Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Pesaro

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Pesaro / Pisauren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado, Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Terenzio V.M.

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Arcivescovado, Via Rossini 62, 61100 Pesaro, Italy

Phone: 0721.30.043

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.03.12 – ...):Archbishop Sandro Salvucci (59)Archbishop Sandro Salvucci (59)

Archbishop of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Pesaro (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Sandro Salvucci (59)Archbishop Sandro Salvucci (59)
(2022.03.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy)
Archbishop of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy)

Major est caritas

Born:1965.04.03 (Macerata, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1993.09.25
Consecrated Bishop:2022.05.01

Priest of Fermo (Italy) (1993.09.25 – 2022.03.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy) (2022.03.12 – ...)

Archbishop of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (Italy) (2023.01.07 – ...)

Archbishop Piero Coccia (79)Archbishop Piero Coccia (79)
(2004.02.28 – 2022.03.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pesaro (Italy)

Veritatem dico in Christo

Born:1945.12.04 (Ascoli Piceno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1972.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:2004.04.24

Priest of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) (1972.11.25 – 2004.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy) (2004.02.28 – 2022.03.12)

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (81)Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco (81) (later Cardinal)
(2000.03.11 – 2003.06.20)

Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Genova (Italy)

Christus spes mea

Born:1943.01.14 (Pontevico, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1966.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1998.02.07
Created Cardinal:2007.11.24

Priest of Genova (Italy) (1966.06.29 – 1998.01.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1987.04.27 – 1998.01.03)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1998.01.03 – 2000.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pesaro (Italy) (2000.03.11 – 2003.06.20)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Italy (Italy) (2003.06.20 – 2006.08.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (2006.08.29 – 2020.05.08)

President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2007.03.07 – 2017.05.24)

Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (2007.11.24 [2007.11.26] – ...)

Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2011.10.02 – 2016.10.08)

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2016.10.08 – 2021.09.25)

Bishops of Pesaro (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (81)Bishop Angelo Bagnasco (81) (later Cardinal)
(1998.01.03 – 2000.03.11)

(see above)

Bishop Gaetano Michetti
(1975.07.04 – 1998.01.03)

Born:1922.03.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1948.08.08
Consecrated Bishop:1961.08.15
Died:2007.12.13 († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fermo (Italy) (1961.05.31 – 1970)

Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia (1961.05.31 – 1975.07.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1970 – 1975.07.04)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1975.07.04 – 1998.01.03)

Bishop Luigi Carlo Borromeo
(1952.12.28 – 1975.07.04)

Born:1893.10.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1918.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1951.12.02
Died:1975.07.04 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Choma (1951.11.04 – 1952.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lodi (Italy) (1951.11.04 – 1952.12.28)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1952.12.28 – 1975.07.04)

Bishop Bonaventura Porta
(1917.03.22 – 1952.12.28)

Born:1866.10.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1890.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:1917.06.24
Died:1953.12.15 († 87)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1917.03.22 – 1952.12.28)

Titular Bishop of Ancusa (1952.12.28 – 1953.12.15)

Bishop Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M. Cap.
(1904.11.14 – 1916.04.28)

Born:1846.04.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1869.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1904.11.20
Died:1916.04.28 († 70)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1904.11.14 – 1916.04.28)

Bishop Carlo Bonajuti
(1896.06.22 – 1904.07.26)

Born:1828.09.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1851.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1890.06.29
Died:1904.07.26 († 75)

Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy) (1890.06.23 – 1896.06.22)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1896.06.22 – 1904.07.26)

Bishop Clemente Fares
(1856.12.15 – 1896.03.01)

Born:1809.11.23
Ordained Priest:1832.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1857.01.04
Died:1896.03.01 († 86)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1856.12.15 – 1896.03.01)

Bishop Giovanni Carlo Gentili
(1847.04.12 – 1854)

Born:1794.12.17
Ordained Priest:1817.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1845.05.04
Died:1859.04.22 († 64)

Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1845.04.02 – 1847.04.12)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1847.04.12 – 1854)

