Diocese of Novara, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.11.24 – ...):

Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Novara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla (75)
(2011.11.24 – ...)

Bishop of Novara (Italy)

Born:	1949.06.30 (Missaglia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.29

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1975.06.07 – 2007.07.13)

Titular Bishop of Tullia (2007.07.13 – 2011.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (2007.07.13 – 2011.11.24)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (2011.11.24 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2015.05.21 – 2021.05.25)

Bishop Renato Corti (later Cardinal)
(1990.12.19 – 2011.11.24)

Cor ad cor loquitur

Born:	1936.03.01 (Galbiate, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.06.06
Created Cardinal:	2016.11.19
Died:	2020.05.12 (Rho, Italy † 84)

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1959.06.28 – 1981.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Zallata (1981.04.30 – 1990.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (1981.04.30 – 1990.12.19)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1990.12.19 – 2011.11.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2000.05.23 – 2005.05.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (2016.11.19 [2017.05.14] – 2020.05.12)

Bishop Aldo Del Monte
(1972.01.15 – 1990.12.19)

Gloria Dei homo vivens

Born:	1915.05.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.31
Died:	2005.02.16 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Musti (1970.12.29 – 1972.01.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Acqui (Italy) (1970.12.29 – 1972.01.15)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1972.01.15 – 1990.12.19)

Bishop Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B.
(1963.02.28 – 1971.10.30)

Maria mea fortitudo

Born:	1900.09.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1924.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.12.20
Died:	1987.12.18 († 87)

Bishop of Crema (Italy) (1953.11.15 – 1963.02.28)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1963.02.28 – 1971.10.30)

Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C.
(1958.04.17 – 1963.01.07)

In lumine stellæ

Born:	1891.01.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1915.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.02.11
Died:	1963.01.07 († 71)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1944 – 1946)

Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1945.01.18 – 1951.06.29)

Bishop of Atri (Italy) (1949.07.01 – 1951.06.29)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1951.06.29 – 1958.04.17)

Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1958.04.17 – 1963.01.07)

Bishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. (later Archbishop)
(1951.06.29 – 1958.04.17)

(see above)

Bishop Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1945.09.09 – 1951.06.11)

Pro Domino rapiens et rugiens

Born:	1887.05.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1909.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.10.17
Died:	1951.10.17 († 64)

Vicar Apostolic of Harar (Ethiopia) (1937.09.22 – 1943.10.19)

Titular Bishop of Salona (1937.09.22 – 1945.09.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Novara (Italy) (1943.10.19 – 1945.09.09)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1945.09.09 – 1951.06.11)

Titular Archbishop of Hierpiniana (1951.06.11 – 1951.10.17)

Bishop Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1943.10.19 – 1945.09.09)

Bishop Giuseppe Castelli
(1924.10.21 – 1943.09.12)

Per castella docens

Born:	1871.11.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1895.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.10.28
Died:	1943.09.12 († 71)

Bishop of Susa (Italy) (1911.08.23 – 1920.12.22)

Bishop of Cuneo (Italy) (1920.12.22 – 1924.10.21)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1924.10.21 – 1943.09.12)

Bishop Giuseppe Gamba (later Cardinal)
(1906.08.13 – 1923.12.20)

Dirige in conspectu tuo viam meam

Born:	1857.04.25 (S. Damiano d’Asti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1880.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.05.17
Created Cardinal:	1926.12.20
Died:	1929.12.26 (Torino, Italy † 72)

Bishop of Biella (Italy) (1901.12.16 – 1906.08.13)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1906.08.13 – 1923.12.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1923.12.20 – 1929.12.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1926.12.23 – 1929.12.26)

Bishop Mattia Vicario
(1901.12.16 – 1906.03.05)

Born:	1849.04.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1872.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.04.28
Died:	1906.03.05 († 56)

Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1895.03.18 – 1901.12.16)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1901.12.16 – 1906.03.05)

Bishop Eduardo Pulciano (later Archbishop)
(1892.07.11 – 1901.12.16)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1852.11.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1875.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.05.15
Died:	1911.12.25 († 59)

Bishop of Casale Monferrato (Italy) (1887.03.14 – 1892.07.11)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1892.07.11 – 1901.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1901.12.16 – 1911.12.25)

