Diocese of

Cremona 𝐖

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cremona / Cremonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Milano

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Omobono Tucenghi (November 13), Beata Maria Vergine di Caravaggio (May 26), Saint Imerio (June 18)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Sant’Antonio M. Zaccaria 5, 26100 Cremona, Italy

Phone: 0372 495011

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.16 – ...):Bishop Antonio Napolioni (67)Bishop Antonio Napolioni (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cremona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Napolioni (67)Bishop Antonio Napolioni (67)
(2015.11.16 – ...)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy)

Servite Domino in lætitia

Born:1957.12.11 (Camerino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1983.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:2016.01.30

Priest of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy) (1983.06.25 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (2015.11.16 – ...)

Bishop Dante Lafranconi (84)Bishop Dante Lafranconi (84)
(2001.09.08 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop emeritus of Cremona (Italy)

Afflante spiritu

Born:1940.03.10 (Mandello del Lario, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:1992.01.25

Priest of Como (Italy) (1964.06.28 – 1991.12.07)

Bishop of Savona–Noli (Italy) (1991.12.07 – 2001.09.08)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (2001.09.08 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop Giulio Nicolini
(1993.02.16 – 2001.06.26)

In simplicitate cordis

Born:1926.07.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1952.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1987.09.05
Died:2001.06.26 († 74)

Priest of Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri (Oratorians) (1952.03.29 – 1963)

Priest of Lugano (Switzerland) (1963 – 1987.07.16)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1977.11.30 – 1987.07.16)

Deputy Director of Press Office of the Holy See (1986 – 1987.07.16)

Bishop of Alba (Italy) (1987.07.16 – 1993.02.16)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1993.02.16 – 2001.06.26)

Bishop Enrico Assi
(1983.05.26 – 1992.09.16)

Mater mea fiducia mea

Born:1919.07.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1943.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1976.01.06
Died:1992.09.16 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Frigento (1975.12.07 – 1983.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1975.12.07 – 1983.05.26)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1983.05.26 – 1992.09.16)

Bishop Fiorino Tagliaferri
(1978.10.28 – 1983.05.26)

Omnes unum

Born:1921.10.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1945.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1978.11.26
Died:2002.02.22 († 80)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1978.10.28 – 1983.05.26)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1982.12 – 1987.03.14)

Bishop of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino (Italy) (1987.03.14 – 1991.02.16)

Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1991.02.16 – 1997.06.30)

Bishop Giuseppe Amari
(1973.03.05 – 1978.03.15)

Veritas in caritate

Born:1916.09.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1940.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:1973.03.18
Died:2004.08.08 († 87)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1973.03.05 – 1978.03.15)

Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1978.03.15 – 1992.06.30)

Bishop Danio Bolognini
(1952.11.25 – 1972.12.02)

Veritas in caritate

Born:1901.10.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1926.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:1946.06.29
Died:1972.12.02 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Sidon (1946.06.18 – 1952.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1946.06.18 – 1952.11.25)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1952.11.25 – 1972.12.02)

Archbishop Giovanni Cazzani
(1915.12.15 – 1952.08.26)

Non est prudentia nisi a Domino

Born:1867.03.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1889.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1904.08.28
Died:1952.08.26 († 85)

Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1904.08.05 – 1915.06.04)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1915.12.15 – 1952.08.26)

Archbishop ad personam (1944.05.25 – 1952.08.26)

Bishop Geremia Bonomelli
(1871.10.27 – 1914.08.03)

Born:1831.09.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1855.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:1871.11.26
Died:1914.08.03 († 82)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1914.08.03)

Bishop Antonio Novasconi
(1850.05.20 – 1867)

Born:1798.08.23
Ordained Priest:1821.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:1850.06.30
Died:1867 († 69)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1850.05.20 – 1867)

Bishop Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (later Archbishop)
(1846.01.19 – 1847.06.14)

Born:1795.03.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1817.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1846.06.21
Died:1859.05.07 († 64)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1846.01.19 – 1847.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1847.06.14 – 1859.05.07)

Bishop Bartolomeo Casati
(1839.07.08 – 1844.09.18)

Born:1791.04.09
Ordained Priest:1814.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1839.07.14
Died:1844.09.18 († 53)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1839.07.08 – 1844.09.18)

Bishop Carlo Emanuele Sardagna de Hohenstein
(1830.03.12 – 1837)

Born:1772.03.20
Ordained Priest:1794.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1831.04.10
Died:1840.01.12 († 67)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1830.03.12 – 1837)

Titular Bishop of Paneade (1839.02.21 – 1840.01.12)

Bishop Omobono Offredi
(1791.09.26 – 1829.01.28)

Born:1750.06.08
Ordained Priest:1774.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1791.10.02
Died:1829.01.28 († 78)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1791.09.26 – 1829.01.28)

Bishop Ignazio Maria Fraganeschi
(1749.09.22 – 1790.08.16)

Born:1710.09.24
Ordained Priest:1733.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1749.09.29
Died:1790.08.16 († 79)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1749.09.22 – 1790.08.16)

