| Bishops |
 Bishop Ernesto Vecchi
Noctem lux eliminat | Born: | 1936.01.04 (San Matteo della Decima, Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1963.07.25 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1998.09.13 | | Died: | 2022.05.28 (Bologna, Italy † 86) |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1998.07.18 – 2011.02.08) Titular Bishop of Lemellefa (1998.07.18 – 2022.05.28) Apostolic Administrator of Terni–Narni–Amelia (Italy) (2013.02.02 – 2014.04.16) |
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  Bishop Matías Vecino (45)
Titular Bishop of Idicra
Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)
Tota spes mea in tua magna misericordia |
Bishop Giuseppe Natale Vegezzi (64) Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiæ
Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy)
Gaudete in Domino semper | Born: | 1960.01.30 (Nerviano, Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1984.06.09 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2020.06.28 |
| Priest of Milano (Italy) (1984.06.09 – 2020.04.30) Titular Bishop of Turres Concordiæ (2020.04.30 – ...) Auxiliary Bishop of Milano (Italy) (2020.04.30 – ...) |
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Bishop Andrea Veggio | Born: | 1923.08.28 (Manerba del Garda, Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1947.06.29 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1983.09.08 | | Died: | 2020.06.06 (Negrar, Italy † 96) |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1983.08.01 – 2001.09.08) Titular Bishop of Velia (1983.08.01 – 2020.06.06) |
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Bishop Vincenzo Velardita | Born: | 1794.06.27? | | Ordained Priest: | 1819.03.06 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1834.07 |
| Titular Bishop of Gortyna (1834.06.23 – ?) Auxiliary Bishop of Piazza Armerina (Italy) (1834.06.23 – ?) |
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 Bishop Silverio Velasco Pérez
| Born: | 1881.06.20 (Spain) | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1925.05.03 | | Died: | 1927.12.05 († 46) |
| Titular Bishop of Ticelia (1924.12.18 – 1927.12.05) Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1924.12.18 – 1927.12.05) |
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 Bishop José Mauricio Vélez García (60)
Titular Bishop of Lapda
Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia)
Hágase tu voluntad | Born: | 1964.06.17 (Medellín, Colombia) | | Ordained Priest: | 1992.12.05 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2017.02.25 |
| Priest of Medellín (Colombia) (1992.12.05 – 2017.01.17) Titular Bishop of Lapda (2017.01.17 – ...) Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (Colombia) (2017.01.17 – ...) |
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 Bishop Romanet Velheu
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Archbishop Donato Velluti Zati di S. Clemente | 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) |
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Archbishop Gisleno Veneri | Born: | 1844.09.21 (Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1867.06.15 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1887.06.05 | | Died: | 1937.11.15 († 93) |
| Bishop of Acquapendente (Italy) (1887.05.23 – 1919.12.15) Titular Archbishop of Darnis (1919.12.15 – 1937.11.15) |
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Archbishop Diego Venini | Born: | 1889.10.04 (Fiumelatte di Varenna, Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1913.07.06 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1951.02.04 | | Died: | 1981.07.20 (Milan, Italy † 91) |
| Almoner of His Holiness of Office of Papal Charities (1951.01.12 – 1968.12.12) Titular Archbishop of Adana (1951.01.12 – 1981.07.20) Declined promotion to cardinal 1960.11. |
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Bishop Dominicus Ventapane | Born: | 1751.05.14 (Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1774.09.24 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1798.08.12 | | Died: | 1830.07 († 79) |
| Titular Bishop of Tium (1798.06.10 – 1830.07) |
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Archbishop Salvatore Ventimiglia, C.O. | Born: | 1721.07.15 | | Ordained Priest: | 1744.08.16 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1757.12.27 | | Died: | 1797.04.08 († 75) |
| Bishop of Catania (Italy) (1757.12.19 – 1773.12.16) Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1773.12.16 – 1797.04.08) |
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 Archbishop Luigi Ventura (79)
Titular Archbishop of Equilio
Unitatem spiritus servare | Born: | 1944.12.09 (Borgosatollo, Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1969.06.14 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1995.04.29 |
| Priest of Brescia (Italy) (1969.06.14 – 1995.03.25) Chaplain of His Holiness (1979.04.25 – 1992.11.26) Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1992.11.26 – 1995.03.25) Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso (1995.03.25 – 1999.03.25) Apostolic Nuncio to Cote d’Ivoire (1995.03.25 – 1999.03.25) Apostolic Nuncio to Niger (1995.03.25 – 1999.03.25) Titular Archbishop of Equilio (1995.03.25 – ...) Apostolic Nuncio to Chile (1999.03.25 – 2001.06.22) Apostolic Nuncio to Canada (2001.06.22 – 2009.09.22) Apostolic Nuncio to France (2009.09.22 – 2019.12.17) |
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 Bishop Francisco Ovidio Vera Intriago
| Born: | 1942.10.07 (Ecuador) | | Ordained Priest: | 1970.06.28 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1993.02.02 | | Died: | 2014.04.21 († 71) |
| Titular Bishop of Autenti (1992.12.16 – 2014.04.21) Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (1992.12.16 – 2014.04.21) |
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 Bishop Franz Bernardin Verbeck, O.F.M. Conv.
