Diocese of Mantova, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.06.03 – ...):

Bishop Gianmarco Busca (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mantova (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gianmarco Busca (59)
(2016.06.03 – ...)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy)

Born:	1965.11.30 (Edolo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1991.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.09.11

Priest of Brescia (Italy) (1991.06.08 – 2016.06.03)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (2016.06.03 – ...)

Bishop Roberto Busti (84)
(2007.07.13 – 2016.06.03)

Bishop emeritus of Mantova (Italy)

Omnes salvos facere

Born:	1940.11.22 (Busto Arsizio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.22

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1964.06.27 – 2007.07.13)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (2007.07.13 – 2016.06.03)

Bishop Egidio Caporello
(1986.06.28 – 2007.07.13)

Born:	1931.06.08 (Padova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1955.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.09.19
Died:	2022.07.18 (Mantova, Italy † 91)

Titular Bishop of Caorle (1982.07.24 – 1986.06.28)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1982.07.24 – 1986.06.28)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1986.06.28 – 2007.07.13)

Bishop Carlo Ferrari
(1967.10.19 – 1986.06.28)

Born:	1910.04.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.06.15
Died:	1992.12.01 († 82)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1952.04.17 – 1967.10.19)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1967.10.19 – 1986.06.28)

Bishop Antonio Poma (later Cardinal)
(1954.09.08 – 1967.07.16)

Cultura dei agri

Born:	1910.06.12 (Villanterio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1933.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.12.09
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	1985.09.24 (Bologna, Italy † 75)

Priest of Pavia (Italy) (1933.04.15 – 1951.10.28)

Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1951.10.28 – 1952.08.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1951.10.28 – 1952.08.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1952.08.02 – 1954.09.08)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1954.09.08 – 1967.07.16)

Titular Archbishop of Hierpiniana (1967.07.16 – 1968.02.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1967.07.16 – 1968.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bologna (Italy) (1968.02.12 – 1983.02.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina (1969.04.30 – 1985.09.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1969.10.04 – 1979.05.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Bologna (Italy) (1983.02.11 – 1983.03.18)

Bishop Domenico Menna (later Archbishop)
(1928.11.16 – 1954.09.08)

Born:	1875.11.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1898.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.01.06
Died:	1957.10.08 († 81)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1928.11.16 – 1954.09.08)

Titular Archbishop of Novæ Patræ (1954.09.08 – 1957.10.08)

Bishop Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo
(1895.03.18 – 1928.11.13)

Born:	1840.03.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1862.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.04.21
Died:	1928.11.13 († 88)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1928.11.13)

Cardinal Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (later Pope Pius X, Saint)
(1884.11.10 – 1893.06.15)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1835.06.02 (Riese Pio X, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1858.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.11.16
Created Cardinal:	1893.06.12
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1903.08.04
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1903.08.09
Died:	1914.08.20 (Roma, Italy † 79)
Beatified:	1951.06.03
Canonised:	1954.05.29
Feast:	08.21

Priest of Treviso (Italy) (1858.09.18 – 1884.11.10)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1884.11.10 – 1893.06.15)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1893.06.15 – 1903.08.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1893.06.15 – 1903.08.04)

Supreme Pontiff (1903.08.04 [1903.08.09] – 1914.08.20)

Prefect of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1903.08.04 – 1914.08.20)

Prefect of Sacred Consistorial Congregation (1903.08.04 – 1914.08.20)

Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy) (1906 – 1914.08.20)

Grand Master of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) (1907 – 1914.08.20)

Pope.

Bishop Giovanni Maria Berengo (later Archbishop)
(1879.05.12 – 1884.11.10)

Born:	1820.07.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1843.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.02.02
Died:	1896.03.07 († 75)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1877.12.31 – 1879.05.12)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1879.05.12 – 1884.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Udine (Italy) (1884.11.10 – 1896.03.07)

Bishop Pietro Rota (later Archbishop)
(1871.10.27 – 1879.05.12)

Born:	1805.01.30 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.03.25
Died:	1890.02.03 († 85)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1855.03.23 – 1871.10.27)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1879.05.12)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1879.05.12 – 1884.11.04)

Titular Archbishop of Thebæ (1884.11.04 – 1890.02.03)

Bishop Giovanni Corti
(1847.04.12 – 1868.12.12)

Born:	1796.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.04.25
Died:	1868.12.12 († 72)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1847.04.12 – 1868.12.12)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Bellé
(1835.07.24 – 1844.06.30)

Born:	1777.10.04
Ordained Priest:	1801.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1835.07.26
Died:	1844.06.30 († 66)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1835.07.24 – 1844.06.30)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Bozzi
(1823.06.16 – 1833.12.14)

Born:	1772.01.06
Ordained Priest:	1796.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1823.05.18
Died:	1833.12.14 († 61)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1823.06.16 – 1833.12.14)

