Diocese of

San Miniato

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Miniato / Sancti Miniati (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Firenze

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Genesio Martire (August 25), San Miniato (October 25)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Duomo 1, 56028 San Miniato, Italy

Phone: 0571 418071

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.12.24 – ...):Bishop Giovanni Paccosi (64)Bishop Giovanni Paccosi (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Miniato (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Paccosi (64)Bishop Giovanni Paccosi (64)
(2022.12.24 – ...)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy)

Venite et videte

Born:1960.06.02 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1985.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:2023.02.05

Priest of Firenze (Italy) (1985.04.04 – 2022.12.24)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (2022.12.24 – ...)

Bishop Andrea Migliavacca (57)Bishop Andrea Migliavacca (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.11.27 – 2022.12.24)

Bishop Andrea Migliavacca (57)Bishop Andrea Migliavacca (57)
(2015.10.05 – 2022.09.15)

Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy)
Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata

Maestro dove abiti

Born:1967.08.29 (Pavia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1992.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:2015.12.09

Priest of Pavia (Italy) (1992.06.27 – 2015.10.05)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (2015.10.05 – 2022.09.15)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2019.07.29 – ...)

Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy) (2022.09.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of San Miniato (Italy) (2022.11.27 – 2022.12.24)

Bishop Fausto Tardelli (73)Bishop Fausto Tardelli (73)
(2004.03.06 – 2014.10.08)

Bishop of Pescia (Italy)
Bishop of Pistoia (Italy)

In spe fortitudo

Born:1951.01.05 (Lucca, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1974.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2004.05.02

Priest of Lucca (Italy) (1974.06.29 – 2004.03.06)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (2004.03.06 – 2014.10.08)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (2014.10.08 – ...)

Bishop of Pescia (Italy) (2023.10.14 – ...)

Bishop Edoardo Ricci
(1987.02.27 – 2004.03.06)

Born:1928.04.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:1987.06.07
Died:2008.11.28 († 80)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1987.02.27 – 2004.03.06)

Bishop Paolo Ghizzoni
(1972.04.15 – 1986.06.11)

Born:1912.03.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:1962.02.11
Died:1986.06.11 († 74)

Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1961.12.23 – 1970)

Titular Bishop of Thenæ (1961.12.23 – 1972.04.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1970 – 1972.04.15)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1972.04.15 – 1986.06.11)

Bishop Felice Beccaro
(1946.11.26 – 1972.02.09)

Born:1889.01.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1914.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:1939.05.07
Died:1972.02.09 († 83)

Bishop of Nuoro (Italy) (1939.03.03 – 1946.11.26)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1946.11.26 – 1972.02.09)

Bishop Ugo Giubbi
(1928.07.13 – 1946.09.23)

Born:1886.02.11 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1908.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:1928.08.24
Died:1946.09.23 († 60)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1928.07.13 – 1946.09.23)

Bishop Carlo Falcini
(1907.08.30 – 1928.01.31)

Born:1848.03.23 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1907.08.04
Died:1928.01.31 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Arethusus (1907.06.24 – 1907.08.30)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1907.08.30 – 1928.01.31)

Cardinal Pietro Maffi
(Apostolic Administrator 1906.09.14 – 1908.11.08)

Bishop Pio Alberto del Corona, O.P. (later Archbishop, Blessed)
(1897.02.02 – 1907.08.30)

Born:1837.07.05 (Livorno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1860.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:1875.01.03
Died:1912.08.15 (Firenze, Italy † 75)
Beatified:2015.09.19 (San Miniato, Pisa, Italy)

Titular Bishop of Draso (1874.12.21 – 1897.02.02)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1874.12.21 – 1897.02.02)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1897.02.02 – 1907.08.30)

Titular Archbishop of Sardica (1907.08.30 – 1912.08.15)

Archbishop and religious of Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Bishop Annibale Barbesi
(1867.02.22 – 1897.02.02)

Born:1829.09.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1853.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1867.03.10
Died:1897.02.02 († 67)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1867.02.22 – 1897.02.02)

