419.07.10)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1419.07.10 – 1429)

Bishop Gilberto Fieschi
(1390 – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1390 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni Fieschi
(1364.09.15 – 1390)

Died:1390

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1364.09.15 – 1390)

Apostolic Administrator of Noli (Italy) (1366 – 1381)

Bishop Giovanni di Ceva
(1349.03.12 – 1364.09.15)

Died:1380?

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1349.03.12 – 1364.09.15)

Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1364.09.15 – 1380?)

Bishop Federico di Ceva
(1330 – 1349)

Died:1349

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1330 – 1349)

Bishop Giovanni, O.F.M.
(1320 – 1328)

Died:1328

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1320 – 1328)

Bishop Emanuele Spinola
(1306? – 1320)

Died:1320

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1306? – 1320)

Bishop Nicolò Vaschino, O.F.M.
(1290 – 1302?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1290 – 1302?)

Bishop Lanfranco Negri, O.F.M.
(1255 – 1289?)

Died:1289?

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1255 – 1289?)

Bishop Lanterio
(1250? – 1255?)

Died:1255?

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1250? – 1255?)

Bishop Imperiale Doria
(? – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (? – ?)

Bishop Simone
(1238 – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1238 – ?)

Cardinal Sinibaldo Fieschi (later Pope Innocent IV)
(1235 – 1238)

Born:1195 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1227.09.18
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1243.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:1243.06.28
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1243.06.28
Died:1254.12.07 (Napoli, Italy † 58)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1227.09.18 – 1243.06.25)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1235 – 1238)

Supreme Pontiff (1243.06.25 [1243.06.28] – 1254.12.07)

Bishop Bonifacio
(? – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (? – ?)

Bishop Simone
(1230 – 1231?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1230 – 1231?)

Bishop Oberto
(1217? – 1225?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1217? – 1225?)

Bishop Enrico
(1213? – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1213? – ?)

Bishop Oberto
(1205 – 1211.10.01)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1205 – 1211.10.01)

Saint Bishop Benedetto da Taggia
(885 – 900.02.16)

Died:900.02.16

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (885 – 900.02.16)

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Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 939 km²

Population: 152,400 Catholics (89.0% of 171,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 161 parishes

Personnel: 146 priests (115 diocesan, 31 religious), 20 deacons, 239 religious (40 brothers, 199 sisters), 2 seminarians

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