Bishop Davide Riccardi (later Archbishop)
(1886.10.14 – 1891.12.14)

Hic regit ille tuetur

Born:	1833.08.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1856.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.08.15
Died:	1897.05.20 († 63)

Bishop of Ivrea (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1886.10.14)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1886.10.14 – 1891.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1891.12.14 – 1897.05.20)

Bishop Stanislao Eula
(1876.01.28 – 1886.04.10)

Born:	1818.06.10
Ordained Priest:	1841.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.04.17
Died:	1886.04.10 († 67)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1876.01.28 – 1886.04.10)

Bishop Giacomo Filippo Gentile
(1843.01.27 – 1875.10.23)

Born:	1809.09.08
Ordained Priest:	1832.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1843.05.07
Died:	1875.10.23 († 66)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1843.01.27 – 1875.10.23)

Cardinal Giuseppe Morozzo della Rocca
(1817.10.01 – 1842.03.22)

Born:	1758.03.12 (Torino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1802.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1802.04.04
Created Cardinal:	1816.03.08
Died:	1842.03.22 (Novara, Italy † 84)

Titular Archbishop of Thebæ (1802.03.29 – 1816.03.08)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1807.12.02 – 1816.03.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1816.04.29 – 1842.03.22)

Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1817.10.01 – 1842.03.22)

Archbishop Vittorio Filippo Melano
(1797.07.24 – 1813.12.23)

Born:	1733.09.27
Ordained Priest:	1756.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1778.06.21
Died:	1813.12.23 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1778.06.10 – 1797.07.24)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1797.07.24 – 1813.12.23)

Bishop Carlo Luigi Buronzo del Signore (later Archbishop)
(1791.09.26 – 1797.07.24)

Born:	1731.10.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1754.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1784.09.26
Died:	1806.10.23 († 75)

Bishop of Acqui (Italy) (1784.09.20 – 1791.09.26)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1791.09.26 – 1797.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1797.07.24 – 1805)

Bishop Marco Aurelio Balbis Bertone
(1757.01.03 – 1789.05.17)

Born:	1725.06.02
Ordained Priest:	1749.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1757.01.16
Died:	1789.05.17 († 63)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1757.01.03 – 1789.05.17)

Bishop Ignazio Rovero Sanseverino
(1748.07.15 – 1756.09.10)

Born:	1704.07.07
Ordained Priest:	1727.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1748.07.28
Died:	1756.09.10 († 52)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1748.07.15 – 1756.09.10)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Baratta, C.O.
(1747 – 1748.04.11)

Born:	1691.08.27
Ordained Priest:	1726.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1748.02.18
Died:	1748.04.11 († 56)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1747 – 1748.04.11)

Archbishop Bernardino Ignazio Roero di Cortanze, O.F.M. Cap.
(1741.09.18 – 1747.10.26)

Born:	1685.03.29
Ordained Priest:	1712.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1730.12.27
Died:	1747.10.26 († 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1730.10.02 – 1741.09.18)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1741.09.18 – 1747.10.26)

Cardinal Giberto Bartolomeo Borromeo
(1714.01.17 – 1740.01.22)

Born:	1671.09.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1710.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1711.03.01
Created Cardinal:	1717.03.15
Died:	1740.01.22 († 68)

Patriarch of Antioch (1711.01.26 – 1717.03.15)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1714.01.17 – 1740.01.22)

Master of Papal Chamber of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1716.06.16 – 1717.03.15)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1717.05.10 – 1740.01.22)

Bishop Giovanni Maria Visconti, B.
(1688.05.31 – 1713.08.10)

Born:	(Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1665.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1688.06.08
Died:	1713.08.10

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1688.05.31 – 1713.08.10)

Fr. Celestino Sfondrati, O.S.B. (later Cardinal)
(1685 – 1686.09.04)

Born:	1644.01.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1668.04.26
Created Cardinal:	1695.12.12
Died:	1696.09.04 († 52)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1685 – 1686.09.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1696.02.20 – 1696.09.04)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia, C.R.
(1667.12.12 – 1684.09.19)

