Diocese of Cortona, Italy

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Cortona (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni D’Ascenzi
(1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Born:	1920.01.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.12.07
Died:	2013.02.26 († 93)

Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1981.03.25)

Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano–Orbetello (Italy) (1981.03.25 – 1983.04.11)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.06.08)

Bishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm.
(1978.02.15 – 1983.04.11)

Born:	1907.04.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1930.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.10.21
Died:	2002.01.15 († 94)

Titular Bishop of Livias (1956.09.05 – 1961.12.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1956.09.05 – 1961.12.23)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1961.12.23 – 1983.04.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1967 – 1975.10.07)

Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1983.04.11)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1978.02.15 – 1983.04.11)

Bishop Giuseppe Franciolini
(1932.03.02 – 1978.02.15)

Born:	1891.12.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1917.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.05.01
Died:	1989.04.16 († 97)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1932.03.02 – 1978.02.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1950 – 1956)

Bishop Riccardo Carlesi
(1923.05.23 – 1932.01.09)

Born:	1869.12.04 (Italy)
Died:	1932.01.09 († 62)

Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) (1916.07.08 – 1923.05.23)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1923.05.23 – 1932.01.09)

Bishop Michele Angelo Baldetti
(1901.12.16 – 1923.04.30)

Born:	1854.09.26 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.01.29
Died:	1923.12.26 († 69)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1901.12.16 – 1923.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Hieropolis (1923.04.30 – 1923.12.26)

Archbishop Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. Obs.
(1896.06.22 – 1901.08.08)

Born:	1841.03.08 (Italy)
Died:	1903 († 62)

Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land (1880 – 1886)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium (1888.03.08 – 1896.06.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egypt) (1888.10.09 – 1896.06.22)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1896.06.22 – 1901.08.08)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Laparelli Pitti
(1872.02.23 – 1896.01.22)

Born:	1823.10.24 (Italy)
Died:	1896.01.22 († 72)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1872.02.23 – 1896.01.22)

Bishop Feliciano Barbacci
(1854.11.30 – 1869.11.24)

Died:

1869.11.24

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1854.11.30 – 1869.11.24)

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Borghi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1849.11.05 – 1851.07.31)

Born:	1803.02.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1827
Consecrated Bishop:	1839.06.02
Died:	1851.07.31 († 48)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan (India) (1838.08.14 – 1842)

Titular Bishop of Bethsaida (1838.08.14 – 1849.11.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1842 – 1849.06.12)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1849.11.05 – 1851.07.31)

Bishop Ugolino Carlini
(1829.07.27 – 1847.09.13)

Died:

1847.09.13

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1829.07.27 – 1847.09.13)

Bishop Girolamo Conversini
(1824.07.12 – 1826.06.21)

Died:

1826.06.21

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1824.07.12 – 1826.06.21)

Bishop Niccolò Laparelli
(1807.03.23 – 1821.09.23)

Born:	1741.11.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1772.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.10.06
Died:	1821.09.23 († 79)

Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (Italy) (1805.09.23 – 1807.03.23)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1807.03.23 – 1821.09.23)

Bishop Filippo Ganucci
(1802.09.20 – 1806.10.06)

Died:

1813.02.12

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1802.09.20 – 1806.10.06)

Bishop of Livorno (Italy) (1806.10.06 – 1813.02.12)

Bishop Gregorio Alessandri
(1776.05.20 – 1802.10.15)

Born:	1729.02.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1754.06.08
Died:	1802.10.15 († 73)

Bishop of Sovana (Italy) (1773.06.14 – 1776.05.20)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1776.05.20 – 1802.10.15)

Bishop Giuseppe Ippoliti
(1755.05.12 – 1776.04.15)

Died:

1780.03.22

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1755.05.12 – 1776.04.15)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1776.04.15 – 1780.03.22)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1776.04.15 – 1780.03.22)

Bishop Luigi Gherardi
(1726.12.09 – 1752.10)

Died:

1752.10

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1726.12.09 – 1752.10)

Bishop Pietro Giovanni Battista Puccini
(1716.01.13 – 1726?)

Died:

1726?

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1716.01.13 – 1726?)

Bishop Sebastiano Zucchetti
(1705.04.27 – 1714.09)

Died:

1714.09

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1705.04.27 – 1714.09)

Bishop Giuseppe Ciei, C.O.
(1695.11.28 – 1704.03)

Died:

1704.03

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1695.11.28 – 1704.03)

Bishop Pietro Luigi Malaspina, C.R.
(1684.10.02 – 1695.05.11)

Died:

1705.12

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1684.10.02 – 1695.05.11)

Bishop of Massa Marittima e Populonia (Italy) (1695.05.11 – 1705.12)

Bishop Niccolò Oliva, O.E.S.A.
(1677.11.22 – 1684)

Died:

1684

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1677.11.22 – 1684)

Bishop Filippo Galilei
(1657.05.28 – 1677)

Died:

1677

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1657.05.28 – 1677)

Bishop Ludovico Serristori
(1634.09.25 – 1656.08)

Died:

1656.08

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1634.09.25 – 1656.08)

Bishop Lorenzo della Robbia
(1628.12.11 – 1634.08.06)

Died:

1645.01.25

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1628.12.11 – 1634.08.06)

Bishop of Fiesole (Italy) (1634.08.06 – 1645.01.25)

Bishop Cosimo Minerbetti
(1622.12.19 – 1628.06)

Died:

