Diocese of Comacchio, Italy

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Comacchio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luigi Maverna (later Archbishop)
(1982.03.25 – 1986.09.30)

Born:	1920.07.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.10.17
Died:	1998.06.01 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Vannida (1965.09.15 – 1971.09.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Luni–Sarzana (1965.09.15 – 1971.09.09)

Bishop of Chiavari (Italy) (1971.09.09 – 1973.02.22)

General Ecclesiastical Assistant of Italian Catholic Action (1972.10 – 1976.03.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Italy (1976.03.19 – 1982.03.25)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1982.03.25 – 1986.09.30)

Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1995.09.08)

Archbishop Filippo Franceschi
(1976.07.15 – 1982.01.07)

Born:	1924.05.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1946.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.29
Died:	1988.12.30 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Silli (1973.05.30 – 1976.07.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Civitavecchia (Italy) (1973.05.30 – 1976.07.15)

Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1976.07.15 – 1982.01.07)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1976.07.15 – 1982.01.07)

Archbishop-Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1982.01.07 – 1988.12.30)

Bishop Giovanni Mocellini
(1955.08.26 – 1969.01.01)

Born:	1906.02.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1930.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.28
Died:	1989.09.27 († 83)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1955.08.26 – 1969.01.01)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1969.01.01 – 1977.03.12)

Bishop Natale Mosconi (later Archbishop)
(1951.05.28 – 1954.08.05)

Born:	1904.12.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1927.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.06.17
Died:	1988.09.27 († 83)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1951.05.28 – 1954.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1954.08.05 – 1976.04.21)

Bishop Paolo Babini
(1938.09.12 – 1950.10.21)

Born:	1893.04.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1918.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.11.05
Died:	1982.11.27 († 89)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1938.09.12 – 1950.10.21)

Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1950.10.21 – 1976.06.09)

Bishop Gherardo Sante Menegazzi, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1920.12.16 – 1938.07.01)

Born:	1866.10.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1897
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.01.23
Died:	1945.01.21 († 78)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1920.12.16 – 1938.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum (1938.07.01 – 1938.10.20)

Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia (1938.10.20 – 1945.01.21)

Archbishop Francesco Rossi
(1919.12.15 – 1920.07.07)

Born:	1863.12.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1886.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.08.03
Died:	1929.07.25 († 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1913.04.09 – 1919.12.15)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1919.12.15 – 1920.07.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1919.12.15 – 1929.07.25)

Cardinal Giulio Boschi
(1909.01.07 – 1919.07.03)

Born:	1838.03.02 (Perugia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1861.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.06.11
Created Cardinal:	1901.04.15
Died:	1920.05.15 (Roma, Italy † 82)

Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1888.06.01 – 1895.11.29)

Bishop of Senigallia (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1900.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1900.04.19 – 1919.07.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1901.04.18 – 1919.07.03)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1909.01.07 – 1919.07.03)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1919.07.03 – 1920.05.15)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1920.03.08 – 1920.05.15)

Bishop Annibale Lupi
(1906.07.14 – 1908.05.14)

Born:	1856.04.05 (Borgo San Giorgio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1879.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.09.23
Died:	1908.05.14 († 52)

Priest of Ferrara (Italy) (1879.09.20 – 1906.07.14)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1906.07.14 – 1908.05.14)

Bishop Alfonso Archi (later Archbishop)
(1902.09.28 – 1905.09.08)

Born:	1864.11.17 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.07.19
Died:	1938.12.04 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Gaza (1901.06.19 – 1902.09.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1901.06.19 – 1902.09.28)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1902.09.28 – 1905.09.08)

Bishop of Como (Italy) (1905.09.08 – 1925.11.16)

Titular Archbishop of Dara (1925.11.16 – 1927.03.04)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1927.03.04 – 1938.12.04)

Bishop Tullio Sericci
(1883.08.09 – 1902.07.05)

Born:	1829.04.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1852.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.08.19
Died:	1902.07.05 († 73)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1883.08.09 – 1902.07.05)

