Diocese of

Fidenza

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Fidenza / Fidentin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Modenaโ€“Nonantola

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Donnino Martire

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Contact Info

Address: Piazza A. Grandi 16, 43036 Fidenza, Italy

Phone: 0524 512600

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.03.17 โ€“ ...):Bishop Ovidio Vezzoli (69)Bishop Ovidio Vezzoli (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Fidenza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ovidio Vezzoli (69)Bishop Ovidio Vezzoli (69)
(2017.03.17 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy)

Unum est necessarium

Born:1956.01.02 (Adro, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1980.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:2017.07.02

Priest of Brescia (Italy) (1980.06.14 โ€“ 2017.03.17)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (2017.03.17 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Carlo Mazza (82)Bishop Carlo Mazza (82)
(2007.10.01 โ€“ 2017.03.17)

Bishop emeritus of Fidenza (Italy)

Omnia cooperantur in bonum

Born:1942.01.07 (Entratico, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:2007.12.01

Priest of Bergamo (Italy) (1968.12.21 โ€“ 2007.10.01)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1990 โ€“ 2007.10.01)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (2007.10.01 โ€“ 2017.03.17)

Bishop Maurizio Galli
(1998.04.02 โ€“ 2007.06.30)

Ut Deus sit omnia in omnibus

Born:1936.11.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1961.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:1998.05.02
Died:2008.06.01 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1998.04.02 โ€“ 2007.06.30)

Bishop Carlo Poggi
(1988.08.13 โ€“ 1997.09.07)

Born:1923.08.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1946.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1988.09.17
Died:1997.09.07 (โ€  74)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1988.08.13 โ€“ 1997.09.07)

Bishop Mario Zanchin
(1962.09.30 โ€“ 1988.08.13)

Born:1912.12.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1962.11.11
Died:2003.09.19 (โ€  90)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1962.09.30 โ€“ 1988.08.13)

Bishop Guglielmo Bosetti
(1961.03.29 โ€“ 1962.08.01)

Born:1901.06.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1924.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1952.01.06
Died:1962.08.01 (โ€  61)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1951.11.04 โ€“ 1961.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1951.11.04 โ€“ 1961.03.29)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1961.03.29 โ€“ 1962.08.01)

Bishop Paolo Rota
(1952.12.28 โ€“ 1960.12.31)

Born:1886.09.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1910.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1947.05.25
Died:1960.12.31 (โ€  74)

Titular Bishop of Memphis (1947.03.10 โ€“ 1952.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1947.03.10 โ€“ 1952.12.28)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1952.12.28 โ€“ 1960.12.31)

Bishop Francesco Giberti
(1943.05.12 โ€“ 1952.02.19)

Born:1890.08.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1913.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:1943.06.20
Died:1952.02.19 (โ€  61)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1943.05.12 โ€“ 1952.02.19)

Bishop Mario Vianello (later Archbishop)
(1931.03.06 โ€“ 1943.03.11)

Born:1887.09.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1911.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1931.05.10
Died:1955.08.13 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1931.03.06 โ€“ 1943.03.11)

Archbishop of Perugia (Italy) (1943.03.11 โ€“ 1955.08.13)

Bishop Giuseppe Fabbrucci
(1927.09.22 โ€“ 1930.08.09)

Born:1861.06.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1885.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:1915.09.19
Died:1930.08.09 (โ€  69)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1915.08.06 โ€“ 1927.09.22)

Bishop of Fidenza (Italy) (1927.09.22 โ€“ 1930.08.09)

Bishops of Borgo San Donnino (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giuseppe Fabbrucci
(1915.08.06 โ€“ 1927.09.22)

(see above)

Bishop Leonida Mapelli
(1907.10.14 โ€“ 1915.02.24)

Born:1862.01.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1884.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1908.01.06
Died:1915.02.24 (โ€  53)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1907.10.14 โ€“ 1915.02.24)

Bishop Pietro Terroni
(1903.06.22 โ€“ 1907.08.28)

