Diocese of Bosa, Italy

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Bosa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Pes
(1979.05.23 – 1986.09.30)

Born:	1916.05.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1939.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.06.22
Died:	2000.01.16 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Risinium (1975.04.25 – 1979.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Oristano (Italy) (1975.04.25 – 1979.05.23)

Bishop of Alghero (Italy) (1979.05.23 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1979.05.23 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Alghero–Bosa (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1993.02.18)

Bishop Francesco Spanedda (later Archbishop)
(1956.12.23 – 1979.03.17)

Born:	1910.06.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1934.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.03.17
Died:	2001.07.15 († 91)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1956.12.23 – 1979.03.17)

Bishop of Alghero (Italy) (1972.03.18 – 1979.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1979.03.17 – 1985.11.30)

Bishop Nicolò Frazioli
(1931.09.30 – 1956.10.30)

Born:	1880.12.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1903.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.12.06
Died:	1956.10.30 († 75)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1931.09.30 – 1956.10.30)

Bishop Filippo Mantini
(1926.06.21 – 1931.06.22)

Born:	1881.03.28 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.07.04
Died:	1939.03.05 († 57)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1926.06.21 – 1931.06.22)

Bishop of Cagli (Italy) (1931.06.22 – 1939.03.05)

Bishop of Pergola (Italy) (1931.06.22 – 1939.03.05)

Bishop Angelico Zanetti, O.F.M.
(1916.12.16 – 1926.04.24)

Born:	1864.09.06 (Italy)
Died:	1926.04.24 († 61)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1916.12.16 – 1926.04.24)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Vinati (later Archbishop)
(1906.01.16 – 1916.07.31)

Born:	1847.06.22 (Italy)
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)

Bishop Eugenio Cano
(1871.12.22 – 1905.02)

Born:	1829.08.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1852.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.02.11
Died:	1914.03.12 († 84)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1871.12.22 – 1905.02)

Titular Bishop of Tenedus (1907.04.15 – 1914.03.12)

Bishop Francesco Tola
(1823.03.10 – 1843.02.23)

Died:

1843.02.23

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1823.03.10 – 1843.02.23)

Bishop Gavino Murro (later Archbishop)
(1800.08.11 – 1819.03.29)

Born:	1739.02.02 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1800.09
Died:	1820 († 81)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1800.08.11 – 1819.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1819.03.29 – 1820)

Bishop Giovanni Antonio Cossu
(1785.12.19 – 1796.08.16)

Died:

1796.08.16

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1785.12.19 – 1796.08.16)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Quasina
(1768.03.16 – 1785.07)

Died:

1785.07

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1768.03.16 – 1785.07)

Bishop Giovanni Antonio Borro
(1763.08.22 – 1767.01)

Died:

1767.01

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1763.08.22 – 1767.01)

Bishop Giuseppe Stanislao Concas
(1759.09.03 – 1763.01.14)

Died:

1763.01.14

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1759.09.03 – 1763.01.14)

Bishop Raimondo Quesada
(1750.06.19 – 1758.03.02)

Died:

1758.03.02

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1750.06.19 – 1758.03.02)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Machin Espiga
(1748.12.02 – 1749.08.21)

Died:

1749.08.21

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1748.12.02 – 1749.08.21)

Bishop Antonio Amat
(1746.12.19 – 1748.08.01)

Died:

1748.08.01

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1746.12.19 – 1748.08.01)

Bishop Francesco Bernardo de Cespedes
(1742.02.28 – 1746.01.25)

Died:

1746.01.25

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1742.02.28 – 1746.01.25)

Bishop Giovanni Leonardo Sanna
(1737.09.30 – 1741.10)

Died:

1741.10

Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) (1736.09.26 – 1737.09.30)

Bishop of Civita (Italy) (1736.09.26 – 1737.09.30)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1737.09.30 – 1741.10)

Bishop Nicola Cani, O.P.
(1727.03.17 – 1737)

Died:

1737.03

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1727.03.17 – 1737)

Bishop Gavino de Aquena
(1702.12.30 – 1723.08)

Died:

1723.08

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1702.12.30 – 1723.08)

Bishop Giorgio Sotgia, O.S.M.
(1682.01.12 – 1701)

Died:

1701

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1682.01.12 – 1701)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1701 – 1701 not possessed)

Bishop Serafino Esquirro
(1677.11.08 – 1680.07.15)

Died:

1681

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1677.11.08 – 1680.07.15)

Bishop of Ales (Italy) (1680.07.15 – 1681)

Bishop of Terralba (Italy) (1680.07.15 – 1681)

Bishop Francisco López Urraca, O.E.S.A.
(1672.01.15 – 1677.09.13)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1672.01.15 – 1677.09.13)

Bishop of Alghero (Italy) (1677.09.13 – 1681.04.14)

Bishop of Barbastro (Spain) (1681.04.14 – 1695.01.27)