Bishop Alessandro Maria Litta (later Archbishop)
(1718.01.08 – 1749.09.12)

Born:1671.01.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1714.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1718.01.23
Died:1754.03.04 († 83)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1718.01.08 – 1749.09.12)

Titular Archbishop of Naupactus (1749.09.12 – 1754.03.04)

Bishop Carlo Ottaviano Guasco
(1704.11.17 – 1717.11.21)

Born:1650.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:1695.01.16
Died:1717.11.21 († 67)

Bishop of Alessandria (Italy) (1695.01.10 – 1704.11.17)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1704.11.17 – 1717.11.21)

Bishop Alessandro Croce
(1697 – 1704.09.23)

Born:1650.07.03
Ordained Priest:1676.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1697.12.08
Died:1704.09.23 († 54)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1697 – 1704.09.23)

Bishop Lodovico Settala
(1682.05.04 – 1697.05.31)

Born:1626.04.01
Ordained Priest:1658.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1682.05.10
Died:1697.05.31 († 71)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1682.05.04 – 1697.05.31)

Bishop Agostino Isimbardi, O.S.B.
(1675 – 1681.06.02)

Consecrated Bishop:1676.03.01
Died:1681.06.02

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1675 – 1681.06.02)

Bishop Pietro Isimbardi, O. Carm.
(1670.10.06 – 1675.09.27)

Born:1630.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:1670.10.19
Died:1675.09.27 († 45)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1670.10.06 – 1675.09.27)

Bishop Francesco Visconti
(1643.04.03 – 1670)

Consecrated Bishop:1640.12.09
Died:1681.10.04

Bishop of Alessandria (Italy) (1640.12.03 – 1643.04.03)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1643.04.03 – 1670)

Cardinal Pietro Campori
(1621.03.17 – 1643.02.04)

Born:1553 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1616.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1621.05.16
Died:1643.02.04 († 89)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione (1616.10.17 – 1643.02.04)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1621.03.17 – 1643.02.04)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Brivio
(1610.08 – 1621.02.02)

Consecrated Bishop:1610.09.05
Died:1621.02.02

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1610.08 – 1621.02.02)

Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati
(1607.09.13 – 1610.06.19)

Born:1560.03.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1590.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1607.09.16
Died:1618.02.14 († 57)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1591.01.14 – 1618.02.14)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1607.09.13 – 1610.06.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1611.08.17 – 1618.02.14)

Bishop Cesare Speciano
(1591.01.30 – 1607.08.21)

Born:1539.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:1584.12.13
Died:1607.08.21 († 67)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1584.11.28 – 1591.01.30)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1591.01.30 – 1607.08.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1592 – 1597)

Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1592 – 1598)

Cardinal Niccolò Sfondrati (later Pope Gregory XIV)
(1560.03.13 – 1590.12.05)

Born:1535.02.11 (Somma Lombardo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1551
Consecrated Bishop:1560.03.13
Created Cardinal:1583.12.12
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1590.12.05
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1590.12.08
Died:1591.10.16 (Roma, Italy † 56)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1560.03.13 – 1590.12.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1585.01.14 – 1590.12.05)

Supreme Pontiff (1590.12.05 [1590.12.08] – 1591.10.16)

Cardinal Federico Cesi
(Apostolic Administrator 1551.03.18 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal Francesco Sfondrati
(1549.11.09 – 1550.07.31)

Born:1493.10.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1543?
Created Cardinal:1544.12.19
Died:1550.07.31 († 56)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1543.10.12 – 1544.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1544.10.27 – 1547.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1545.03.02 – 1547.10.10)

Bishop of Capaccio (Italy) (1547.03.23 – 1549.11.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1547.10.10 – 1550.07.31)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1549.11.09 – 1550.07.31)

Cardinal Benedetto Accolti
(1523.03.16 – 1549.09.21)

Born:1497.10.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1524.12.21
Created Cardinal:1527.05.03
Deposed as Cardinal:1534.08.27
Reinstated as Cardinal:1535.08.30
Died:1549.09.21 († 51)

Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) (1521.07.24 – 1523.03.16)

Bishop of Algeciras (Spain) (1521.07.24 – 1523.03.16)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1523.03.16 – 1549.09.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1524.08.17 – 1549.09.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1527.05.05 – 1534.08.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Bovino (Italy) (1530.01.24 – 1535.04.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Policastro (Italy) (1531.02.06 – 1535.07.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1535.08.30 – 1549.09.21)

Bishop Gerolamo Trevisan, O. Cist.
(1507.10.02 – 1523.02.24)

Died:1523.02.24

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1507.10.02 – 1523.02.24)

Cardinal Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere
(Apostolic Administrator 1505.05.27 – 1507.09.11)

Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza
(Apostolic Administrator 1486.07.28 – 1505.05.27)

Bishop Giovanni Stefano Bottigella
(1466.10.08 – 1476)

Died:1476

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1466.10.08 – 1476)

Bishop Bernardo Rossi
(1458.10.19 – 1466.10.08)

Died:1468

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1458.10.19 – 1466.10.08)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1466.10.08 – 1468)

