Diocese of

Ventimiglia–San Remo

Italy Italy

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ventimiglia–San Remo / Ventimilien(sis)–Sancti Romuli (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Genova

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: S. Secondo Martire (August 28)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Via Carlo Pisacane 2, 18038 San Remo, Italy

Phone: 0184 505757

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.01.25 – ...):Bishop Antonio Suetta (61)Bishop Antonio Suetta (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Suetta (61)Bishop Antonio Suetta (61)
(2014.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

Scio cui credidi

Born:1962.11.25 (Loano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1986.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:2014.03.01

Priest of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (1986.10.04 – 2014.01.25)

Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy) (2014.01.25 – ...)

Bishop Alberto Maria Careggio (86)Bishop Alberto Maria Careggio (86)
(2004.03.20 – 2014.01.25)

Bishop emeritus of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy)

Sub tuum præsidium

Born:1937.11.07 (Tonengo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1966.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1995.09.24

Priest of Aosta (Italy) (1966.06.26 – 1995.08.04)

Bishop of Chiavari (Italy) (1995.08.04 – 2004.03.20)

Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy) (2004.03.20 – 2014.01.25)

Bishop Giacomo Barabino
(1988.12.07 – 2004.03.20)

Born:1928.04.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1952.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1974.06.24
Died:2016.05.25 († 88)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bobbio–San Colombano (Italy) (1974.05.16 – 1986.09.30)

Titular Bishop of Ravello (1974.05.16 – 1988.12.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Genova–Bobbio (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.12.07)

Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy) (1988.12.07 – 2004.03.20)

Bishop Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P.
(1975.07.03 – 1988.12.07)

Born:1913.02.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1936.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1967.06.11
Died:1999.03.02 († 86)

Commissary of Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office (1959 – 1965)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1967.04.08 – 1975.07.03)

Bishop of Ventimiglia–San Remo (Italy) (1975.07.03 – 1988.12.07)

Bishops of Ventimiglia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P.
(1967.04.08 – 1975.07.03)

(see above)

Archbishop Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1965 – 1967.04.08)

Bishop Agostino Rousset
(1933.01.30 – 1965.10.03)

Born:1887.11.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1911.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:1933.03.26
Died:1965.10.03 († 77)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1933.01.30 – 1965.10.03)

Bishop Ambrogio Daffra
(1892.07.11 – 1932.08.03)

Born:1841.01.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1864.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1892.09.25
Died:1932.08.03 († 91)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1892.07.11 – 1932.08.03)

Bishop Tommaso Reggio (later Archbishop, Blessed)
(1877.06.26 – 1892.07.11)

Born:1818.01.09 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1841.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1877.05.06
Died:1901.11.22 (Triora, Italy † 83)
Beatified:2000.09.03
Feast:11.22

Titular Bishop of Tanis (1877.03.20 – 1877.06.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1877.03.20 – 1877.06.26)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1877.06.26 – 1892.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1892.07.11 – 1901.11.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Chiavari (Italy) (1892.12.03 – 1896.03.16)

Archbishop. Founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha.

Bishop Lorenzo Battista Biale
(1837.05.19 – 1877.06.26)

Born:1785.01.30
Ordained Priest:1807.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1837.08.13
Died:1877.06.26 († 92)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1837.05.19 – 1877.06.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Saints-Nicholas-et-Benoît (Monaco) (1875 – 1877.06.26)

Bishop Giovanni Battista De Albertis (later Archbishop)
(1831.02.28 – 1836.11.12)

Born:1784.05.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1806.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1831.05.15
Died:1862.01.04 († 77)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1831.02.28 – 1836.11.12)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1840.12.17 – 1862.01.04)

Bishop Felice Levrieri
(1820.10.11 – 1824.05.05)

Born:1753.11.15
Ordained Priest:1776.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1820.12.17
Died:1824.05.05 († 70)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1820.10.11 – 1824.05.05)

Bishop Paolo Girolamo Orengo, Sch. P.
(1804.09.24 – 1812.05.30)

Born:1734.09.30
Ordained Priest:1758.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:1804.09.30
Died:1812.05.30 († 77)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1804.09.24 – 1812.05.30)

Bishop Domenico Maria Clavarini, O.P.
(1775.03.13 – 1797.10.01)

Born:1720.06.05
Ordained Priest:1743.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:1775.03.26
Died:1797.10.01 († 77)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1775.03.13 – 1797.10.01)

Bishop Angelo Luigi Giovo, O.S.B.
(1767.09.28 – 1774.04.06)

