Titular Episcopal See of Orte, Italy 🇮🇹

Titular Bishop

Titular Bishop:

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Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Orte (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcello Rosina
(1976.04.10 – 1986.02.11)

Born:	1913.02.09 (Vescovana, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1936.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.03.19
Died:	2001.09.19 (Adria, Italy † 88)

Titular Bishop of Æzani (1963.01.31 – 1969)

Auxiliary Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1963.01.31 – 1969)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1969 – 1974.08.10)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1974.08.10 – 1986.02.11)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1974.08.10 – 1986.02.11)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1976.04.10 – 1986.02.11)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1976.04.10 – 1986.02.11)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1976.04.10 – 1989.03.10)

Bishop Roberto Massimiliani
(1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

Roborabitur clementia

Born:	1905.05.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1927.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.08.15
Died:	1975.06.19 († 70)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1948.06.21 – 1975.06.19)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Nepi (Italy) (1969.05.10 – 1969.05.25)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Sutri (Italy) (1969.05.10 – 1969.05.25)

Bishop Santino Margaria
(1930.10.09 – 1947.12.20)

Præsim ut prosim

Born:	1878.11.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.01.18
Died:	1947.12.20 († 69)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1930.10.09 – 1947.12.20)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1930.10.09 – 1947.12.20)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1930.10.09 – 1947.12.20)

Bishop Geoffrey Zaccherini
(1920.03.08 – 1928.06.15)

Born:	1871.11.17 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.05.01
Died:	1938.12.07 († 67)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1920.03.08 – 1928.06.15)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1920.03.08 – 1928.06.15)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1920.03.08 – 1928.06.15)

Bishop of Jesi (Italy) (1928.06.15 – 1934.05.11)

Titular Bishop of Memphis (1934.05.11 – 1938.12.07)

Bishop Giacomo Ghezzi da Castelmadama, O.F.M. Obs.
(1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

Born:	1842.09.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1865.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.01.12
Died:	1920.01.26 († 77)

Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land (1888 – 1894)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1895.11.29 – 1920.01.26)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Cannevalini
(1889.05.24 – 1895.06.09)

Born:	1843.03.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1865.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.06.16
Died:	1895.06.09 († 52)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1889.05.24 – 1895.06.09)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1889.05.24 – 1895.06.09)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1889.05.24 – 1895.06.09)

Bishop Domenico Mignanti
(1872.12.23 – 1889.03.27)

Born:	1824.09.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1847.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1873.01.05
Died:	1889.03.27 († 64)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1872.12.23 – 1889.03.27)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1872.12.23 – 1889.03.27)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1872.12.23 – 1889.03.27)

Bishop Mattei Augusto Mengacci
(1851.09.05 – 1872.11.20)

Born:	1801.08.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1827.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1851.11.16
Died:	1872.11.20 († 71)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1872.11.20)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1872.11.20)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1872.11.20)

Bishop Amadio Zangari
(1848.04.14 – 1851.09.05)

Born:	1806.05.31
Ordained Priest:	1828.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.04.24
Died:	1864.05.31 († 58)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1848.04.14 – 1851.09.05)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1848.04.14 – 1851.09.05)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1848.04.14 – 1851.09.05)

Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1864.05.31)

Bishop of Tolentino (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1864.05.31)

Bishop Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P.
(1822.04.19 – 1847.12.27)

Consecrated Bishop:	1815.09.24
Died:	1847.12.27

Bishop of Nikopol (Bulgaria) (1815.05.27 – 1822.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Valachie (Romania) (1815.05.27 – 1822.04.19)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1822.04.19 – 1847.12.27)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1822.04.19 – 1847.12.27)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1822.04.19 – 1847.12.27)

Bishop Lorenzo de Dominicis
(1787.04.23 – 1822.01.01)

Born:	1735.08.09
Ordained Priest:	1758.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1787.05.13
Died:	1822.01.01 († 86)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1787.04.23 – 1822.01.01)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1787.04.23 – 1822.01.01)

Bishop of Gallese (Italy) (1805.12.20 – 1822.01.01)