Bishop Francesco de’ Marchesi Canali
(1839.07.08 – 1846.09.05)

Born:1788.02.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1812.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:1834.10.05
Died:1846.09.05 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Augustopolis (1834.09.30 – 1839.07.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1834.09.30 – 1839.07.08)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1839.07.08 – 1846.09.05)

Bishop Filippo Monacelli
(1828.12.15 – 1839.01.30)

Born:1762.10.10
Ordained Priest:1786.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1824.05.30
Died:1839.01.30 († 76)

Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1824.05.24 – 1828.12.15)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1828.12.15 – 1839.01.30)

Bishop Felice Bezzi
(1824.06.04 – 1828.03.16)

Born:1749.12.05
Ordained Priest:1772.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:1824.06.24
Died:1828.03.16 († 78)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1824.06.04 – 1828.03.16)

Bishop Ottavio Zollio
(1822.10.17 – 1824.05.21)

Born:1760.10.12
Ordained Priest:1783.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1822.10.06
Died:1832.04.02 († 71)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1822.10.17 – 1824.05.21)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1824.05.21 – 1832.04.02)

Bishop Andrea Mastai-Ferretti
(1806.08.26 – 1822.06.26)

Born:1751.05.20
Ordained Priest:1775.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1806.08.31
Died:1822.06.26 († 71)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1806.08.26 – 1822.06.26)

Bishop Joseph-Vincent de Beni
(Apostolic Administrator 1794 – 1806)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Luvini, O.F.M. Cap.
(1785.02.14 – 1790.09.03)

Ordained Priest:1748.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1785.02.20
Died:1790.09.03

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1785.02.14 – 1790.09.03)

Bishop Rocco Maria Barsanti, C.R.M.
(1779.09.20 – 1784.10.18)

Ordained Priest:1730.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:1775.03.19
Died:1784.10.18

Bishop of Fossombrone (Italy) (1775.03.13 – 1779.09.20)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1779.09.20 – 1784.10.18)

Cardinal Gennaro Antonio De Simone
(1775.03.13 – 1779.08.18)

Born:1714.09.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1773.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:1775.04.30
Died:1780.12.16 († 66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (1773.04.19 – 1780.12.16)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1775.03.13 – 1779.08.18)

Bishop Marcantonio Conti (later Archbishop)
(1774.02.28 – 1775.03.02)

Born:1733.09.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1756.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1774.05.08
Died:1780.01.25 († 46)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1774.02.28 – 1775.03.02)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1775.04.03 – 1780.01.25)

Bishop Umberto Luigi Radicati
(1739.03.22 – 1773.11.13)

Ordained Priest:1720.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1739.03.01
Died:1773.11.13

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1739.03.22 – 1773.11.13)

Bishop Filippo Carlo Spada (later Patriarch)
(1702.11.20 – 1738.12.19)

Born:1670 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1702.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1702.11.30
Died:1742.12.08 († 71)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1702.11.20 – 1738.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosia (1738.12.19 – 1742.01.22)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1742.01.22 – 1742.12.08)

Bishop Alessandro Avio
(1688.05.17 – 1702.10.02)

Ordained Priest:1659.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:1688.05.23
Died:1703.09.15

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1688.05.17 – 1702.10.02)

Bishop of San Severino (Italy) (1702.10.02 – 1703.09.15)

Bishop Girolamo Valvassori, O.E.S.A.
(1677.01.11 – 1684.10.15)

Born:1611.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1677.02.07
Died:1684.10.15 († 73)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1677.01.11 – 1684.10.15)

Bishop Alessandro Diotallevi, C.R.S.A.
(1667.10.03 – 1676.09.28)

Consecrated Bishop:1667.10.09
Died:1676.09.28

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1667.10.03 – 1676.09.28)

Bishop Gianlucido Palombara
(1658.04.01 – 1666.11.25)

Consecrated Bishop:1658.04.07
Died:1666.11.25

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1658.04.01 – 1666.11.25)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Passionei
(1641.11.27 – 1657.08)