Born:	1617
Died:	1684.09.19 († 66)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1667.12.12 – 1684.09.19)

Bishop Giulio Maria Odescalchi, O.S.B.
(1656.03.02 – 1666.08.28)

Died:

1666.08.28

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1656.03.02 – 1666.08.28)

Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi (later Pope Innocent XI, Blessed)
(1650.04.04 – 1656.03.06)

Avarus non implebitur

Born:	1611.05.19 (Como, Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1645.03.06
Ordained Priest:	1650.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1651.01.29
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1676.09.21
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1676.10.04
Died:	1689.08.12 (Roma, Italy † 78)
Beatified:	1956.10.07
Feast:	08.12

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1645.04.24 – 1659.04.21)

Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (1647.01.22 – 1650.04.04)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1650.04.04 – 1656.03.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1659.04.21 – 1676.09.21)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1660.01.12 – 1661.01.24)

Supreme Pontiff (1676.09.21 [1676.10.04] – 1689.08.12)

Pope.

Bishop Antonio Tornielli
(1636.12.15 – 1650.03.08)

Born:	1579.01.27
Died:	1650.03.08 († 71)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1636.12.15 – 1650.03.08)

Bishop Giovanni Pietro Volpi
(1629.03.10 – 1636.09.12)

Born:	1585
Consecrated Bishop:	1622.06.12
Died:	1636.09.12 († 50)

Auxiliary Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1622.05.23 – 1624.07.26)

Titular Bishop of Salona (1622.05.23 – 1629.03.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1624.07.26 – 1629.03.10)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1629.03.10 – 1636.09.12)

Archbishop Ulpiano Volpi
(1619.09.12 – 1629.03.10)

Born:	1559 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1609.04.05
Died:	1629.03.10 († 69)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chieti (Italy) (1609.03.11 – 1615.12.16)

Archbishop-Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1619.09.12 – 1629.03.10)

Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna
(1615.11.16 – 1619.08.29)

Born:	1558 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1604.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1615.12.07
Died:	1619.08.29 († 60)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1599.03.03 – 1604.06.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1604.06.25 – 1619.08.29)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1615.11.16 – 1619.08.29)

Venerable Bishop Carlo Bascapè (Giovanni Francesco), B.
(1593.02.08 – 1615.10.06)

Born:	1550.10.25 (Melegnano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1576.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1593.02.24
Died:	1615.10.06 (Novara, Italy † 64)

Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1586.05.08 – 1593.02.08)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1593.02.08 – 1615.10.06)

Bishop and religious of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites).

Bishop Pietro Martire Ponzone
(1591.02.08 – 1593.11.19)

Died:

1593.11.19

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1591.02.08 – 1593.11.19)

Bishop Cesare Speciano
(1584.11.28 – 1591.01.30)

Born:	1539.09.01
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)

Bishop Francesco Bossi
(1579.10.21 – 1584.09.18)

Born:	1525 (Italy)
Died:	1584.09.18 († 58)

Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1568.08.02 – 1574.05.05)

Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1574.05.05 – 1579.10.21)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1579.10.21 – 1584.09.18)

Bishop Pomponio Cotta
(1577.07.19 – 1579.12)

Died:

1579.12

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1577.07.19 – 1579.12)

Bishop Gerolamo Ragazzoni
(1576.09.19 – 1577.07.19)

Born:	1537
Died:	1592.03.17 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1561.01.15 – 1570?)

Coadjutor Bishop of Famagosta (1561.01.15 – 1570?)

Bishop of Famagosta (1570? – 1571)

Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (1572.12.10 – 1576.09.19)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1576.09.19 – 1577.07.19)

Bishop of Bergamo (Italy) (1577.07.19 – 1592.03.17)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1583 – 1586)

Bishop Romolo Archinto
(1574.04.26 – 1576.09.04)

Died:

1576.09.04

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1574.04.26 – 1576.09.04)

Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
(1560.03.13 – 1574)

Born:	1519 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1557.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1557.08.25
Created Cardinal:	1560.01.31
Died:	1591.03.18 († 71)