Bishop Gavino Cattayna, O. Carm. (later Archbishop)
(1663.11.26 – 1671.11.16)

Died:

1679

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1663.11.26 – 1671.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1671.11.16 – 1679)

Bishop Giacomo Capay y Castagner
(1658.01.29 – 1663)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1658.01.29 – 1663)

Bishop Francisco Camps y Moles
(1654.01.12 – 1656)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1654.01.12 – 1656)

Bishop Gaspare Litago (later Archbishop)
(1645.04.24 – 1652.04.29)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1645.04.24 – 1652.04.29)

Bishop of Ampurias (Italy) (1652.04.29 – 1656.07.26)

Bishop of Civita (Italy) (1652.04.29 – 1656.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1656.07.26 – 1657)

Bishop Vicente Agustín Clavería
(1639.06.27 – 1644.10.17)

Died:

1652

Titular Bishop of Petra (1631.07.28 – 1639.06.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1631.07.28 – 1639.06.27)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1639.06.27 – 1644.10.17)

Bishop of Alghero (Italy) (1644.10.17 – 1652)

Bishop Giovanni Maria Olmo
(1635.12.03 – 1639)

Died:

1639

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1635.12.03 – 1639)

Bishop Melchiorre Pirella
(1631.05.12 – 1635.05.07)

Died:

1637

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1631.05.12 – 1635.05.07)

Bishop of Ales (Italy) (1635.05.07 – 1637)

Bishop of Terralba (Italy) (1635.05.07 – 1637)

Bishop Sebastiano Carta
(1627.11.29 – 1631)

Died:

1631

Titular Bishop of Madauros (1621.10.25 – 1627.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1621.10.25 – 1627.11.29)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1627.11.29 – 1631)

Bishop Giovanni Atzori
(1625.02.19 – 1627)

Died:

1627

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1625.02.19 – 1627)

Bishop Vincenzo Bacallar
(1615.08.31 – 1625)

Died:

1625

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1615.08.31 – 1625)

Bishop Giovanni Battista de Aquena
(1613.03.18 – 1614)

Died:

1614

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1613.03.18 – 1614)

Bishop Juan Álvarez Zapata, O. Cist.
(1612.06.18 – 1613.03.11)

Consecrated Bishop:	1613
Died:	1623.10.13

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1612.06.18 – 1613.03.11)

Bishop of Solsona (Spain) (1613.03.11 – 1623.10.13)

Bishop Gavino Manca de Cedrelles (later Archbishop)
(1605.06.27 – 1612.03.26)

Died:

1620.07

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1605.06.27 – 1612.03.26)

Bishop of Alghero (Italy) (1612.03.26 – 1613.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sassari (Italy) (1613.07.29 – 1620.07)

Bishop Antonio Atzori
(1592.09.01 – 1604)

Died:

1604

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1592.09.01 – 1604)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Fara
(1591.01.14 – 1591)

Died:

1591

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1591.01.14 – 1591)

Bishop Jerónimo García, O.SS.T.
(1588.05.11 – 1589)

Died:

1589

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1588.05.11 – 1589)

Bishop José Anglés, O.F.M.
(1586.10.01 – 1588)

Died:

1588

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1586.10.01 – 1588)

Bishop Nicola Canyelles
(1577.10.14 – 1586)

Died:

1586

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1577.10.14 – 1586)

Bishop Giovanni Serra, O.E.S.A.
(1575.01.19 – 1577)

Died:

1577

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1575.01.19 – 1577)

Bishop Giovanni Melis, O.F.M. Conv.
(1572.11.19 – 1575)

Died:

1575

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1572.11.19 – 1575)

Bishop Antonio Pintor Cavaro
(1556.05.04 – 1572)

Died:

1572

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1556.05.04 – 1572)

Bishop Vincenzo de Leone, O. Carm.
(1548.11.16 – 1556)

Died:

1556

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1548.11.16 – 1556)

Bishop Baltasar de Heredia, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1541.07.06 – 1548.08.31)

Titular Bishop of Ceraunia (1536.02.11 – 1541.07.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Urgell (Spain) (1536.02.11 – 1541.07.06)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1541.07.06 – 1548.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagliari (Italy) (1548.08.31 – 1558.04.21)

Bishop of Iglesias (Italy) (1548.08.31 – 1558.04.21)

Bishop Nicolás de Aragón
(1537.01.26 – 1541)

Died:

1541

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1537.01.26 – 1541)

Bishop Bernardo Gentile, O.P.
(1535.02.10 – 1537)

Died:

1537

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1535.02.10 – 1537)

Bishop Giovanni di Sorra
(1516.09.17 – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1516.09.17 – ?)

Bishop Pietro di Sorra
(1495.12.04 – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1495.12.04 – ?)

Bishop Galcerando Galba
(1484.02.09 – 1493?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1484.02.09 – 1493?)