Bishop Aloysius Pistocchi
(1879.09.19 – 1883.03.31)

Born:	1831.02.05 (Cesenatico, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1853.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.09.28
Died:	1883.03.31 († 52)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1879.09.19 – 1883.03.31)

Bishop Alessandro Paolo Spoglia
(1867.03.26 – 1879.09.15)

Born:	1816.02.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1841.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1860.03.25
Died:	1887.02.13 († 71)

Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1860.03.24 – 1867.03.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Montefiascone (1863 – 1867.03.26)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1867.03.26 – 1879.09.15)

Titular Bishop of Comanæ (1879.09.22 – 1887.02.13)

Bishop Fedele Bufarini
(1860.03.23 – 1867.09.30)

Born:	1813.04.01
Ordained Priest:	1838.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1854.12.17
Died:	1867.09.30 († 54)

Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1854.11.30 – 1860.03.23)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1860.03.23 – 1867.09.30)

Bishop Vincenzo Moretti (later Cardinal)
(1855.12.17 – 1860.03.23)

Born:	1815.11.14 (Orvieto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1838.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1856.01.13
Created Cardinal:	1877.12.28
Died:	1881.10.06 (Bologna, Italy † 65)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1855.12.17 – 1860.03.23)

Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1860.03.23 – 1867.03.27)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1867.03.27 – 1871.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1879.09.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1877.12.31 – 1881.10.06)

Bishop Michele Virgili
(1819.03.29 – 1855.09.23)

Born:	1774.11.18
Ordained Priest:	1797.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.04.18
Died:	1855.09.23 († 80)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1819.03.29 – 1855.09.23)

Bishop Gregorio Boari, O.F.M. Cap.
(1797.07.31 – 1817.11.24)

Born:	1745.08.04
Ordained Priest:	1769.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1797.07.30
Died:	1817.11.24 († 72)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1797.07.31 – 1817.11.24)

Bishop Giovanni Rondinelli
(1758.11.22 – 1795.07.24)

Ordained Priest:	1750.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1759.01.21
Died:	1795.07.24

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1758.11.22 – 1795.07.24)

Bishop Cristoforo Lugaresi
(1745.03.08 – 1758.09.29)

Born:	1698.11.06
Ordained Priest:	1721.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1745.03.19
Died:	1758.09.29 († 59)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1745.03.08 – 1758.09.29)

Bishop Giovanni Cavedi
(1744.03 – 1744.12.24)

Born:	1667.10.11
Ordained Priest:	1690.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1729.09.11
Died:	1744.12.24 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Eucarpia (1729.09.07 – 1744.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1729.09.07 – 1744.03)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1744.03 – 1744.12.24)

Bishop Francesco Bentini
(1714.03 – 1744.03.03)

Consecrated Bishop:	1714.04.22
Died:	1744.03.03

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1714.03 – 1744.03.03)

Bishop Nicolò Arcani
(1670.12.22 – 1714.01.14)

Ordained Priest:	1670.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1671.01.04
Died:	1714.01.14

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1670.12.22 – 1714.01.14)

Bishop Sigismondo Isei
(1655.08.31 – 1670)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1655.08.31 – 1670)

Bishop Giulio Cesare Borea
(1649.06.21 – 1655.03.11)

Died:

1655.03.11

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1649.06.21 – 1655.03.11)

Bishop Alfonso Pandolfi
(1630 – 1648)

Died:

1648

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1630 – 1648)

Bishop Camillo Moro
(1626 – 1630.05.10)

Consecrated Bishop:	1612.12.08
Died:	1630.05.10

Bishop of Termoli (Italy) (1612.12.03 – 1626)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1626 – 1630.05.10)

Bishop Alfonso Sacrati
(1617.08.12 – 1625)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1617.08.12 – 1625)

Bishop Orazio Giraldi
(1592 – 1617)

Died:

1617

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1592 – 1617)

Bishop Ercole Sacrati
(1563 – 1591)

Died:

1591

Coadjutor Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (? – 1563)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1563 – 1591)

Bishop Alfonso Rossetti
(1559.12.21 – 1563)

Died:

1577.02.25

Coadjutor Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (? – 1559.12.21)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1559.12.21 – 1563)

Bishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1563 – 1577.02.25)

Bishop Ghillino Ghillini
(1514? – 1559.12.21)

Died:

1559.12.21

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1514? – 1559.12.21)

Bishop Francesco Monicelli
(1514? – 1514?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1514? – 1514?)

