Bishop of Ravenna

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This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna, and (from 1985 [1]) of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The earlier ones were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna. (The city also became the centre of the Orthodox Church in Italy in 1995.)

Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th)

• St. Apollinare, legendarily to 79, historically in the era of Septimius Severus
• St. Aderito (Aderitus)
• St. Eleucadio (Eleucadius)
• St. Marciano (Marcian) — died c. 127 — feast day May 22.
• St. Calogero (Calocerus)
• St. Proculo (Proculus)
• St. Probo I (Probus I) — died 175
• St. Dato (Datus)
• St. Liberio I (Liberius I)
• St. Agapito (Agapitus)
• St. Marcellino (Marcellinus)
• St. Severo (Severus) (c. 308–c. 348)
• St. Liberio II (Liberius II)
• St. Probo II (Probus II)
• Fiorenzio (Florentius)
• Liberio III (Liberius III) (c. 380–c. 399)
• St. Urso (Ursus) (c. 399–c. 426), who built the original basilica to the Resurrection of Our Lord (called Anastasis in the Byzantine period)
• St. Pietro I Crisologo (c. 426–c. 450)
• Neone (c. 450–c. 473)
• Esuperantio (Exuperantius) (c. 473–c. 477)
• Giovanni I Angelopte (c. 477–494)
• Pietro II (494–519)
• Aureliano (Aurelian) (519–521)
• Ecclesio (Ecclesius) (522–532) — started construction of San Vitale and is represented in the church's apse mosaic
• St. Ursicino (Ursicinus) (533–536) — ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to be built
• Vittore (Victor) (538–545) — noted on monograms on capitals in San Vitale

Archdiocese of Ravenna (6th century – 1947)

6th century

• Massimiano (Maximianus) (546–556) — after whom the Throne of Maximianus is named, 27th bishop, he was the first Archbishop.
• Agnello (Agnellus) (556–569)
• Pietro III the Elder (569–578)
• Giovanni II the Roman (578–595)
• Mariniano (595–606)

7th century

• Giovanni III (607–625)
• Giovanni IV (625–c. 631)
• Bono (Bonus) (c. 631–c. 644)
• Mauro (Maurus) (c. 644–c. 671)
• Reparato (Reparatus) (c. 671–c. 677)
• Teodoro (Theodore) (c. 677–c. 691)
• Damiano (c. 692–c. 709)

8th century

• St. Felice (c. 709–c. 725)
• Giovanni V (c. 726–c. 744)
• Sergius (c. 744–c. 769)
• Leone I (c. 770–c. 777)
• Giovanni VI (c. 777–c. 784)
• Grazioso (Gratiosus) (c. 785–c. 789)
• Valerius (c. 789–c. 810)

9th century

• Martino (c. 810–c. 818)
• Petronace (c. 818–c. 837)
• Giorgio (c. 837–c. 846)
• Deusdedit (c. 847–c. 850)
• Giovanni VII (c. 850–878)
• Romano di Calcinaria (Romanus) (878–888)
• Deusdedit (889–898)

10th century

• Giovanni VIII Kailone (898–904)
• Giovanni IX da Tossignano (905–914)
• Costantino (914–926)
• Peter IV (927–971)
• Onesto (971–983)
• Giovanni X di Besate (983–998)
• Gerberto da Aurillac (Gerbertus) (998–999)

11th century

• Leone II (999–1001)
• Federico (1002–1004)
• Etelberto (1004–1014)
• Arnoldo di Sassonia (Arnoldus) (1014–1019)
• Eriberto (1019–1027)
• Gebeardo da Eichstätt (Bebhardus) (1027–1044)
• Witgero (1044–1046)
• Unfrido (Hunfredus) (1046–1051)
• Giovanni Enrico (1051–1072)
• Guiberto da Ravenna (1072–1100)