| Born: | 1686.02.21 (Belgium) | | Ordained Priest: | 1713.04.01 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1746.11.01 | | Died: | 1756.12 († 70) |
| Titular Bishop of Theveste (1746.09.19 – 1756.12) Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany) (1746.09.19 – 1756.12) |
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Bishop Pierre Verdier | Born: | 1854.06.22 (France) | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1917.06.20 | | Died: | 1924.05.21 († 69) |
| Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1917.03.22 – 1924.05.21) Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (France) (1917.03.22 – 1924.05.21) |
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Bishop Laureano Vérez de Acevedo, S.J. | Born: | 1844.07.02 (Spain) | | Ordained Priest: | 1871.09.21 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1908.10.16 | | Died: | 1920.01.31 († 75) |
| Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1908.08.22 – 1920.01.31) |
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Bishop Johannes Petrus Verhorst | Born: | 1657.02.22 (Germany) | | Ordained Priest: | 1686.02.03 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1688.04.03 | | Died: | 1708.07.12 († 51) |
| Titular Bishop of Alba (1687.11.24 – 1708.07.12) Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) (1687.11.24 – 1708.07.12) |
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Archbishop Gennaro Verolino |
Bishop Oxendios Verzar (Armenian Rite) | Ordained Priest: | 1685 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1691.07.30 |
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Bishop Antonius Vespoli, C.R. |
Bishop Tommaso Vespoli | Born: | 1720.03.25 | | Ordained Priest: | 1744.04.04 |
| Priest of Napoli (Italy) (1744.04.04 – 1762.11.22) Titular Bishop of Hamatha (1762.11.22 – ?) Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Italy) (1762.11.22 – ?) |
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Bishop Étienne Vetö, I.C.N. (59) Titular Bishop of Thérouanne
Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France)
Diliges Dominum Deum tuum | Born: | 1964.11.28 (Milwaukee, WI, USA) | | Ordained Priest: | 1997.09.20 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2023.09.09 |
| Titular Bishop of Thérouanne (2023.06.26 – ...) Auxiliary Bishop of Reims (France) (2023.06.26 – ...) |
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Bishop Marcus Vetter (Avunculus) | Ordained Priest: | 1527 | | Died: | 1554.11 |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (Germany) (1546 – 1554.06.13) Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1546 – 1554.11) |
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Bishop Etienne Via | Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1637.04.20 – 1650.09.01) |
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Archbishop Dominicus Viator (Greek-Melkite Rite) |
 Bishop Jozef Viber
| Born: | 1796.07.29 (Hungary) | | Ordained Priest: | 1818.08.24 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1856.09.14 | | Died: | 1866.01.15 († 69) |
| Titular Bishop of Alia (1856.06.19 – 1856.06.19) Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom (Hungary) (1856.06.19 – 1866.01.15) |
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Archbishop Hieronymus Alexander Vicentini | Born: | 1672.09.30 | | Ordained Priest: | 1712.12.31 | | Died: | 1723.08.05 († 50) |
| Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1713.01.30 – 1723.08.05) |
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 Bishop Francisco de Paula Victor
Humilibus Consentire | Born: | 1935.11.11 (Brazil) | | Ordained Priest: | 1990.12.01 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1996.10.26 | | Died: | 2018.11.21 († 83) |
| Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1996.08.28 – 2011.02.23) Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia (1996.08.28 – 2018.11.21) |
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Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro (50) Titular Bishop of Elepla
Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain)
Sitio | Born: | 1974.05.06 (Madrid, Spain) | | Ordained Priest: | 2004.05.08 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2018.02.17 |
| Priest of Madrid (Spain) (2004.05.08 – 2017.12.29) Titular Bishop of Elepla (2017.12.29 – ...) Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) (2017.12.29 – ...) Apostolic Administrator of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (2022.09.21 – 2023.04.01) |
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 Bishop Pio Vidi (魏明德), O.F.M.