Born:1719.12.24
Ordained Priest:1743.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1767.09.29
Died:1774.04.06 († 54)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1767.09.28 – 1774.04.06)

Fr. Nicolò Pasquale de Franchi
(1765 – 1766 not possessed)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1765 – 1766 not possessed)

Bishop Pier Maria Giustiniani, O.S.B.
(1741.04.17 – 1765.10.05)

Ordained Priest:1715.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1726.12.22
Died:1765.10.05

Bishop of Sagone (1726.12.09 – 1741.04.17)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1741.04.17 – 1765.10.05)

Bishop Antonio Maria Bacigalupi, O.M.D.
(1732.03.31 – 1740.07.15)

Ordained Priest:1698.02.22
Consecrated Bishop:1732.05.04
Died:1740.07.15

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1732.03.31 – 1740.07.15)

Bishop Carlo Mascardi
(1710.04.07 – 1731.12.09)

Born:1662.06.20
Ordained Priest:1685.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:1710.05.01
Died:1731.12.09 († 69)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1710.04.07 – 1731.12.09)

Bishop Ambrogio Spinola, B.
(1701.06.06 – 1710.03.10)

Born:1645.09.08 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1701.06.12
Died:1727.12.21 († 82)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1701.06.06 – 1710.03.10)

Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (1710.03.10 – 1727.12.21)

Bishop Giovanni Stefano Pastori
(1695.05.02 – 1700.05.29)

Born:1651.09.26
Ordained Priest:1692.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1695.05.23
Died:1700.05.29 († 48)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1695.05.02 – 1700.05.29)

Bishop Giovanni Girolamo Naselli
(1685.09.07 – 1695.02.07)

Consecrated Bishop:1685.09.23
Died:1709.08

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1685.09.07 – 1695.02.07)

Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (1695.02.07 – 1709.08)

Bishop Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B.
(1654.05.24 – 1685.01.04)

Born:1622.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1654.06.24
Died:1685.01.04 († 62)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1654.05.24 – 1685.01.04)

Bishop Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. (later Archbishop)
(1633.07.02 – 1653.01.17)

Consecrated Bishop:1633.07.10
Died:1679.08.09

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1633.07.02 – 1653.01.17)

Titular Archbishop of Rhodes (Greece) (1670.07.02 – 1679.08.09)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo
(1623.03.20 – 1633.01.10)

Consecrated Bishop:1623.03.25
Died:1638.11.04

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1623.03.20 – 1633.01.10)

Bishop of Alba (Italy) (1633.01.10 – 1638.11.04)

Bishop Nicolò Spinola, C.R.
(1617.01.31 – 1622)

Died:1622

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1617.01.31 – 1622)

Bishop Girolamo Curlo
(1614 – 1616.11.15)

Died:1616.11.15

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1614 – 1616.11.15)

Bishop Stefano Spinola, C.R.
(1602 – 1613.12.22)

Died:1613.12.22

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1602 – 1613.12.22)

Fr. Giulio Cesare Recordati
(1601 – 1602 not possessed)

Died:1602

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1601 – 1602 not possessed)

Bishop Francesco Galbiati
(1573 – 1600)

Died:1600

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1573 – 1600)

Bishop Carlo Grimaldi
(1565.12.08 – 1572.11.26)

Died:1581

Bishop of Sagone (1562.07.06 – 1565.12.08)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1565.12.08 – 1572.11.26)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1572.11.26 – 1581)

Cardinal Benedetto Lomellini
(1565.07.06 – 1565.09.07)

Born:1517 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1565?
Created Cardinal:1565.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1565.11.21
Died:1579.07.24 († 61)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro (1565.05.15 – 1565.09.07)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1565.07.06 – 1565.09.07)

Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (1565.09.07 – 1572.03.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1565.09.07 – 1579.07.24)

Bishop of Anagni (Italy) (1572.03.17 – 1579.07.24)

Cardinal Carlo Visconti
(1561.12.05 – 1565.07.06)

Born:1523 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1561.12.15
Created Cardinal:1565.03.12
Died:1565.11.12 († 41)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1561.12.05 – 1565.07.06)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum pro hac vice Title (1565.05.15 – 1565.11.12)

Bishop of Montefeltro (Italy) (1565.07.06 – 1565.11.12)

Bishop Giovanni Battista de Mari
(1554 – 1561.11.28)

Died:1561.11.28

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1554 – 1561.11.28)

Cardinal Innocenzo Cibo
(Apostolic Administrator 1519.07.27 – 1519.08.08)

Bishop Filippo de Mari
(1519 – 1554)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1519 – 1554)

Bishop Alessandro Campofregoso
(1510 – 1518)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1487.03.05 – 1501)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1510 – 1518)