Bishop Francesco Maria Forlani
(1765.06.05 – 1787.03.05)

Born:	1710.03.02 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1733.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1750.09.27
Died:	1787.03.05 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Dardanus (1750.09.23 – 1757.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1750.09.23 – 1757.12.19)

Bishop of San Severino (Italy) (1757.12.19 – 1765.06.05)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1765.06.05 – 1787.03.05)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1765.06.05 – 1787.03.05)

Bishop Sante Lanucci
(1748.12.01 – 1765.05.31)

Born:	1686.09.25
Ordained Priest:	1713.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1748.12.08

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1748.12.01 – 1765.05.31)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1748.12.01 – 1765.05.31)

Bishop Bernardino Vari
(1739.05.04 – 1748.10.12)

Born:	1693.06.11?
Ordained Priest:	1717.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1739.05.10
Died:	1748.10.12 († 55)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1739.05.04 – 1748.10.12)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1739.05.04 – 1748.10.12)

Venerable Bishop Giovanni Francesco Maria Tenderini
(1718.11.13 – 1739.03.01)

Born:	1668.10.17 (Carrara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1698.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1718.12.11
Died:	1739.03.01 (Civita Castellana, Italy † 70)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1718.11.13 – 1739.03.01)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1718.11.13 – 1739.03.01)

Bishop.

Archbishop Ascanio Blasi
(1705.01.26 – 1718.07)

Born:	1645.01.04
Ordained Priest:	1702.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1702.12.21
Died:	1718.07 († 73)

Titular Archbishop of Salamis postea Constantia (1702.12.11 – 1705.01.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1702.12.11 – 1705.01.26)

Archbishop-Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1705.01.26 – 1718.07)

Archbishop-Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1705.01.26 – 1718.07)

Bishop Simone Aleotti
(1698.05.16 – 1704.09.30)

Born:	1666.01.26?
Consecrated Bishop:	1698.05.18
Died:	1704.09.30 († 38)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1698.05.16 – 1704.09.30)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1698.05.16 – 1704.09.30)

Bishop Giuseppe Sillani Leoncilli
(1686.05.13 – 1697.09.30)

Born:	1641.05.12?
Ordained Priest:	1686.03.24
Died:	1697.09.30 († 56)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1686.05.13 – 1697.09.30)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1686.05.13 – 1697.09.30)

Bishop Taddeo Altini, O.E.S.A.
(1653.11.10 – 1685.08.27)

Born:	1603
Consecrated Bishop:	1646.12.21
Died:	1685.08.27 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Porphyreon (1646.12.17 – 1653.11.10)

Sacristan of His Holiness of Prefecture of the Holy Apostolic Palaces (1646.12.17 – 1653.11.10)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1653.11.10 – 1685.08.27)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1653.11.10 – 1685.08.27)

Archbishop Angelo Gozzadini
(1621.10.25 – 1653.03.29)

Born:	1573?
Consecrated Bishop:	1616.02.14
Died:	1653.03.29 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece) (1616.01.27 – 1621.10.25)

Archbishop-Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1621.10.25 – 1653.03.29)

Archbishop-Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1621.10.25 – 1653.03.29)

Bishop Ippolito Fabiani, O.E.S.A.
(1607.12.17 – 1621.08.24)

Born:	1537
Died:	1621.08.24 († 83)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1607.12.17 – 1621.08.24)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1607.12.17 – 1621.08.24)

Bishop Andrea Longo
(1582.04.02 – 1607.08.18)

Died:

1607.08.18

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1582.04.02 – 1607.08.18)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1582.04.02 – 1607.08.18)

Bishop Nicola Perusco
(1565.02.07 – 1582.02.08)

Died:

1582.02.08

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1565.02.07 – 1582.02.08)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1565.02.07 – 1582.02.08)

Bishop Scipione Bongalli
(1539.11.24 – 1564.08.03)

Born:	1501?
Died:	1564.08.03 († 62)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1564.08.03)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1564.08.03)