Consecrated Bishop:1629.12.16
Died:1657.08

Bishop of Cagli (Italy) (1629 – 1641.11.27)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1641.11.27 – 1657.08)

Bishop Malatesta Baglioni
(1612 – 1641.09.16)

Born:1581.01.01
Ordained Priest:1612.01
Consecrated Bishop:1612.07.25
Died:1648.02.11 († 67)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1612 – 1641.09.16)

Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1634 – 1639)

Bishop of Assisi (Italy) (1641.09.16 – 1648.02.11)

Bishop Bartolomeo Giorgi, O.F.M.
(1609.06.15 – 1612)

Consecrated Bishop:1609.06.28

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1609.06.15 – 1612)

Bishop Cesare Benedetti
(1586 – 1609.02.06)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1586.06.29
Died:1609.02.06

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1586 – 1609.02.06)

Bishop Roberto Sassatelli
(1576 – 1586)

Died:1586

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1576 – 1586)

Bishop Giulio Simonetta
(1560.07.09 – 1576.05.27)

Died:1576.05.27

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1560.07.09 – 1576.05.27)

Bishop Ludovico Simoneta (later Cardinal)
(1537.12.19 – 1561)

Born:1500? (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1537
Created Cardinal:1561.02.26
Died:1568.04.30 († 67)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1537.12.19 – 1561)

Datary of His Holiness of Apostolic Dataria (1560.05.17 – 1568.04.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1561.03.10 – 1566.11.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1566.11.15 – 1568.04.30)

Cardinal Giacomo Simoneta
(1528.07.17 – 1537.12.10)

Born:1475 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1528.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:1529.09.14
Created Cardinal:1535.05.21
Died:1539.11.01 († 63)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1528.07.17 – 1537.12.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1535.05.31 – 1537.11.28)

Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1535.12.20 – 1538.07.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Lodi (Italy) (1536.08.04 – 1537.06.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Apollinare (1537.11.28 – 1539.11.01)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1538.02.06 – 1539.11.01)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1538.02.06 – 1539.11.01)

Bishop-elect Baldassarre Caetano Grassi
(1528.06.10 – 1528.07)

Consecrated Bishop:1529.12.29

Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy) (1515 – 1535.02.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1519.04.13 – 1528.06.10)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1528.06.10 – 1528.07)

Bishop Paride Grassi
(1513.04.04 – 1528.06.10)

Born:1470 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1513.05.16
Died:1528.06.10 († 57)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1513.04.04 – 1528.06.10)

Bishop Albertino della Rovere
(1508.10.14 – 1513)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1508.10.14 – 1513)

Bishop Francesco Riccardi
(1504.05.27 – 1508.09.24)

Died:1508.09.24

Bishop of Ostuni (Italy) (1499.01.24 – 1504.05.27)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1504.05.27 – 1508.09.24)

Cardinal Giovanni de’ Medici (later Pope Leo X)
(Apostolic Administrator 1503 – 1504)

Bishop Francesco Oricellai
(1499.04.16 – 1503)

Died:1503

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1499.04.16 – 1503)

Bishop Luigi Capra
(1491 – 1498.08.15)

Died:1498.08.15

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1491 – 1498.08.15)

Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza
(Apostolic Administrator 1487 – 1491.05)

Bishop Astorre Malvezzi
(1487 – 1487)

Died:1487

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1487 – 1487)

Bishop Lorenzo Capodiferro
(1479 – 1487)

Died:1487

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1479 – 1487)

Bishop Tommaso Vincenzi
(1475.06.10 – 1478.09.08)

Died:1478.09.08

Bishop of Terni (Italy) (1472.08.31 – 1475.05.29)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1475.06.10 – 1478.09.08)

Bishop Barnaba Mersoni
(1471.03.28 – 1474.06.10)

Died:1481

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1471.03.28 – 1474.06.10)

Bishop of Terni (Italy) (1475.05.29 – 1481)

Bishop Giovanni Paterna, O.F.M.
(1451 – 1470)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1451 – 1470)