| Born: | 1842.05.01 (Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1865.05.16 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1887.01.09 | | Died: | 1906.08.28 († 64) |
| Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Northern Shaanxi 陝西北境 (China) (1886.08.24 – 1900.04.19) Titular Bishop of Cestrus (1886.08.24 – 1906.08.28) |
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Archbishop Thomas Vidoni | Born: | 1650 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1691.03.25 | | Died: | 1708.10.29 († 57) |
| Titular Archbishop of Edessa (1690.09.27 – 1708.10.29) |
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 Archbishop Martin Vidović (71)
Titular Archbishop of Nin
Fides spes caritas | Born: | 1953.07.15 (Vidonje, Croatia) | | Ordained Priest: | 1989.05.28 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2004.11.21 |
| Priest of Split–Makarska (Croatia) (1989.05.28 – 2004.09.15) Chaplain of His Holiness (1997.04.15 – 2004.09.15) Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus (2004.09.15 – 2011.07.15) Titular Archbishop of Nin (2004.09.15 – ...) |
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Archbishop Joaquim José Vieira | Born: | 1836.05.16 (Brazil) | | Ordained Priest: | 1860.03.25 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1883.12.09 | | Died: | 1917.07.08 († 81) |
| Bishop of Ceará (Brazil) (1883.08.09 – 1912.09.14) Titular Bishop of Himeria (1912.09.14 – 1912.11.08) Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus (1912.11.08 – 1917.07.08) |
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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ▼ (83) Secretary General emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State
Scio cui credidi | Born: | 1941.01.16 (Varese, Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1968.03.24 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1992.04.26 |
| Priest of Pavia (Italy) (1968.03.24 – 1992.04.03) Chaplain of His Holiness (1974.06.29 – 1986.04.09) Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1986.04.09 – 1992.04.03) Permanent Observer to Council of Europe (1989 – 1992.04.03) Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria (1992.04.03 – 1998.04.04) Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana (1992.04.03 – 2024.07.04 deposed) Delegate for Pontifical Representations of Secretariat of State (1998.04.04 – 2009.07.16) Secretary General of Governorate of Vatican City State (2009.07.16 – 2011.09.03) Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America (2011.10.19 – 2016.04.12) Excommunicated (2024.07.04) |
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Bishop Antonio Vigliarolo | Born: | 1709? (Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1733.05.30 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1768.03.20 | | Died: | 1780? († 71) |
| Titular Bishop of Orthosia (1768.03.14 – 1780?) Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (Italy) (1768.03.14 – 1780?) |
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Bishop Jaime Viladrich y Gaspar | Born: | 1865.01.14 (Spain) | | Ordained Priest: | 1888.12.22 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1921.07.25 | | Died: | 1926.09.19 († 61) |
| Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1921.06.26 – 1926.09.19) Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1921.06.26 – 1926.09.19) |
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Bishop Javier Vilanova Pellisa (51) Titular Bishop of Ampurias
Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain)
In æternum misericordia eius | Born: | 1973.09.23 (La Fatarella, Spain) | | Ordained Priest: | 1998.11.22 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2020.12.20 |
| Priest of Tortosa (Spain) (1998.11.22 – 2020.10.06) Titular Bishop of Ampurias (2020.10.06 – ...) Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (2020.10.06 – ...) |
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 Archbishop Santiago Ricardo Vilanova y Meléndez
| Born: | 1862.05.09 | | Ordained Priest: | 1886.11.07 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1914.03.22 | | Died: | 1953.01.17 († 90) |
| Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) (1913.08.01 – 1914.07.03) Coadjutor Archbishop of Mopsuestia (Turkiye) (1913.08.01 – 1914.07.03) Bishop of Santa Ana (El Salvador) (1914.07.03 – 1952.08.11) Titular Archbishop of Anchialus (1952.08.11 – 1953.01.17) |
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Bishop Pietro Villa, F.S.C.I. | Born: | 1889.01.18 (Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1911.06.10 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1946.05.01 | | Died: | 1960.11.13 († 71) |
| Prefect Apostolic of Gondar (Ethiopia) (1937.07.28 – 1946.03.25) Auxiliary Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (Italy) (1946.03.25 – 1951) Titular Bishop of Lystra (1946.03.25 – 1960.11.13) Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia (Italy) (1951 – 1960.11.13) |
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Bishop Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero, O.E.S.A. | Titular Bishop of Troas (1646.02.19 – 1652?) Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain) (1646.02.19 – 1652?) |
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 Bishop José Villalón Mercado
| Born: | 1894.12.23 (Mexico) | | Ordained Priest: | 1927.10.30 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1952.08.03 | | Died: | 1983.02.16 († 88) |
| Titular Bishop of Hermiana (1952.04.01 – 1983.02.16) Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1952.04.01 – 1983.02.16) |
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Bishop-elect Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano (53) Titular Bishop of Gegi
Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico)
| Born: | 1971.01.19 (Pénjamo, Mexico) | | Ordained Priest: | 2003.07.12 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 2024.11.29 |
| Priest of Tijuana (Mexico) (2003.07.12 – 2024.09.19) Titular Bishop of Gegi (2024.09.19 – ...) Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico) (2024.09.19 – ...) |
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 Archbishop Francisco Villardel, O.F.M.