Bishop Giovanni Battista de Pergen
(1770.01.29 – 1807.11.12)

Ordained Priest:	1743.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1770.03.04
Died:	1807.11.12

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1770.01.29 – 1807.11.12)

Archbishop Ioannes de Portugal de la Puebla (later Patriarch)
(1762.03.29 – 1770.01.29)

Born:	1703.05.12 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1737.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1760.08.15
Died:	1781.10.16 († 78)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1760.07.21 – 1762.03.29)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1762.03.29 – 1770.01.29)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1770.01.29 – 1771.03.04)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1771.03.04 – 1781.10.16)

Bishop Antonio Guidi di Bagno Talenti
(1719.04.26 – 1761.12.21)

Born:	1683.08.22
Ordained Priest:	1719.01.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1719.05.01
Died:	1761.12.21 († 78)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1719.04.26 – 1761.12.21)

Bishop Alessandro Arrigoni
(1713.01.30 – 1718.08.13)

Consecrated Bishop:	1713.02.05
Died:	1718.08.13

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1713.01.30 – 1718.08.13)

Bishop Enrico Vialardi di Villanova, B.
(1687.03.03 – 1711.12.06)

Born:	1633.04.09 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1687.03.09
Died:	1711.12.06 († 78)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1687.03.03 – 1711.12.06)

Bishop-elect Giovanni Lucido Cattaneo
(1673.12.09 – ?)

Born:	1613.11.13
Ordained Priest:	1673.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1674.04.08

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1673.12.09 – ?)

Bishop Tiburzio Ferdinando Gonzaga
(1671.03.01 – 1673)

Born:	1611.04.14
Ordained Priest:	1639.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1671.03.01
Died:	1673 († 62)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1671.03.01 – 1673)

Bishop Masseo Vitali, O.F.M.
(1646.02.05 – 1669.06.23)

Consecrated Bishop:	1646.02.11
Died:	1669.06.23

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1646.02.05 – 1669.06.23)

Bishop Vincenzo Agnello Suardi
(1620.03.18 – 1644.09.13)

Consecrated Bishop:	1616.12.21
Died:	1644.09.13

Bishop of Alba (Italy) (1616.10.15 – 1620.03.18)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1620.03.18 – 1644.09.13)

Venerable Bishop Francisco Gonzaga (Annibale), O.F.M. Obs.
(1593.04.30 – 1620.03.11)

Born:	1546.07.31 (Gazzuolo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1570
Consecrated Bishop:	1587.11.15
Died:	1620.03.11 (Mantova, Italy † 73)

Minister General of Order of Observant Friars Minor (1579 – 1587.10.26)

Bishop of Cefalù (Italy) (1587.10.26 – 1593.01.29)

Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1593.01.29 – 1593.04.30 not possessed)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1593.04.30 – 1620.03.11)

Bishop and religious of Order of Observant Friars Minor.

Bishop Alessandro Andreasi
(1583.11.14 – 1593.03.23)

Died:

1593.03.23

Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy) (1577.05.11 – 1583.11.14)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1583.11.14 – 1593.03.23)

Bishop Marco Fedeli-Gonzaga
(1574.12.01 – 1583.09.29)

Died:

1583.09.29

Coadjutor Bishop of Osor (Croatia) (? – 1553)

Bishop of Osor (Croatia) (1553 – 1574.12.01)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1574.12.01 – 1583.09.29)

Bishop Gregorio Boldrini, O.P.
(1567.02.07 – 1574.11.02)

Born:	1511.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1567.04.13
Died:	1574.11.02 († 63)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1567.02.07 – 1574.11.02)

Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
(Apostolic Administrator 1565.05.15 – 1566.01.06)

Cardinal Federico Gonzaga
(1564.10.16 – 1565.02.21)

Born:	1540.07 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1563.01.06
Died:	1565.02.21 († 24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova pro hac vice Title (1563.03.04? – 1565.02.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Mantova (Italy) (1563.06.04 – 1564.10.16)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1564.10.16 – 1565.02.21)

Cardinal Federico Gonzaga
(Apostolic Administrator 1563.06.04 – 1564.10.16)

Bishop Leonardo Marini, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1550.03.05 – 1560.01.26)

Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga
(1521.05.10 – 1563.03.02)

Born:	1505.11.23 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1527.05.03
Ordained Priest:	1556
Consecrated Bishop:	1561.06.08
Died:	1563.03.02 († 57)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1521.05.10 – 1563.03.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Aversa (Italy) (1524 – 1528)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Nuova (1527.05.05 – 1556.07.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Sovana (Italy) (1529.07.05 – 1532.04.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Tarazona (Spain) (1537.06.26 – 1546.12.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova pro hac vice Title (1556.07.06 – 1563.03.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Fano (Italy) (1558 – 1560)

