Diocese of Prato, Italy

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.15 – ...):

Bishop Giovanni Nerbini (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Prato (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Nerbini (70)
(2019.05.15 – ...)

Bishop of Prato (Italy)

Born:	1954.06.02 (Figline Valdarno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1995.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.06.30

Priest of Fiesole (Italy) (1995.04.22 – 2019.05.15)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (2019.05.15 – ...)

Bishop Franco Agostinelli (80)
(2012.09.29 – 2019.05.15)

Bishop emeritus of Prato (Italy)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1944.01.01 (Arezzo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.06

Priest of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy) (1968.06.09 – 2001.11.17)

Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (2001.11.17 – 2012.09.29)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (2012.09.29 – 2019.05.15)

Bishop Gastone Simoni
(1991.12.07 – 2012.09.29)

Secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1937.04.09 (Castelfranco di Sopra, AR, Toscana, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1960.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.01.06
Died:	2022.08.28 (Villa Torrigiani, LU, Toscana, Italy † 85)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1991.12.07 – 2012.09.29)

Bishop Pietro Fiordelli
(1954.07.07 – 1991.12.07)

Born:	1916.01.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1938.11.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.03
Died:	2004.12.23 († 88)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1954.07.07 – 1991.12.07)

Bishop Giuseppe Debernardi
(1933.03.13 – 1953.09.19)

Born:	1884.01.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1907.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.04.17
Died:	1953.09.19 († 69)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1933.03.13 – 1953.09.19)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1933.03.13 – 1953.09.19)

Bishop Gabriele Vettori (later Archbishop)
(1915.12.06 – 1932.02.06)

Born:	1869.12.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1892.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.06.05
Died:	1947.07.02 († 77)

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1910.04.15 – 1915.12.06)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1915.12.06 – 1932.02.06)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1915.12.06 – 1932.02.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1932.02.06 – 1947.07.02)

Bishop Andrea Sarti
(1909.04.29 – 1915.11.07)

Born:	1849.09.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1872.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.04.25
Died:	1915.11.07 († 66)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1897.04.19 – 1909.04.29)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1915.11.07)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1909.04.29 – 1915.11.07)

Bishop Marcello Mazzanti
(1885.03.27 – 1908.08.18)

Born:	1831.02.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1855.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.11.05
Died:	1908.08.18 († 77)

Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy) (1876.09.29 – 1885.03.27)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1885.03.27 – 1908.08.18)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1885.03.27 – 1908.08.18)

Bishop Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente (later Archbishop)
(1883.03.15 – 1885.03.27)

Born:	1845.09.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1869.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.04.01
Died:	1927.12.11 († 82)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1883.03.15 – 1885.03.27)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1883.03.15 – 1885.03.27)

Titular Bishop of Oropus (1885.03.27 – 1898.03.24)

Bishop of Pescia (Italy) (1898.03.24 – 1907.03.04)

Titular Archbishop of Patræ (1907.04.15 – 1927.12.11)

Bishop Niccola Sozzifanti
(1871.10.27 – 1883.02.01)

Born:	1824.10.26
Ordained Priest:	1864.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.11.05
Died:	1883.02.01 († 58)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1883.02.01)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1883.02.01)

Bishop Enrico Bindi (later Archbishop)
(1867.03.27 – 1871.10.27)

Born:	1812.09.29
Ordained Priest:	1835.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1867.04.22
Died:	1876.06.23 († 63)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1871.10.27)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1871.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1876.06.23)

Bishop Leone Niccolai, O. Cart.
(1849.11.05 – 1857.07.13)

Born:	1782.09.28 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1806.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.12.09
Died:	1857.07.13 († 74)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1849.11.05 – 1857.07.13)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1849.11.05 – 1857.07.13)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Rossi
(1837.10.02 – 1849.02.16)

Born:	1777.06.08
Ordained Priest:	1801.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1834.12.28
Died:	1849.02.16 († 71)

Bishop of Pescia (Italy) (1835.03.26 – 1837.10.02)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1837.10.02 – 1849.02.16)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1837.10.02 – 1849.02.16)

Bishop Angiolo Maria Gilardoni
(1834.06.23 – 1835.05.24)

Born:	1759.11.27
Ordained Priest:	1782.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1821.08.15
Died:	1835.05.24 († 75)