Bishop of Foligno (Italy) (1557.05.07 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giorgio in Velabro pro hac vice Title (1560.02.14 – 1570.04.12)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1560.03.13 – 1574)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria degli Angeli (1565.05.15 – 1570.04.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1570.04.12 – 1570.06.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1570.06.09 – 1570.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1570.07.03 – 1577.07.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1577.07.31 – 1578.07.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1578.07.09 – 1578.10.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1578.10.05 – 1583.03.04)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1583.03.04 – 1587.12.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1587.12.11 – 1589.03.02)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1587.12.11 – 1589.03.02)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1589.03.02 – 1591.03.18)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1589.03.02 – 1591.03.18)

Cardinal Giovanni Girolamo Morone
(Apostolic Administrator 1552.09.12 – 1560.03.13)

Cardinal Giulio della Rovere
(Apostolic Administrator 1551.11.18 – 1552.09.10)

Cardinal Ippolito d’Este (Hillpolyte d’Este-Ferrare)
(Apostolic Administrator 1550.03.19 – 1551.11.18)

Bishop Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi (later Archbishop)
(1526.03.02 – 1550.03.19)

Born:	1485.09.27 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1526.05.22
Died:	1555.04.06 († 69)

Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1514 – 1522)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1526.03.02 – 1550.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1550.03.19 – 1555.04.06)

Bishop Ermete Stampa
(1525.12.20 – 1526)

Died:

1526

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1525.12.20 – 1526)

Cardinal Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte
(Apostolic Administrator 1522.09.30 – 1525.12.20)

Cardinal Matthäus Schiner
(Apostolic Administrator 1521 – 1522.09.30)

Cardinal Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte
(Apostolic Administrator 1516.04.19 – 1521)

Cardinal Federico Sanseverino (Frédéric de Saint-Severin)
(Apostolic Administrator 1516 – 1516.08.07)

Cardinal Matthäus Schiner
(Apostolic Administrator 1512.02.06 – 1516)

Cardinal Federico Sanseverino (Frédéric de Saint-Severin)
(Apostolic Administrator 1505.05.30 – 1511.10.24)

Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza
(Apostolic Administrator 1505.05 – 1505.05.27)

Bishop Gerolamo Pallavicini
(1485.04.18 – 1503.08.18)

Died:

1503.08.18

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1485.04.18 – 1503.08.18)

Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza
(Apostolic Administrator 1484.10.25 – 1485)

Cardinal Giovanni Arcimboldi
(1468.11.21 – 1484.10.25)

Born:	1421 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1473.05.07
Died:	1488.10.02 († 66)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1468.11.21 – 1484.10.25)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1473.05.17 – 1476.12.30)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1476.05.31 – 1477?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1476.12.30 – 1488.10.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Fiesole (Italy) (1480 – 1481)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1482.05.19 – 1482.06.05)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1483.01.15 – 1484.01.19)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Nuova in commendum (1483.11.15 – 1488.10.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1484.10.25 – 1488.10.02)

Bishop Bernardo Rossi
(1466.10.08 – 1468)

Died:

1468

Bishop of Cremona (Italy) (1458.10.19 – 1466.10.08)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1466.10.08 – 1468)

Bishop Jacopo Filippo Crivelli
(1457.05.30 – 1466)

Died:

1466

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1457.05.30 – 1466)

Pseudocardinal Bartolomeo Aicardi Visconti
(1429.11.04 – 1457.04.28)

Born:	1402 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1440.04.12
Died:	1457.04.28 († 54)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1429.11.04 – 1457.04.28)

Bishop Pietro de’ Giorgi (later Archbishop)
(1413.02.15 – 1429.11.04)

Died:

1436

Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1394.03.30 – 1413.02.15)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1413.02.15 – 1429.11.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1429.11.04 – 1436)

Bishop Giovanni Capogallo, O.S.B.
(1402.08.01 – 1413.06.15)

Died:

1413.06.15

Abbot Ordinary of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1379 – 1386)

Abbot Ordinary of San Paolo fuori le Mura (Italy) (1386 – 1402.08.01)

Bishop of Feltre (Italy) (1398.06.12 – 1402.08.01)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1402.08.01 – 1413.06.15)

Bishop Pietro Filargo da Candia, O.F.M. (later Antipope)
(1389.09.18 – 1402.05.17)