Bishop Giovanni de Sallinis, O.F.M.
(1471.06.17 – 1484)

Died:

1484

Bishop of Ottana (1454.05.31 – 1471.06.17)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1471.06.17 – 1484)

Bishop Bernardo Roig
(1460.01.18 – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1460.01.18 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni Cosso, O.P.
(1450.02.04 – 1460)

Died:

1460

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1450.02.04 – 1460)

Bishop Francesco Meloni
(1449.06.04 – 1450)

Died:

1450

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1449.06.04 – 1450)

Bishop Tommaso de Rubeo, O.P.
(1445.12.03 – 1449)

Died:

1449

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1445.12.03 – 1449)

Bishop Giuliano
(1435.08.22 – 1445)

Died:

1445

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1435.08.22 – 1445)

Bishop Juan Casanova, O.P. (later Cardinal)
(1424 – 1425.11.28)

Born:	1387 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1414.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1424?
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1430.11.08
Revealed as Cardinal:	1431.07.04
Died:	1436.03.01 († 48)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1424 – 1425.11.28)

Bishop of Elne (France) ([1425.11.28] 1425.12.29 – 1430.10.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Elne (France) (1430.10.30 – 1431.08.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1431.07.04 – 1436.03.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Gerona (Spain) (1431.08.08 – 1436.03.01)

Bishop Ludovico Gervas
(1418.05.14 – 1423)

Died:

1423

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1418.05.14 – 1423)

Bishop Antonio Stamingo, O.F.M.
(1413.01.23 – 1418.03.25)

Died:

1440

Bishop of Bisarcio (? – 1413.02.10)

Bishop of Tricarico (Italy) (? – 1413.02.10)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1413.01.23 – 1418.03.25)

Bishop of Martirano (1418.03.25 – 1440)

Bishop Antonio de Podio (later Archbishop)
(1410.05.23 – 1418.03.09▼)

Died:

1453

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1410.05.23 – 1418.03.09▼)

Bishop of Strongoli (1418.03.09 – 1429.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Severina (Italy) (1429.12.23 – 1453)

Bishop Angelo Sangualo
(1407.07.29 – 1412?)

Died:

1412?

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1407.07.29 – 1412?)

Bishop Benedetto, O.S.B.
(1406 – 1407)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1406 – 1407)

Bishop Antonio de Ligios
(1402.11.08 – 1406)

Died:

1406

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1402.11.08 – 1406)

Archbishop Antonio
(1391.02.15 – 1402)

Died:

1402

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bar (Montenegro) (1382 – 1391.02.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1391.02.15 – 1402)

Bishop Rainerio de Filippono
(1363.04.19 – 1391)

Died:

1391

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1363.04.19 – 1391)

Bishop Ruggero Piazza, O.F.M.
(1360.07.21 – 1363.04.19)

Died:

1383.12.20

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1360.07.21 – 1363.04.19)

Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1363.04.19 – 1383.12.20)

Bishop Andrea, O. Carm.
(1356.05.29 – 1360)

Died:

1360

Bishop of Naxos (Greece) (1349.01.19 – 1356.05.29)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1356.05.29 – 1360)

Bishop Aimerico
(1351.01.20 – 1356)

Died:

1356

Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1349.03.02 – 1351.01.20)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1351.01.20 – 1356)

Bishop Pietro, O.S.B.
(1349.09.02 – 1350)

Died:

1350

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1349.09.02 – 1350)

Bishop Raimondo de Gauzens
(? – 1349)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (? – 1349)

Bishop Nicola
(1342 – 1344)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1342 – 1344)

Bishop Giovanni de Clavaro, O. Carm.
(1327 – 1340)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1327 – 1340)

Bishop Aimerico
(1325 – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1325 – ?)

Bishop Stanangio, O.F.M.
(1319 – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1319 – ?)

Bishop Nicola de Vare
(1304 – 1312)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1304 – 1312)

Bishop Pietro
(? – 1304)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (? – 1304)

Bishop Francesco
(1289? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1289? – ?)

Bishop Michele Sola
(1286? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1286? – ?)

Bishop Giacomo
(1268? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1268? – ?)

Bishop Mazuclo
(1263? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1263? – ?)

Bishop Tommaso
(1259? – 1262?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1259? – 1262?)

Bishop Gunnario
(1239? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1239? – ?)

Bishop Dionigi
(1176? – 1186?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1176? – 1186?)

Bishop Goffredo
(1170? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1170? – ?)

Bishop Antonio
(? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (? – ?)

Bishop Giacomo
(1168? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1168? – ?)

Bishop Pietro Spanu
(1139? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1139? – ?)

Bishop Giovanni
(1138? – ?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1138? – ?)

Bishop Marino
(1112 – 1116?)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1112 – 1116?)

Bishop Pietro
(1106? – 1112)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (1106? – 1112)

Bishop Costantino de Crasta (later Archbishop)
(? – 1073)

Bishop of Bosa (Italy) (? – 1073)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torres (Italy) (1073 – ?)

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