Bishop Francesco Maria dei Marchesi Alli Maccarani
(1854.12.17 – 1863.04.10)

Born:1810.03.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1833.03.02
Consecrated Bishop:1854.12.03
Died:1863.04.10 († 53)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1854.12.17 – 1863.04.10)

Bishop Torello Romolo Pierazzi
(1834.06.23 – 1851.01.31)

Born:1794.12.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1817.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1834.06.30
Died:1851.01.31 († 56)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1834.06.23 – 1851.01.31)

Bishop Pietro Fazzi
(1806.11.26 – 1832.08.25)

Born:1768.11.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1791.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1806.10.12
Died:1832.08.25 († 63)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1806.11.26 – 1832.08.25)

Bishop Francesco Brunone Fazzi
(1779.07.22 – 1805.01.27)

Born:1726 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1749.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:1779.07.18
Died:1805.01.27 († 78)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1779.07.22 – 1805.01.27)

Bishop Domenico Poltri
(1755.09.22 – 1778.09.30)

Born:1707.11.03 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1749.04.27
Died:1778.09.30 († 70)

Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1749.04.21 – 1755.09.22)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1755.09.22 – 1778.09.30)

Bishop Giuseppe Suares de la Concha
(1734.02.27 – 1754.10.27)

Born:1693.10.22 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1735.01.30
Died:1754.10.27 († 61)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1734.02.27 – 1754.10.27)

Bishop Andrea Luigi Cattani
(1720.03.27 – 1734.10.28)

Born:1668.08.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1694.01.30
Consecrated Bishop:1729.05.03
Died:1734.10.28 († 66)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1720.03.27 – 1734.10.28)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Maria Poggi
(1703.03.03 – 1719.04.14)

Born:1647.05.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1670.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1703.02.24
Died:1719.04.14 († 71)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1703.03.03 – 1719.04.14)

Bishop Michele Carlo Visdomini Cortigiani
(1683.08.14 – 1703.01.15)

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 Giacomo Antonio Morigia, B. (later Cardinal)
(1681.09.01 – 1683.02.15)

Born:1633.02.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1681.09.14
Created Cardinal in pectore:1695.12.12
Revealed as Cardinal:1698.12.19
Died:1708.10.08 († 75)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1681.09.01 – 1683.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy) (1683.02.15 – 1699.10.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1699.04.11 – 1708.10.08)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1699.04.20 – 1708.10.08)

Archbishop-Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1701.01.24 – 1708.10.08)

Bishop Mauro Corsi
(1662.10.02 – 1680.12.30)

Born:1595.03.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1619.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1662.08.27
Died:1680.12.30 († 85)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1662.10.02 – 1680.12.30)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Barducci
(1656.06.17 – 1661.09.17)

Born: (Italy)
Died:1661.09.17

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1656.06.17 – 1661.09.17)

Bishop Pietro Frescobaldi
(1654.11.04 – 1654.12.11)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1654.10.28
Died:1654.12.11

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1654.11.04 – 1654.12.11)

Archbishop Angelo Pichi
(1648.11.27 – 1653.12.12)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1638.11.14
Died:1653.12.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Amalfi (Italy) (1638 – 1648)

Archbishop-Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1648.11.27 – 1653.12.12)

Bishop Alessandro Strozzi
(1632 – 1648.08.28)

Consecrated Bishop:1626.06.01
Died:1648.08.28

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1626 – 1632)

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1632 – 1648.08.28)

Bishop Francesco Nori
(1624.05 – 1631.12.30)

Consecrated Bishop:1624.05.27
Died:1631.12.30

Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1624.05 – 1631.12.30)

Fr. Andrea Romolo Buonaparte
(Apostolic Administrator 1623.01.07 – 1624.05)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (94)

Pisa (←), Lucca (↖), Pescia (↑), Pistoia (↗), Firenze (→), Volterra (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 691 km²

Population: 166,362 Catholics (92.0% of 180,808 total)

Pastoral Centres: 91 parishes

Personnel: 75 priests (59 diocesan, 16 religious), 13 deacons, 97 religious (17 brothers, 80 sisters), 1 seminarian

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