Bishop Venturino de Marni, O.S.B.
(1423 – 1457.11.18)

Died:1457.11.18

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1423 – 1457.11.18)

Bishop Costanzo Fondulo
(1412.03.18 – 1423)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1412.03.18 – 1423)

Bishop Bartolomeo Capra (later Archbishop)
(1405.07.17 – 1411)

Died:1435

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1405.07.17 – 1411)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1414 – 1435)

Bishop Francesco Lante, O.F.M.
(1402.11.16 – 1405)

Died:1405

Bishop of Luni (Italy) (1386 – 1390)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1390 – 1390)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1390 – 1401)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1401 – 1402.11.16)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1402.11.16 – 1405)

Bishop Pietro Grassi
(1401 – 1402.09.27)

Died:1426.09.28

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1401 – 1402.09.27)

Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1402.09.27 – 1426.09.28)

Bishop Tommaso Visconti (later Archbishop)
(1390.02.01 – 1390.10.21)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1388.01.28 – 1390.02.01)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1390.02.01 – 1390.10.21)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1390.10.21 – 1397.03.28)

Titular Archbishop of Ægina (1397.03.28 – ?)

Bishop Francesco Lante, O.F.M.
(1390 – 1401)

Died:1405

Bishop of Luni (Italy) (1386 – 1390)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1390 – 1390)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1390 – 1401)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1401 – 1402.11.16)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1402.11.16 – 1405)

Bishop Giorgio Torti
(1386.12.01 – 1389.04.27)

Died:1389.04.27

Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1380 – 1382)

Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (1382 – 1386.12.01)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1386.12.01 – 1389.04.27)

Bishop Marco Porri
(1383 – 1386.12.01)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1383 – 1386.12.01)

Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (1386.12.01 – 1394.01.26)

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1394.01.26 – ?)

Bishop Pietro Capello
(1361 – 1383.10.13)

Died:1383.10.13

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1361 – 1383.10.13)

Bishop Ugolino Ardengheri
(1349.10.23 – 1361)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1349.10.23 – 1361)

Bishop Dondino
(1328 – 1331)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1328 – 1331)

Bishop Ugolino di San Marco, O.P.
(1327.03.21 – 1349)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1327.03.21 – 1349)

Bishop Egidio Madalberti
(1317.08.01 – 1327)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1317.08.01 – 1327)

Bishop Egidiolo Bonseri
(1312 – 1317.08.01)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1312 – 1317.08.01)

Bishop Ranieri del Porrina
(1296.04.24 – 1312)

Died:1312

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1296.04.24 – 1312)

Bishop Bonizone
(1290? – 1296?)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1290? – 1296?)

Bishop Ponzio Ponzoni
(1288 – 1290.08.12)

Died:1290.08.12

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1288 – 1290.08.12)

Bishop Cacciaconte da Somma
(1261 – 1288.07.16)

Died:1288.07.16

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1261 – 1288.07.16)

Bishop Bernerio
(1249.07.29 – 1260?)

Died:1260?

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1249.07.29 – 1260?)

Fr. Giovanni Buono de Geroldi
(1248 – 1249.07.29 not possessed)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1248 – 1249.07.29 not possessed)

Bishop Omobono de Madalberti
(1215? – 1248.10.11)

Died:1248.10.11

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1215? – 1248.10.11)

Bishop Sicardo
(1185 – 1215.06.08)

Died:1215.06.08

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1185 – 1215.06.08)

Bishop Offredo degli Offredi
(1168 – 1185.08.09)

Died:1185.08.09

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1168 – 1185.08.09)

Saint Bishop Emanuele, O. Cist.
(1167.05.01 – 1168.02.27)

Died:1168.02.27

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1167.05.01 – 1168.02.27)

Bishop and religious of Order of Cistercians (Cistercians).

Bishop Presbitero
(1162 – 1167)

Died:1167

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1162 – 1167)

Bishop Uberto
(1117 – 1162)

Died:1162

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1117 – 1162)

Bishop Ugo
(1117 – 1117)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1117 – 1117)

Bishop Gualtiero
(1096 – ?)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1096 – ?)

Bishop Oberto
(1087? – 1096?)

Died:1096?

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1087? – 1096?)

Bishop Arnolfo
(1074? – 1087?)

Died:1087?

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1074? – 1087?)

Bishop Ubaldo
(1030 – 1074?)

Died:1074?

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1030 – 1074?)

Bishop Landolfo
(1004 – 1030)

Died:1030

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1004 – 1030)

Bishop Olderico
(975? – 1004)

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (975? – 1004)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (246)

Piacenza–Bobbio (↙), Lodi (↖), Crema (↖), Milano (↖), Bergamo (↖), Brescia (↑), Mantova (→), Reggio Emilia–Guastalla (↘), Parma (↘), Fidenza (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,917 km²

Population: 312,000 Catholics (86.6% of 360,429 total)

Pastoral Centres: 221 parishes

Personnel: 284 priests (263 diocesan, 21 religious), 15 deacons, 270 religious (30 brothers, 240 sisters), 15 seminarians

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