Born:1848.06.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1871.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1903.06.22
Died:1907.08.28 (โ€  59)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1903.06.22 โ€“ 1907.08.28)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Tescari
(1886.06.07 โ€“ 1902.07.08)

Born:1824.11.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1847.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:1886.06.13
Died:1902.07.08 (โ€  77)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1886.06.07 โ€“ 1902.07.08)

Bishop Vincenzo Manicardi
(1879.09.19 โ€“ 1886.06.07)

Born:1825.02.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1847.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:1879.09.28
Died:1901.10.20 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1879.09.19 โ€“ 1886.06.07)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1886.06.07 โ€“ 1901.10.20)

Bishop Gaetano Camillo Guindani (Guindari)
(1872.12.23 โ€“ 1879.09.19)

Born:1834.09.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1857.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1873.01.19
Died:1904.10.21 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1872.12.23 โ€“ 1879.09.19)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1879.09.19 โ€“ 1904.10.21)

Bishop Giuseppe Buscarini
(1871.11.24 โ€“ 1872.09.11)

Born:1819.04.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1843.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1872.01.28
Died:1872.09.11 (โ€  53)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1871.11.24 โ€“ 1872.09.11)

Bishop-elect Francesco Benassi
(1859.06.20 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Born:1811.08.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1834.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1871.12.03
Died:1892.03.15 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1859.06.20 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1884.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Argos (1884.11.10 โ€“ 1892.03.15)

Bishop Pier Grisologo Basetti
(1843.06.22 โ€“ 1857.06.16)

Born:1790.12.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1815.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:1834.12.28
Died:1857.06.16 (โ€  66)

Titular Bishop of Sebaste (1834.12.19 โ€“ 1843.06.22)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1843.06.22 โ€“ 1857.06.16)

Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Neuschel (later Archbishop)
(1836.11.21 โ€“ 1843.01.27)

Born:1780.05.30 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1828.03.02
Died:1863.12.10 (โ€  83)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1828 โ€“ 1828.09.30)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1828.09.30 โ€“ 1836.11.21)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1836.11.21 โ€“ 1843.01.27)

Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1843.01.27 โ€“ 1852.09.17)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis (1852.09.17 โ€“ 1863.12.10)

Bishop Aloisio San Vitale
(1817.07.28 โ€“ 1836.11.21)

Born:1772.12.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1797.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1817.08.03
Died:1848.10.25 (โ€  75)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1817.07.28 โ€“ 1836.11.21)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1836.11.21 โ€“ 1848.10.25)

Bishop Alessandro Garimberti
(1776.01.29 โ€“ 1813.04.02)

Born:1736.09.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1761.05.16
Consecrated Bishop:1776.02.04
Died:1813.04.02 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1776.01.29 โ€“ 1813.04.02)

Bishop Girolamo Bajardi
(1753.04.09 โ€“ 1775.08.24)

Born:1712.02.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1741.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:1753.04.23
Died:1775.08.24 (โ€  63)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1753.04.09 โ€“ 1775.08.24)

Bishop Severino Antonio Missini
(1732.06.09 โ€“ 1753.01.20)

Born:1684.10.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1732.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1732.06.22
Died:1753.01.20 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1732.06.09 โ€“ 1753.01.20)

Bishop Gherardo Zandemaria
(1719.05.15 โ€“ 1731.12.24)

Born:1679.10.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1719.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:1719.05.21
Died:1747.11.05 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1719.05.15 โ€“ 1731.12.24)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1731.12.24 โ€“ 1747.11.05)

Bishop Adriano Sermattei
(1712.02.12 โ€“ 1719.03.15)

Born:1680.06.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1707.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:1713.02.19
Died:1731.04.09 (โ€  50)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1712.02.12 โ€“ 1719.03.15)

Bishop of Tuscanella (Italy) (1719.03.15 โ€“ 1731.04.09)

Bishop of Viterbo (Italy) (1719.03.15 โ€“ 1731.04.09)