Bishop Tommaso Foschi
(1506.10.14 – 1514)

Died:

1514

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1506.10.14 – 1514)

Bishop Maladusio d’Este
(1497 – 1506)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1497 – 1506)

Bishop Filippo Zobolo
(1471 – 1497)

Died:

1497

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1471 – 1497)

Bishop Francesco Fogliani
(1460.07 – ?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1460.07 – ?)

Bishop Bartolomeo de’ Medici, O.P.
(1450 – ?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1450 – ?)

Bishop Mainardino de’ Contrarii
(1432.11.29 – 1449)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1432.11.29 – 1449)

Bishop Alberto Buoncristiani, O.S.M.
(1417 – 1432)

Died:

1432

Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1413.04 – 1417)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1417 – 1432)

Bishop Giovanni Strata
(1405 – 1413)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1405 – 1413)

Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1413 – 1417▼)

Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1417 – ?)

Bishop Giacomo Bertucci degli Obizzi
(1402 – 1404)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1402 – 1404)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1404 – 1409)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1410 – 1441?)

Bishop Onofrio Visdomini, O.E.S.A.
(1400 – 1400 not possessed)

Bishop of Volterra (Italy) (1384 – 1389)

Bishop of Firenze (Italy) (1389 – 1400)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1400 – 1400 not possessed)

Bishop Pietro Buono
(1396 – 1402)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1396 – 1402)

Bishop Simone Saltarelli, O.P.
(1385 – 1396.03.31)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1385 – 1396.03.31)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1396.03.31 – 1408)

Bishop Biagio
(1382 – 1385▼)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1382 – 1385▼)

Bishop Federico Purlilli
(1381 – ?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1381 – ?)

Bishop Teobaldo
(1371 – ?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1371 – ?)

Bishop Guglielmo Vasco, O.F.M.
(1358 – 1371)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1358 – 1371)

Bishop of Siena (Italy) (1371 – 1377.10.02)

Bishop of Győr (Hungary) (1377.10.02 – 1386 deposed)

Bishop Benigno
(1355 – ?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1355 – ?)

Bishop Remigio, O.E.S.A.
(1349 – ?)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1349 – ?)

Bishop Pacio, O.F.M.
(1348.12.08 – 1349)

Died:

1349

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1348.12.08 – 1349)

Bishop Bartolomeo, O.P.
(1333.07.30 – 1348)

Died:

1348

Bishop of Segni (Italy) (1320.06.23 – 1333.07.30)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1333.07.30 – 1348)

Bishop Francesco de’ Boatteri, O.P.
(1329.03.26 – 1333)

Died:

1333

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1329.03.26 – 1333)

Bishop Esuperanzio Lambertazzi
(1327.11.22 – 1328.02.18)

Died:

1342

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1327.11.22 – 1328.02.18)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1328.02.18 – 1329)

Bishop of Cervia (Italy) (1329 – 1342)

Bishop Pietro Mancinelli, O.P.
(1304 – 1327)

Died:

1327

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1304 – 1327)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alessandro Grossi (later Archbishop) (1876.04.03 – 1878.03.19)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Cavedi (1729.09.07 – 1744.03)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ercole Sacrati (? – 1563)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Rossetti (? – 1559.12.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Domenico Pasi (1913.09.09 – 1919.12.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Archi (later Archbishop) (1901.06.19 – 1902.09.28)

Former Diocese of

Comacchio

Italy

History

United Titles

Past Ordinaries

Former Prelates