| Consecrated Bishop: | 1839.04.21 | | Died: | 1852.06.19 |
| Titular Archbishop of Philippi (1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19) Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (Syria) (1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19) Apostolic Delegate to Syria (1839.03.08 – 1852.06.19) |
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Archbishop Giovanni Battista Vinati | Born: | 1847.06.22 (Italy) | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1906.03.25 | | Died: | 1917.01.09 († 69) |
| Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1906.01.16 – 1916.07.31) Titular Archbishop of Mocissus (1916.07.31 – 1917.01.09) |
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Archbishop Giuseppe Vincentini | Consecrated Bishop: | 1775.10.22 | | Died: | 1779.10 |
| Titular Archbishop of Nicosia (1775.09.11 – 1779.10) |
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Archbishop Michele Maria Vincentini | Born: | 1700 | | Ordained Priest: | 1724.09.17 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1742.09.09 | | Died: | 1754.07.06 († 53) |
| Titular Archbishop of Theodosia (1742.05.25 – 1754.07.06) |
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Archbishop Giuseppe Vinci |
Bishop Georg Vink, O. Carm. Titular Bishop of Hesbon (1481.02.23 – ?) Auxiliary Bishop of Trento (Italy) (1481.02.23 – ?) |
 Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. (59)
Secretary of Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Archbishop ad personam
Bishop emeritus of Tortona (Italy)
In tuis te invenio sacramentis |
Archbishop Giuseppe Antonio Virdia, O.F.M. Conv. | Born: | 1820.02.12 (Italy) | | Ordained Priest: | 1842.11.13 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1877.03.18 | | Died: | 1903.10.13 († 83) |
| Bishop of Cariati (Italy) (1877.03.12 – 1903.02.23) Titular Archbishop of Nacolea (1903.03.04 – 1903.10.13) |
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Archbishop Raffaele Virili | Born: | 1849.05.14 (Italy) | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1901.06.29 | | Died: | 1925.03.09 († 75) |
| Titular Bishop of Troas (1901.06.25 – 1915.01.14) Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais (1915.01.14 – 1925.03.09) |
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Bishop Gregor Virneburg | Born: | 1509 | | Ordained Priest: | 1541 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1558 | | Died: | 1578.06.30 († 68) |
| Titular Bishop of Azotus (1557.12.20 – 1578.06.30) Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (Germany) (1557.12.20 – 1578.06.30) |
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Archbishop Ercole Visconti |
Archbishop Honoratus Visconti Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1630.04.15 – 1635.04.12) Titular Archbishop of Larissa (1630.06.10 – ?) |
Archbishop Tommaso Visconti |
Archbishop Vitalianus Visconti Borromeo | Consecrated Bishop: | 1616.08.14 | | Died: | 1617.05 |
| Titular Archbishop of Adrianopolis (1616.07.04 – 1617.05) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1616.07.04 – 1617.05) |
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Bishop Gaetano Vitolo | Born: | 1733.08.25 | | Ordained Priest: | 1762.09.18 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1798.03.18 |
| Titular Bishop of Comanæ (1798.01.29 – ?) |
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Bishop Jean-Marie Vittoz | Born: | 1878.11.18 (France) | | Ordained Priest: | 1902.05.24 | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1940.12.27 | | Died: | 1963.05.09 († 84) |
| Titular Bishop of Bitylius (1940.11.09 – 1963.05.09) Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble (France) (1940.11.09 – 1963.05.09) |
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Bishop Jean Vivant | Born: | 1660.02.13 (France) | | Consecrated Bishop: | 1730.10.08 | | Died: | 1739.02.16 († 79) |
| Titular Bishop of Parium (1730.11.28 – 1739.02.16) Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (France) (1730.11.28 – 1739.02.16) |
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