12th century

• Ottone Boccatortia (1100–1110)
• Geremia (1110–1117)
• Filippo (1118)
• Gualtiero (1119–1144)
• Mose da Vercelli (1144–1154)
• Anselm of Havelberg (Anselmo da Havelberg; 1155–1158)
• Guido di Biandrate (1159–1169)
• Gerardo (1169–1190)
• Guglielmo di Cauriano (1190–1201)

13th century

• Alberto Oselletti (1201–1207)
• Egidio de Garzoni (1207–1208)
• Ubaldo (1208–1216)
• Piccinino (1216)
• Simeone (1217–1228)
• Teoderico (1228–1249)
• Filippo da Pistoia (1251–1270)
• vacant
• Bonifacio Fieschi di Lavagna (1274–1294)
• Obizzo Sanvitale (1295–1303)

14th century

• St. Rinaldo Concoreggi (1303–1321)
• Rinaldo da Polenta (1321–1322)
• Aimerico di Chastellux (1322–1332)
• Guido de Roberti (1332–1333)
• Francesco Michiel (1333–1342)
• Nicola Canal (1342–1347)
• Fortanerius Vassalli (1347–1351)
• vacant
• Petrocino Casalesco (1362–1369)
• Pietro Pileo di Prata (1370–1387)
• Cosimo de' Migliorati (1387–1400)

15th century

• Giovanni Nicolai de' Migliorati (1400–1405)
• Tommaso Perendoli (1411–1445)
• Bartolomeo Roverella (1445–1475)
• Filiasio Roverella (1475–1516)

16th century

• Niccolò Fieschi (1516–1517)
• Urbano Fieschi (1517–1521)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio (25 June 1524 Appointed – December 1524 Resigned)
• Benedetto de Accolti (17 August 1524 Appointed – died 21 September 1549)
• Ranuccio Farnese (11 October 1549 – 28 April 1564)
• Giulio della Rovere (1566 Appointed – died 3 September 1578)
• Cristoforo Boncampagni (1578–1603)

17th century

• Pietro Aldobrandini (1604 Appointed – died 10 February 1621)
• Luigi Capponi (3 March 1621 Appointed – 18 September 1645 Resigned)
• Luca Torreggiani (1645–1669)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni died (19 May 1670 Appointed – 19 February 1674 Resigned)
• Fabio Guinigi (1674–1691)
• Raimondo Ferretti (1692–1719)

18th century

• Girolamo Crispi (1720–1727)
• Maffeo Nicola Farsetti (1727–1741)
• vacant
• Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli (1745–1763)
• Nicola Oddi (1764–1767)
• Antonio Cantoni (1767–1781)
• vacant
• Antonio Codronchi (1785–1826)

19th century

• Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini (3 July 1826 Appointed – died 2 April 1859)
• Enrico Orfei (23 March 1860 Appointed – died 22 December 1870)
• Vincenzo Moretti (27 October 1871 Appointed – 22 September 1879 Resigned)
• Giacomo Cattani (22 September 1879 Appointed – died 14 February 1887)
• Sebastiano Galeati (23 May 1887 Appointed – died 25 January 1901)

20th century

• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi (15 April 1901 Appointed – died 25 April 1902)
• St. Guido Maria Conforti (9 June 1902 Appointed – 12 October 1904 Resigned); canonized in 2011
• Pasquale Morganti (14 November 1904 Appointed – died 18 December 1921)
• Antonio Lega (18 December 1921 Succeeded – died 16 November 1946)

Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947–1986)

• Giacomo Lercaro (31 January 1947 Appointed – 19 April 1952), appointed Archbishop of Bologna
• Egidio Negrin (24 May 1952 Appointed – 4 April 1956), appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
• Salvatore Baldassarri (3 May 1956 Appointed – 29 November 1975 Resigned)

Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (1986–present)

• Ersilio Tonini (22 November 1975 Appointed – 27 October 1990 Retired) (see name changed in 1986; became Cardinal after retirement)
• Luigi Amaducci (27 October 1990 Appointed – 9 March 2000 Retired)
• Giuseppe Verucchi (9 March 2000 Appointed – )

External links

• Catholic Encyclopaediaca:Arquebisbat de Ravenna