Born:	1339 (Neapoli, Greece)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1405.06.12
Died:	1410.05.03 (Bologna, Italy † 70)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1386.10.05 – 1387)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1387 – 1388.01.23)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1388.01.23 – 1389.09.18)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1389.09.18 – 1402.05.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1402.05.17 – 1408.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1405.06.12 – 1409.06.26)

Antipope (1409.06.26 [1409.07.07] – 1410.05.03▼)

Bishop Oldrado Maineri
(1356.10.12 – 1388)

Died:

1388

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1356.10.12 – 1388)

Bishop Guglielmo Amidano, O.E.S.A.
(1342.07.17 – 1356.01.29)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1342.07.17 – 1356.01.29)

Pseudocardinal Giovanni Visconti
(1331.08.01 – 1339.08.10)

Born:	1290 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1329.01.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1332
Died:	1354.10.05 († 63)

Pseudocardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1329.01.19 – 1354.10.05▼)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1331.08.01 – 1339.08.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1342.07.17 – 1354.10.05)

Bishop Giovanni de Spaim
(1328 – ?▼)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1328 – ?▼)

Bishop Uguccio Borromeo
(1304.02.18 – 1329)

Died:

1329

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1304.02.18 – 1329)

Bishop Bartolomeo Querini
(1303 – 1304.01.10)

Born:	(Italy)
Died:	1307.04.03

Bishop of Castello (1293 – 1303)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1303 – 1304.01.10)

Bishop of Trento (Italy) (1304.01.10 – 1307.04.03)

Bishop Papiniano della Rovere
(1296.02.05 – 1300.06.03)

Died:

1316.08.14

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1296.02.05 – 1300.06.03)

Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1300.06.03 – 1316.08.14)

Bishop Matteo Visconti
(1291.02.08 – 1296▼)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1291.02.08 – 1296▼)

Bishop Englesio Caballazio, O.F.M.
(1287.02.15 – 1291.01.20)

Died:

1291.01.20

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1287.02.15 – 1291.01.20)

Bishop Guido Pinzio
(1277? – 1279?▼)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1277? – 1279?▼)

Bishop Sigebaldo Caballazio
(1249.07.28 – 1269)

Died:

1269

Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1243 – 1249.07.28)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1249.07.28 – 1269)

Bishop Odemaro Buzio
(1235.10.01 – 1249.04.10)

Died:

1249.04.10

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1235.10.01 – 1249.04.10)

Bishop Oldeberto Tornielli
(1213.05.21 – 1235.03.15)

Died:

1235.03.15

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1213.05.21 – 1235.03.15)

Fr. Gerardo da Sessa, O. Cist. (later Cardinal)
(1209 – 1211.05.04)

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

Provost of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1196 – 1202)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1209 – 1211.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1211.05.04 – 1212.04.22)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1211.06? – 1212.04.22)

Bishop Pietro
(1196 – 1209?)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1196 – 1209?)

Saint Bishop Adalgisio
(830.02 – 848.04)

Born:	(Novara, Italy)
Died:	848.04 (Novara, Italy)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (830.02 – 848.04)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Lorenzo di Novara
(? – 500?)

Died:	500? 🩸 (Novara, Italy)
Feast:	04.30

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (? – 500?)

Bishop. Martyr.

Saint Bishop Agabio di Novara
(417 – 440.09.10)

Died:	440.09.10 (Novara, Italy)
Feast:	09.10

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (417 – 440.09.10)

Bishop.

Saint Bishop Gaudenzio di Novara
(397 – 417.01.22)

Died:	417.01.22
Feast:	01.22

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (397 – 417.01.22)

Bishop.

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Pietro Volpi (1624.07.26 – 1629.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francesco Maria Franzi (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vittorio Piola (1970.07.18 – 1972.02.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edoardo Piana Agostinetti (1958.07.21 – 1976.01.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ugo Poletti (later Cardinal) (1958.07.12 – 1967.06.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlo Stoppa (1943.04.17 – 1945.10.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pietro Garga (1872.07.29 – 1889.05.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Pietro Volpi (1622.05.23 – 1624.07.26)

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