Bishop Pomponio Cecci (later Cardinal)
(1538.08.12 – 1539.11.24)

Born:	(Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1538?
Created Cardinal:	1542.06.02
Died:	1542.08.04

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1538.08.12 – 1539.11.24)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1538.08.12 – 1539.11.24)

Bishop of Nepi (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1542.08.04)

Bishop of Sutri (Italy) (1539.11.24 – 1542.08.04)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1540? – 1542.08.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1542.06.12 – 1542.08.04)

Cardinal Paolo Emilio Cesi
(Apostolic Administrator 1525.04.07 – 1537.08.05)

Bishop Francesco Franceschini, O.F.M.
(1506.05.17 – 1525)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1506.05.17 – 1525)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1506.05.17 – 1525)

Bishop Johannes Burckardt
(1503.11.29 – 1506.05.16)

Born:	1450?
Consecrated Bishop:	1504.04.09
Died:	1506.05.16 († 55)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1503.11.29 – 1506.05.16)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1503.11.29 – 1506.05.16)

Bishop Lodovico
(1501 – 1503)

Died:

1503

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1501 – 1503)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1501 – 1503)

Bishop Giorgio Maccafani de’ Pireto
(1498.09.24 – 1501.08.16)

Died:

1513?

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1498.09.24 – 1501.08.16)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1498.09.24 – 1501.08.16)

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1501.08.16 – 1513?)

Bishop Enrico Bruno, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1492.10.29 – 1498.09.14)

Died:

1509

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1492.10.29 – 1498.09.14)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1492.10.29 – 1498.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taranto (Italy) (1498.09.14 – 1509)

Bishop Angelo Pechinoli
(1486.08.04 – 1492.10)

Died:

1492.10

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1486.08.04 – 1492.10)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1486.08.04 – 1492.10)

Bishop Pietro Ajosa
(1474.01.24 – 1486.09.05)

Died:

1492

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1474.01.24 – 1486.09.05)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1474.01.24 – 1486.09.05)

Bishop of Sessa Aurunca (Italy) (1486.09.05 – 1492)

Bishop Antonio
(1467.10.30 – 1473.10.10)

Died:

1473.10.10

Bishop of Castro del Lazio (Italy) (1463.03.31 – 1467.10.30)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1467.10.30 – 1473.10.10)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1467.10.30 – 1473.10.10)

Bishop Nicola Palmierio, O.E.S.A.
(1455.06.20 – 1467)

Died:

1467

Bishop of Catanzaro (Italy) (1440.12.21 – 1448)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1455.06.20 – 1467)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1455.06.20 – 1467)

Bishop Antonio Paoli
(1443.12.15 – 1454)

Died:

1454

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1443.12.15 – 1454)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1443.12.15 – 1454)

Bishop Luca
(1442.02.09 – 1443)

Died:

1443

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1442.02.09 – 1443)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1442.02.09 – 1443)

Bishop Valentino da Narni
(1439.03.19 – 1442.02.09)

Died:

1447

Bishop of Montefiascone (Italy) (1438 – 1438.03.17 not possessed)

Bishop of Corneto (Italy) (1438 – 1438.03.17 not possessed)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1439.03.19 – 1442.02.09)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1439.03.19 – 1442.02.09)

Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) (1442.02.09 – 1447)

Bishop Giovanni
(1437.10.05 – 1439)

Bishop of Civita Castellana (Italy) (1437.10.05 – 1439)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1437.10.05 – 1439)

Bishop Sante
(1420.04.22 – 1431.03.19)

Bishop of Orte (Italy) (1420.04.22 – 1431.03.19)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1431.03.19 – 1433.01.14)

Bishop of Minervino (Italy) (1433.01.14 – 1434)

Bishop of Bova (Italy) (1435.09.23 – 1441.09.22)

Titular Bishop of Samaria (1441.09.22 – ?)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Andrzej Przybylski (60) (later Archbishop) (2017.05.20 – 2025.08.29)
Titular Bishop: Bishop José de Jesús Madera Uribe, M.Sp.S. (1991.05.28 – 2017.01.21)