1628.06

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1622.12.19 – 1628.06)

Bishop Filippo Bardi
(1603.12.19 – 1622)

Died:

1622

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1603.12.19 – 1622)

Bishop Cosimo de Angelis
(1597.01.24 – 1603)

Died:

1603

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1597.01.24 – 1603)

Bishop Giovanni Alberti
(1585.07.15 – 1596.10.02)

Died:

1596.10.02

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1585.07.15 – 1596.10.02)

Bishop Costantino Piccioni, O.E.S.A.
(1577.02.25 – 1585)

Died:

1585

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1577.02.25 – 1585)

Bishop Francesco Perignani
(1572.03.03 – 1577)

Died:

1577

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1572.03.03 – 1577)

Bishop Gerolamo Gaddi
(1562.12.16 – 1572)

Died:

1572

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1562.12.16 – 1572)

Bishop Matteo Concini
(1560.02.14 – 1562)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1560.02.14 – 1562)

Bishop Giovambattista Ricasoli
(1538.10.25 – 1560.02.14)

Died:

1572.02.21

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1538.10.25 – 1560.02.14)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1560.02.14 – 1572.02.21)

Bishop Leonardo Buonafede, O.S.B.
(1529.05.24 – 1538)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1529.05.24 – 1538)

Cardinal Silvio Passerini
(1521.11.15 – 1529.04.20)

Born:	1469 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1517.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1521?
Died:	1529.04.20 († 59)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1517.07.06 – 1520.09.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Sarno (Italy) (1518.02.18 – 1519.06.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1520.09.17 – 1521.01.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1521.01.05 – 1529.04.20)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1521.11.15 – 1529.04.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Sarno (Italy) (1524 – 1529.04.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Spain) (1525.06.28 – 1529.04.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Assisi (Italy) (1526.01.19 – 1529.04.20)

Bishop Giovanni Sernino de Cucciati
(1516 – 1521.10.01)

Died:

1521.10.01

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1516 – 1521.10.01)

Bishop Guglielmo Capponi
(1505.05.25 – 1515)

Died:

1515

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1505.05.25 – 1515)

Cardinal Francesco Soderini
(1504.03.06 – 1505.05.23)

Born:	1453.06.10 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1486?
Ordained Priest:	1486.03.27
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1503.05.31
Revealed as Cardinal:	1503.06.02
Died:	1524.05.17 († 70)

Bishop of Volterra (Italy) (1478.03.11 – 1509.05.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1503.06.12 – 1508.09.15)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1504.03.06 – 1505.05.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Saintes (France) (1507.01.27 – 1514.06.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1508.09.15 – 1511.10.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1511.10.29 – 1513.06.27)

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1513.06.27 – 1516.07.18)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1514.06.12 – 1524.03.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Narni (Italy) (1515.04.21 – 1517.05.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1516.07.18 – 1523.12.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Anagni (Italy) (1516.11.05 – 1523.03.05)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1523.12.09 – 1523.12.18)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1523.12.09 – 1523.12.18)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1523.12.18 – 1524.05.17)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1523.12.18 – 1524.05.17)

Bishop Raniero Guicciardini
(1502.11.28 – 1504.02.02)

Died:

1504.02.02

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1502.11.28 – 1504.02.02)

Bishop Cristoforo Bordini
(1477.02.12 – 1502.11.13)

Died:

1502.11.13

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1477.02.12 – 1502.11.13)

Bishop Mariano Salvini, O.S.M.
(1455.01.31 – 1477)

Died:

1477

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1455.01.31 – 1477)

Bishop Matteo Testi, O.S.M.
(1449.06.27 – 1455)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1426.10.07 – 1439.09.09 deposed)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1449.06.27 – 1455)

Bishop Bartolomeo Lopacci Rimbertini, O.P.
(1439.09.23 – 1449.06.27)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1439.09.23 – 1449.06.27)

Bishop of Corone (1449.06.27 – ?)

Bishop Matteo Testi, O.S.M.
(1426.10.07 – 1439.09.09 deposed)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1426.10.07 – 1439.09.09 deposed)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1449.06.27 – 1455)

Bishop Enoc de Cioncolari, O.E.S.A.
(1404.11.17 – ?)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1404.11.17 – ?)

Bishop Bartolomeo da Troia, O.F.M.
(1393.01.13 – 1404)

Died:

1404

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1393.01.13 – 1404)

Fr. Ubaldino Cambi (later Archbishop)
(1391.01.23 – 1393.03.08 not possessed)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1391.01.23 – 1393.03.08 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torres (Italy) (1393.03.08 – 1396)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Oristano (Italy) (1396 – 1400)

Bishop Lorenzo Coppi
(1388.02.11 – ?)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1388.02.11 – ?)

Bishop Giuliano de Chinibaldi, O.P.
(1382? – ?)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1382? – ?)

Bishop Benedetto Vallati, O.P.
(1364.07.23 – ?)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1364.07.23 – ?)

Bishop Gregorio de Fasciani
(1348.11.05 – 1364.02.09)

Died:

1364.02.09

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1348.11.05 – 1364.02.09)

Bishop Raniero Ubertini
(1325.06.19 – 1348.09.12)

Died:

1348.09.12

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1325.06.19 – 1348.09.12)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Angelo Scapecchi (1967.07.11 – 1986.09.30)

Former Diocese of

Cortona

Italy

Celebrations

History

Past Ordinaries

Former Prelates