Bishop Alessandro Roncovieri
(1700 โ€“ 1711.05.29)

Born:1642.11.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1686.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:1700.05.31
Died:1711.05.29 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1700 โ€“ 1711.05.29)

Bishop Giulio Della Rosa
(1698.07.21 โ€“ 1699.12.31)

Born:1642.10.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1666.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1698.07.25
Died:1699.12.31 (โ€  57)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1698.07.21 โ€“ 1699.12.31)

Bishop Nicolรฒ Caranza
(1686.08.12 โ€“ 1697.11.25)

Born:1641.01.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1664.03.29
Died:1697.11.25 (โ€  56)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1686.08.12 โ€“ 1697.11.25)

Bishop Gaetano Garimberti, C.R.
(1675.12.16 โ€“ 1684.03.20)

Born:1615 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1675.12.20
Died:1684.03.20 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1675.12.16 โ€“ 1684.03.20)

Bishop Alessandro Pallavicini, O.S.B.
(1660.01.12 โ€“ 1675.05.21)

Born:1613.12.14 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1660.01.25
Died:1675.05.21 (โ€  61)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1660.01.12 โ€“ 1675.05.21)

Bishop Filippo Casoni
(1650.03.03 โ€“ 1659.07.22)

Born:1599 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1650.03.12
Died:1659.07.22 (โ€  59)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1650.03.03 โ€“ 1659.07.22)

Bishop Ranuccio Scotti
(1627.02.27 โ€“ 1650.03.13)

Born:1597.07.19 (Parma, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1627.04.18
Died:1661.05.10 (Piacenza, Italy โ€  63)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1627.02.27 โ€“ 1650.03.13)

Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1630.05.22 โ€“ 1639.05.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1639.08.08 โ€“ 1641.03.09)

Prefect of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1653.02.23 โ€“ 1661.05.10)

Bishop Alfonso Pozzi
(1620.03.29 โ€“ 1626.08.25)

Born:1582 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1620.04.05
Died:1626.08.25 (โ€  43)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1620.03.29 โ€“ 1626.08.25)

Bishop Giovanni Linati
(1606.12.04 โ€“ 1619.10.09)

Born:1562 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1606.12.04
Died:1627.04.03 (โ€  64)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1606.12.04 โ€“ 1619.10.09)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1619.10.09 โ€“ 1627.04.03)

Bishop Papirio Picedi
(1603.01.08 โ€“ 1606.08.30)

Born:1528 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1596
Consecrated Bishop:1603.01.19
Died:1614.03.04 (โ€  85)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1598 โ€“ 1601)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1603.01.08 โ€“ 1606.08.30)

Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1606.08.30 โ€“ 1614.03.04)

Provosts of Borgo San Donnino (Roman Rite)

Fr. Papirio Picedi (later Bishop)
(1598 โ€“ 1601)

(see above)

Fr. Carlo Sozzi
(1582 โ€“ 1598)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1582 โ€“ 1598)

Cardinal Alessandro Sforza di Santa Fiora
(1562 โ€“ 1581.05.16)

Born:1534 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1560
Created Cardinal:1565.03.12
Died:1581.05.16 (โ€  46)

Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1560.04.26 โ€“ 1573.03.30)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1562 โ€“ 1581.05.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1565.05.15 โ€“ 1581.05.16)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1573? โ€“ 1581.05.16)

Cardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora
(1555 โ€“ 1562)

Born:1518.11.26 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1534.12.18
Ordained Priest:
Died:1564.10.06 (โ€  45)

Apostolic Administrator of Montefiascone (Italy) (1534 โ€“ 1548.06.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Corneto (Italy) (1534 โ€“ 1548.06.04)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum (1534.12.18 โ€“ 1540.05.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Parma (Italy) (1535.08.13 โ€“ 1560.04.26)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1537.10.22 โ€“ 1564.10.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Narni (Italy) (1537.12.05 โ€“ 1538.01.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Chiusi (Italy) (1538.01.11 โ€“ 1538.03.20)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1540.05.31 โ€“ 1540.12.10)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1540.12.10 โ€“ 1552.03.09)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1541.04.06 โ€“ 1541.05.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Anglona (Italy) (1542.11.24 โ€“ 1542.12.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Lescar (France) (1546 โ€“ 1547)