Bishop Domenico Vacchiero
(1502.01.24 – 1510)

Bishop of Noli (Italy) (1485.12.02 – 1502.01.24)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1502.01.24 – 1510)

Bishop Alessandro Campofregoso
(1487.03.05 – 1501)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1487.03.05 – 1501)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1510 – 1518)

Bishop Solcetto Fieschi
(1486 – 1487)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1486 – 1487)

Bishop Antonio Pallavicini Gentili (later Cardinal)
(1484.06.15 – 1486.01.27)

Born:1441 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1489.03.09
Died:1507.09.10 († 65)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1484.06.15 – 1486.01.27)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1486.01.27 – 1507.09.10)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1489.03.09 – 1507.09.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Pamplona (Spain) (1492.08.31 – 1507.09.10)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Giudici, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1471.04.22 – 1482.04.26)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1471.04.22 – 1482.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1482.04.26 – 1484.02.04)

Titular Archbishop of Patrasso (1484.02.04 – ?)

Bishop Stefano de Robiis
(1467.06.01 – 1471)

Died:1471

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1467.06.01 – 1471)

Bishop Jacopo de Fei
(1452.03.15 – 1467)

Died:1467

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1452.03.15 – 1467)

Bishop Ottobono de Bellonis
(1422 – 1452)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1422 – 1452)

Bishop Tommaso Rivato
(1419.04.01 – 1422.01.27)

Died:1422.01.27

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1419.04.01 – 1422.01.27)

Bishop Benedetto Boccanegra
(1382.10.08 – 1418)

Died:1418

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1382.10.08 – 1418)

Bishop Giacomo Fieschi (later Archbishop)
(1380 – 1382)

Died:1400.11.24

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1380 – 1382)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1382 – 1400.11.24)

Bishop Roberto
(1379 – 1380)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1379 – 1380)

Bishop Ruffino Francesco
(1352 – 1378)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1352 – 1378)

Bishop Pietro Gisio, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1350 – 1352.11.02)

Died:1378

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1350 – 1352.11.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi–Oria (Italy) (1352.11.02 – 1378)

Bishop Angelo da Reggio (later Archbishop)
(1348.12.21 – 1350.11.19)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1348.12.21 – 1350.11.19)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (1350.11.19 – 1365.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patrasso (1365.12.12 – ?)

Bishop Bonifacio de Villaco
(1345.01.31 – 1348)

Died:1348

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1345.01.31 – 1348)

Bishop Pietro Malocello, O.P.
(1327.09.06 – 1345.01)

Died:1345.01

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1327.09.06 – 1345.01)

Bishop Raymond, O.P.
(1320.11.26 – 1327.09)

Died:1335

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1320.11.26 – 1327.09)

Bishop of Vence (France) (1328.09.06 – 1334.01.10)

Bishop of Nice (France) (1334.01.10 – 1335)

Bishop Ottone Lascaris
(1305 – 1320)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1305 – 1320)

Bishop Giovanni
(1296 – 1304)

Died:1304

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1296 – 1304)

Bishop Guglielmo
(1273 – 1296)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1273 – 1296)

Bishop Jacopo Gorgonio
(1270 – 1272)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1270 – 1272)

Bishop Oberto Visconti
(1265 – 1270)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1265 – 1270)

Bishop Giovanni
(1262 – 1264)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1262 – 1264)

Bishop Norgando
(? – 1262)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (? – 1262)

Bishop Azzone Visconti
(1251 – 1258)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1251 – 1258)

Bishop Jacopo di Castell’Arquato, O.P.
(1244.03.18 – 1251)

Died:1251

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1244.03.18 – 1251)

Bishop Nicolò Lercaro
(1233 – 1244.03.18)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1233 – 1244.03.18)

Blessed Bishop Guglielmo
(1222 – 1232)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1222 – 1232)

Bishop.

Bishop Guido
(1198 – 1215)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1198 – 1215)

Bishop Stefano
(1160 – 1179)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1160 – 1179)

Bishop Cornelio
(1146? – ?)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1146? – ?)

Bishop Alecio
(1120? – ?)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1120? – ?)

Bishop Martino
(1092 – 1109)

Bishop of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1092 – 1109)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (153)

Nice (↙), Mondovì (↑), Albenga–Imperia (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 654 km²

Population: 139,008 Catholics (97.0% of 143,371 total)

Pastoral Centres: 101 parishes

Personnel: 103 priests (74 diocesan, 29 religious), 18 deacons, 135 religious (35 brothers, 100 sisters), 10 seminarians

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