Bishop of Livorno (Italy) (1821.08.13 – 1834.06.23)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1834.06.23 – 1835.05.24)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1834.06.23 – 1835.05.24)

Bishop Francesco Toli
(1803.03.28 – 1833.07.06)

Born:	1761.03.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1784.03.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.09.27
Died:	1833.07.06 († 72)

Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1795.09.22 – 1803.03.28)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1803.03.28 – 1833.07.06)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1803.03.28 – 1833.07.06)

Bishop Francesco Falchi Picchinesi
(1791.12.19 – 1803.02.10)

Born:	1734.08.15
Ordained Priest:	1768.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1791.12.21
Died:	1803.02.10 († 68)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1791.12.19 – 1803.02.10)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1791.12.19 – 1803.02.10)

Bishop Scipione de’ Ricci
(1780.06.19 – 1791.06.13)

Born:	1740.01.19
Ordained Priest:	1766.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1780.06.25
Died:	1810.01.27 († 70)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1780.06.19 – 1791.06.13)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1780.06.19 – 1791.06.13)

Bishop Giuseppe Ippoliti
(1776.04.15 – 1780.03.23)

Born:	1717.03.12
Ordained Priest:	1741.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1755.05.20
Died:	1780.03.23 († 63)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1755.05.12 – 1776.04.15)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1776.04.15 – 1780.03.23)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1776.04.15 – 1780.03.23)

Bishop Federico Alamanni
(1732.07.21 – 1775.11.30)

Born:	1696.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1732.07.25
Died:	1775.11.30 († 79)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1732.07.21 – 1775.11.30)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1732.07.21 – 1775.11.30)

Bishop Colombino Bassi, O.S.B. Vall.
(1715.03.29 – 1732.04.11)

Ordained Priest:	1689.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1715.05.12
Died:	1732.04.11

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1715.03.29 – 1732.04.11)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1715.03.29 – 1732.04.11)

Bishop Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani
(1703.01.15 – 1713.10.13)

Born:	1648.11.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1677
Consecrated Bishop:	1685.05.13
Died:	1713.10.13 († 64)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1683.08.14 – 1703.01.15)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1703.01.15 – 1713.10.13)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1703.01.15 – 1713.10.13)

Bishop Francesco Frosini (later Archbishop)
(1701.01.24 – 1702.10.02)

Born:	1654
Ordained Priest:	1686.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1701.02.13
Died:	1733.11.20 († 78)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1701.01.24 – 1702.10.02)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1701.01.24 – 1702.10.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pisa (Italy) (1702.10.02 – 1733.11.20)

Bishop Leone Strozzi, O.S.B. Vall. (later Archbishop)
(1690.07.10 – 1700.07.07)

Born:	1637.12.03 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1690.08.06
Died:	1703.12.24 († 66)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1690.07.10 – 1700.07.07)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1690.07.10 – 1700.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1700.07.07 – 1703.12.24)

Bishop Gherardo Gherardi
(1679.04.10 – 1690.01.16)

Died:

1690.01.16

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1679.04.10 – 1690.01.16)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1679.04.10 – 1690.01.16)

Bishop Francesco Rinuccini
(1656.08.28 – 1678.03.11)

Died:

1678.03.11

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1656.08.28 – 1678.03.11)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1656.08.28 – 1678.03.11)

Bishop Giovanni Gerini
(1653.09.22 – 1656.05.18)

Died:

1656.05.18

Bishop of Volterra (Italy) (1650.09.19 – 1653.09.22)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1653.09.22 – 1656.05.18)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1653.09.22 – 1656.05.18)

Provosts of Santo Stefano di Prato (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Carlo de’ Medici
(1619 – 1653)

Born:	1595.03.19 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1615.12.02
Ordained Priest:	1645
Consecrated Bishop:	1645.04.17
Died:	1666.06.17 († 71)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1616.05.18 – 1623.10.02)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1619 – 1653)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1623.10.02 – 1644.10.17)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1630? – 1644.12.12)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1644.10.17 – 1644.12.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1644.12.12 – 1645.03.06)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1645.03.06 – 1645.10.23)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1645.10.23 – 1652.04.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1652.04.29 – 1652.09.23)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1652.04.29 – 1652.09.23)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1652.09.23 – 1666.06.17)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1652.09.23 – 1666.06.17)