Bishop Giovanni Benedetti
(1419 – 1451)

Born: (Italy)
Died:1451

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1419 – 1451)

Bishop Bartolomeo Casini, O.S.B. Vall.
(1409 – 1419)

Died:1419

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1409 – 1419)

Bishop Antonio Casini (later Cardinal)
(1407.10.01 – 1409.07.20)

Born: (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1407.11.02
Created Cardinal:1426.05.24
Died:1439.02.04

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1407.10.01 – 1409.07.20)

Bishop of Siena (Italy) (1409.07.20 – 1427.09.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1426.05.27 – 1439.02.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Grosseto (Italy) (1427.09.12 – 1439.02.04)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1437.03 – 1439.02.04)

Bishop Angelo Rocci
(1398.12.23 – 1406)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1398.12.23 – 1406)

Bishop Francesco
(1389 – 1398)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1389 – 1398)

Bishop Angelo Feducci
(1374 – 1381)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1374 – 1381)

Bishop Niccolò
(1374 – 1374)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1374 – 1374)

Bishop Leale Malatesta
(1370 – 1374)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1370 – 1374)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1374 – 1400)

Bishop Niccolò Marciari
(1359.07.12 – 1370.07.01)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1359.07.12 – 1370.07.01)

Bishop of Fermo (Italy) (1370.07.01 – 1374.12.04)

Bishop of Città di Castello (Italy) (1374.12.04 – 1378)

Bishop of Orvieto (Italy) (1378 – 1398.07.07)

Bishop of Cagli (Italy) (1398.07.07 – 1414)

Bishop Enrico da Sessa
(1357.08.21 – 1358.10.12)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1357.08.21 – 1358.10.12)

Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) (1358.10.12 – 1362)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1362 – 1369)

Bishop of Como (Italy) (1369.10.22 – 1380)

Bishop Biagio Geminelli
(1354.01.29 – 1357.08.21)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1354.01.29 – 1357.08.21)

Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) (1357.08.21 – ?)

Bishop Omodio
(1346.07.18 – 1353)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1346.07.18 – 1353)

Bishop Francesco Vinoli, O.F.M.
(1343.11 – 1346)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1343.11 – 1346)

Bishop Pietro, O.F.M.
(1316 – 1343)

Died:1343

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1316 – 1343)

Bishop Giunta
(1316 – 1316)

Died:1316

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1316 – 1316)

Bishop Pietro
(1296 – 1315)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1296 – 1315)

Bishop Salvo, O.P.
(1292.01.28 – 1292)

Died:1292

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1292.01.28 – 1292)

Bishop Accorsio
(1283 – 1291)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1283 – 1291)

Bishop Francesco da Jesi, O.F.M.
(1276.12 – 1283)

Died:1283

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1276.12 – 1283)

Bishop Tommaso
(1272.10 – 1275)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1272.10 – 1275)

Bishop Niccolò de’ Fieschi
(1268 – 1271)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1268 – 1271)

Bishop Uguccione
(1257.07 – 1268)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1257.07 – 1268)

Bishop of Jesi (Italy) (1268 – 1285)

Bishop Bartolomeo da Ancona
(1218 – 1256)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1218 – 1256)

Bishop Pietro
(1210 – 1218)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1210 – 1218)

Bishop Enrico
(1190 – 1210)

Died:1210

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1190 – 1210)

Bishop Guido
(1188? – ?)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1188? – ?)

Bishop Pietro
(1177 – 1187)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1170? – 1175)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1177 – 1187)

Bishop Stefano
(? – 1177)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (? – 1177)

Bishop Pietro
(1170? – 1175)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1170? – 1175)

Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1177 – 1187)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (68)

Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado (↙), Rimini (←), Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 287 km²

Population: 121,813 Catholics (92.0% of 132,406 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes, 30 missions

Personnel: 72 priests (47 diocesan, 25 religious), 12 deacons, 77 religious (25 brothers, 52 sisters), 3 seminarians

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