Cardinal Sigismondo Gonzaga
(Apostolic Administrator 1511.02.10 – 1521.05.10)

Fr. Ludovico Gonzaga
(1483.10.27 – 1511.01.09 not possessed)

Died:

1511.01.09

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1483.10.27 – 1511.01.09 not possessed)

Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
(Apostolic Administrator 1466.08.20 – 1483.10.21)

Bishop Galeazzo Cavriani
(1444.09.11 – 1466.07.16)

Died:

1466.07.16

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1444.09.11 – 1466.07.16)

Bishop Matteo Boniperti, O.P.
(1428.05.21 – 1444.08.24)

Died:

1444.08.24

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1428.05.21 – 1444.08.24)

Bishop Giovanni degli Uberti
(1417.06.27 – 1428.01.19)

Died:

1428.01.19

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1417.06.27 – 1428.01.19)

Bishop Antonio degli Uberti
(1390.11.14 – 1417.04.24)

Died:

1417.04.24

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1390.11.14 – 1417.04.24)

Bishop Sagramoso Gonzaga
(1386.04.10 – 1390.10)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1386.04.10 – 1390.10)

Bishop Guido de Beziis d’Arezzo
(1367.08.26 – 1386.03.03)

Died:

1386.03.03

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1367.08.26 – 1386.03.03)

Bishop Ruffino Landi
(1347.04.16 – 1367.04.15)

Died:

1367.04.15

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1347.04.16 – 1367.04.15)

Bishop Gottifredo Spinola
(1338.11.04 – 1346)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1338.11.04 – 1346)

Blessed Bishop Giacomo Benfatti, O.P.
(1304.01.10 – 1332.11.19)

Born:	1250 (Italy)
Died:	1332.11.19 (Mantova, Italy † 81)
Beatified:	1859.09.22 (equipollently)
Feast:	11.19

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1304.01.10 – 1332.11.19)

Bishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Bishop Filippo Bonaccolsi, O.F.M.
(1303.12.08 – 1303.12.08)

Died:

1303.12.08

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1303.12.08 – 1303.12.08)

Fr. Filippo da Cadaoldo
(1272 – 1303.11.21 not possessed)

Died:

1303.11.21

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1272 – 1303.11.21 not possessed)

Bishop Aleardino
(1268 – 1270)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1268 – 1270)

Bishop Martino
(1252.05 – 1268.07.24)

Died:

1268.07.24

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1252.05 – 1268.07.24)

Bishop Giacomo da Castell’arquato (later Cardinal)
(1238 – 1251.12)

Born:	(Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1238?
Created Cardinal:	1251.12
Died:	1253.11.19

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1238 – 1251.12)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1251.12 – 1253.11.19)

Bishop Guidotto da Correggio
(1231 – 1235.05.14)

Died:

1235.05.14

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1231 – 1235.05.14)

Bishop Pellizzario
(1229 – 1230)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1229 – 1230)

Bishop Enrico Delle Carceri
(1192 – 1227)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1192 – 1227)

Bishop Sigifredo
(1189 – 1191)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1189 – 1191)

Bishop Garsendonio
(1177 – 1187)

Died:

1187

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1148 – 1168)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1177 – 1187)

Blessed Bishop Giovanni Cacciafronte, O.S.B.
(1174 – 1177)

Born:	1125 (Cremona, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1174
Died:	1184.03.16 🩸 (Vicenza, Italy † 58)
Beatified:	1824.03.30 (equipollently)
Feast:	03.16

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1174 – 1177)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1179 – 1184.03.16)

Bishop and religious of Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines). Martyr.

Bishop Garsendonio
(1148 – 1168)

Died:

1187

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1148 – 1168)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1177 – 1187)

Bishop Manfredo
(1109 – 1147)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1109 – 1147)

Bishop Ugo
(1101 – 1109)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1101 – 1109)

Bishop Ubaldo
(1077 – 1092)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1077 – 1092)

Bishop Eliseo
(1055 – 1075)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1055 – 1075)

Bishop Marciano
(1045 – 1054)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1045 – 1054)

Bishop Itolfo
(1007 – 1037)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1007 – 1037)

Archbishop Manasse d’Arles
(918 – 935)

Died:

962.11.17

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (918 – 935)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arles (France) (920 – 962.11.17)

Bishop of Trento (Italy) (932 – 957)

Bishop of Verona (Italy) (935 – 946)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (948.10.15 – 948)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Antonio Poma (later Cardinal) (1952.08.02 – 1954.09.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Poma (later Cardinal) (1951.10.28 – 1952.08.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. (later Archbishop) (1924.01.18 – 1928.10.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Marcantonio Oradino (1565.10.26 – 1566.10.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Franciscus Facinus (1564.10.06 – ?)

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