Fr. Filippo Salviati (later Bishop)
(1605 – 1619.08.12)

Born:

(Italy)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1605 – 1619.08.12)

Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1619.08.12 – 1634)

Cardinal Alessandro de’ Medici (later Pope Leo XI)
(1588 – 1605.04.01)

Born:	1535.06.02 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1567.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1573.03
Created Cardinal:	1583.12.12
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1605.04.01
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1605.04.10
Died:	1605.04.27 (Roma, Italy † 69)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1573.03.09 – 1574.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1574.01.15 – 1605.04.01)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta (1584.01.09 – 1591.01.14)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1588 – 1605.04.01)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1591.01.14 – 1592.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1592.02.14 – 1594.04.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1594.04.27 – 1600.02.21)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars (1598? – 1605?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1600.02.21 – 1600.08.30)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1600.08.30 – 1602.06.17)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1602.06.17 – 1605.04.01)

Supreme Pontiff (1605.04.01 [1605.04.10] – 1605.04.27)

Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici
(1574 – 1587)

Born:	1549.07.30 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1563.01.06
Resigned as Cardinal:	1588.11.28
Died:	1609.02.22 († 59)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1565.05.15 – 1585.05.10)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1574 – 1587)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1585.05.10 – 1587.01.07)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1587.01.07 – 1588.11.28)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1587.01.07 – 1588.11.28)

Fr. Onofrio Camaiani
(1572 – 1574.04.28)

Died:

1574.04.28

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1572 – 1574.04.28)

Fr. Ludovico Beccatelli
(1564.07 – 1572.10.17)

Died:

1572.10.17

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1564.07 – 1572.10.17)

Fr. Pier Francesco Riccio
(1550 – 1564.02.17)

Born:	1501.12.10 (Italy)
Died:	1564.02.17 († 62)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1550 – 1564.02.17)

Cardinal Nicolò Ridolfi
(1507 – 1550.01.31)

Born:	1501 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:	1517.07.01
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1550.01.31 († 48)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1507 – 1550.01.31)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum (1517.07.06 – 1534.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Orvieto (Italy) (1520.08.24 – 1529.09.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Pomezania (1523.11.22 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1524.01.11 – 1532.10.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Vicenza (Italy) (1524.03.14 – 1550.01.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Forlì (Italy) (1526.04.16 – 1528.08.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Tuscanella (1532.11.16 – 1533.06.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Viterbo (Italy) (1532.11.16 – 1533.06.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Salerno (Italy) (1533.02.07 – 1548.12.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Imola (Italy) (1533.08.04 – 1546.05.17)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1534.01.19 – 1540.05.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Tuscanella (1538.08.08 – 1548.05.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Viterbo (Italy) (1538.08.08 – 1548.05.25)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata (1540.05.31 – 1550.01.31)

Protodeacon of Sacred College of Cardinals (1540.05.31 – 1550.01.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1543.01.08 – 1548.05.25)

Fr. Oddo Altoviti
(1501 – 1507.11.12)

Born:	(Italy)
Died:	1507.11.12

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1501 – 1507.11.12)

Cardinal Giovanni de’ Medici (later Pope Leo X)
(1492.06.26 – 1501)

Born:	1475.12.11 (Firenze, Italy)
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1489.03.09
Revealed as Cardinal:	1492.03.26
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1513.03.09
Ordained Priest:	1513.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1513.03.17
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1513.03.19
Died:	1521.12.01 (Roma, Italy † 45)

Commendatory Abbot of Montecassino (Italy) (1486.03.14 – 1504.11.15)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1492.03.26 – 1513.03.09)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1492.06.26 – 1501)

Apostolic Administrator of Pesaro (Italy) (1503 – 1504)

Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi (Italy) (1510.12.09 – 1513.03.09)

Supreme Pontiff (1513.03.09 [1513.03.19] – 1521.12.01)

Msgr. Carlo di Cosimo de’ Medici
(1463 – 1492.05.29)

Born:	1428 (Italy)
Died:	1492.05.29 († 63)

Provost of Santo Stefano di Prato (Italy) (1463 – 1492.05.29)

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