Apostolic Administrator of Montefiascone (Italy) (1550 โ€“ 1551)

Apostolic Administrator of Corneto (Italy) (1550 โ€“ 1551)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1552.03.09 โ€“ 1564.10.06)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1552.03.09 โ€“ 1564.10.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Montefiascone (Italy) (1553 โ€“ 1555)

Apostolic Administrator of Corneto (Italy) (1553 โ€“ 1555)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1555 โ€“ 1562)

Fr. Figliuccio Figliucci
(1553 โ€“ 1555)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1553 โ€“ 1555)

Fr. Giovanni Faloppio
(1553 โ€“ 1553)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1553 โ€“ 1553)

Fr. Pantaleone Bianchi
(1552 โ€“ 1552)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1552 โ€“ 1552)

Fr. Camillo Baldeo
(1550 โ€“ 1552)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1550 โ€“ 1552)

Fr. Matteo Passardo
(1527 โ€“ 1528)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1527 โ€“ 1528)

Fr. Marcโ€™Antonio Francesco da Corte
(1502 โ€“ 1527)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1502 โ€“ 1527)

Fr. Francesco da Corte
(1486 โ€“ 1502)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1486 โ€“ 1502)

Fr. Leonardo Griffi
(1471 โ€“ 1485)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1471 โ€“ 1485)

Fr. Giovanni Meti dei Grepaldi
(1456 โ€“ 1469)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1456 โ€“ 1469)

Fr. Antonio Bernieri
(1406 โ€“ 1456)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1406 โ€“ 1456)

Fr. Giacomo Subinago
(1377 โ€“ 1406)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1377 โ€“ 1406)

Fr. Paino Schizzi
(1345 โ€“ 1377)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1345 โ€“ 1377)

Fr. Donnino da Bazzano
(1330 โ€“ 1345)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1330 โ€“ 1345)

Fr. Azzo da Correggio
(1318 โ€“ 1330)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1318 โ€“ 1330)

Fr. Gherardo Cornazzani
(1304 โ€“ 1317)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1304 โ€“ 1317)

Fr. Rolando Rossi
(1298 โ€“ 1304)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1298 โ€“ 1304)

Fr. Ugolino Rossi
(1298 โ€“ 1298)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1298 โ€“ 1298)

Fr. Bussola Bussoli
(1284 โ€“ 1298)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1284 โ€“ 1298)

Fr. Gherardo Aldighieri
(1272 โ€“ 1284)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1272 โ€“ 1284)

Fr. Uberto Ottoni
(1235 โ€“ 1272)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1235 โ€“ 1272)

Fr. Guidotto Sessi
(1214 โ€“ 1235)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1214 โ€“ 1235)

Fr. Ugo Sessi
(1203 โ€“ 1214)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1203 โ€“ 1214)

Fr. Tiberio
(1202 โ€“ 1202)

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1202 โ€“ 1202)

Fr. Gerardo da Sessa, O. Cist. (later Cardinal)
(1196 โ€“ 1202)

Born: (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1211.06?
Died:1212.04.22

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1196 โ€“ 1202)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1209 โ€“ 1211.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1211.05.04 โ€“ 1212.04.22)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1211.06? โ€“ 1212.04.22)

Special Churches

Churches by City (74)

Piacenzaโ€“Bobbio (โ†), Cremona (โ†‘), Parma (โ†’)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 516 kmยฒ

Population: 67,198 Catholics (96.5% of 69,660 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes

Personnel: 42 priests (34 diocesan, 8 religious), 16 deacons, 32 religious (13 brothers, 19 sisters), 2 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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