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Diocese of Albenga–Imperia, Italy 🇮🇹

Celebrations

History

350: Established as Diocese of Albenga / Albinganen(sis) (Latin)
374: Became suffragan of Milano
1159: Became suffragan of Genova
1162: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Genova
1803.09.01: Lost territory to Diocese of Mondovì
1831.06.20: Lost territory to Diocese of Ventimiglia
1965.02.02: Gained territory from Diocese of Mondovì
1973.12.01: Renamed as Diocese of Albenga–Imperia / Albinganen(sis)–Imperiæ (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Via Episcopio 5, 17031 Albenga, Italy

Phone: 0182 50288

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Albenga–Imperia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti (70)
(2016.09.01 – ...)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)

Evangelium servire pro mundi spe

Bishop Mario Oliveri (81)
(1990.10.06 – 2016.09.01)

Bishop emeritus of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)

Fides et pax

Born:	1944.01.22 (Campo Ligure, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.11.04

Priest of Acqui (Italy) (1968.06.29 – 1990.10.06)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (1990.10.06 – 2016.09.01)

Bishop Alessandro Piazza
(1973.12.01 – 1990.10.06)

Born:	1915.07.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.06.24
Died:	1995.09.10 († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1965.05.18 – 1973.12.01)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy) (1973.12.01 – 1990.10.06)

Bishops of Albenga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alessandro Piazza
(1965.05.18 – 1973.12.01)

(see above)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni
(1963.05.30 – 1965.03.27)

Ad cœlum ædificemur

Bishop Raffaele De Giuli
(1946.02.18 – 1963.04.18)

Born:	1884.11.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1908.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.08.30
Died:	1963.04.18 († 78)

Bishop of Capaccio–Vallo (Italy) (1936.06.17 – 1945.11.24)

Bishop of Vallo di Lucania (Italy) (1945.11.24 – 1946.02.18)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1946.02.18 – 1963.04.18)

Bishop Angelo Cambiaso
(1915.01.22 – 1946.01.06)

Born:	1865.06.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1889.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.03.21
Died:	1946.01.06 († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1915.01.22 – 1946.01.06)

Bishop Pacifico da Seggiano Carletti (Celso), O.F.M. Cap.
(1914.08.25 – 1914.10.22)

Bishop Giosuè Cattarossi
(1911.04.11 – 1913.11.21)

Born:	1863.04.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1888.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.05.30
Died:	1944.03.03 († 80)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1911.04.11 – 1913.11.21)

Bishop of Belluno (Italy) (1913.11.21 – 1944.03.03)

Bishop Filippo Allegro
(1879.05.12 – 1910.12.02)

Born:	1829.06.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1851.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.05.22
Died:	1910.12.02 († 81)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1879.05.12 – 1910.12.02)

Bishop Gaetano Alimonda (later Cardinal)
(1877.09.21 – 1879.05.12)

Born:	1818.10.23 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1843.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.11.11
Created Cardinal:	1879.05.12
Died:	1891.05.30 (Albaro, Italy † 72)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1877.09.21 – 1879.05.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1879.09.22 – 1891.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1883.08.09 – 1891.05.30)

Bishop Pietro Anacleto Siboni
(1871.10.27 – 1877.06.23)

Born:	1812.03.28
Ordained Priest:	1834.10.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.11.05
Died:	1877.06.23 († 65)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1871.10.27 – 1877.06.23)

Bishop Raffaele Biale
(1840.04.27 – 1870.04.12)

Born:	1787.09.04
Ordained Priest:	1810.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1840.06.07
Died:	1870.04.12 († 82)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1840.04.27 – 1870.04.12)

Bishop Vincenzo-Tommaso Piratoni, O.P.
(1832.02.24 – 1839.10.25)

Born:	1764.03.06
Ordained Priest:	1786.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.02.26
Died:	1839.10.25 († 75)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1832.02.24 – 1839.10.25)

Bishop Carmelo Cordiviola
(1820.10.02 – 1827.08.29)

Ordained Priest:	1797.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.10.08
Died:	1827.08.29

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1820.10.02 – 1827.08.29)

Bishop Angelo Vincenzo Andrea Maria Dania
(1802.12.20 – 1818.09.06)

Born:	1744.09.13
Ordained Priest:	1767.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1802.12.21
Died:	1818.09.06 († 73)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1802.12.20 – 1818.09.06)

Bishop Paolo Maggiolo
(1791.09.26 – 1802.08.07)

Born:	1748.06.16
Ordained Priest:	1773.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1791.10.02
Died:	1802.08.07 († 54)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1791.09.26 – 1802.08.07)

Bishop Stefano Giustiniani
(1779.07.12 – 1791.03.29)

Born:	1738.03.16
Ordained Priest:	1779.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1779.07.18
Died:	1791.03.29 († 53)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1779.07.12 – 1791.03.29)

Bishop Giuseppe Francesco Maria della Torre
(1764.05.11 – 1779.02.09)

Born:	1717.01.04
Ordained Priest:	1741.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1764.05.20
Died:	1779.02.09 († 62)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1764.05.11 – 1779.02.09)

Bishop Costantino Serra, C.R.S.
(1746.03.09 – 1763.12.21)

Born:	1687.03.10
Ordained Priest:	1710.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1737.06.10
Died:	1763.12.21 († 76)

Bishop of Noli (Italy) (1738 – 1746.03.09)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1746.03.09 – 1763.12.21)

Bishop Agostino Rivarola
(1730.12.11 – 1745.12.31)

Born:	1683.05.26
Ordained Priest:	1716.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1730.12.21
Died:	1745.12.31 († 62)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1730.12.11 – 1745.12.31)

Bishop Carlo Maria Giuseppe de Fornari
(1715.02.20 – 1730.12.11)

Born:	1674.03
Ordained Priest:	1698.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1713.02.05

Bishop of Aléria (France) (1713.01.30 – 1715.02.20)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1715.02.20 – 1730.12.11)

Titular Bishop of Attalea in Lydia (1730.12.11 – ?)

Bishop Giorgio Spinola
(1691 – 1714.09)

Ordained Priest:	1691.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1691.11.18
Died:	1714.09

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1691 – 1714.09)

Bishop Alberto Blotto, O. Carm.
(1689.01.24 – 1690.12)

Born:	1645.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1689.01.30
Died:	1690.12 († 45)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1689.01.24 – 1690.12)

Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, C.R.
(1666.03.29 – 1688.06)

Consecrated Bishop:	1648.05.24
Died:	1688.06

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1648 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1666.03.29 – 1688.06)

Bishop Francesco Marini (later Archbishop)
(1655.08.11 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1655.08.11 – 1666.03.29)

Bishop of Molfetta (Italy) (1666.03.29 – 1670.10.06)

Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1671.01.19 – 1686.04.27)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosia (1686.04.27 – ?)

Bishop Pier Francesco Costa
(1624.11.29 – 1655.03.14)

Bishop of Savona (Italy) (1587.07.27 – 1624.11.29)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1624.11.29 – 1655.03.14)

Bishop Pietro Francesco Costa
(1624.04.29 – 1655.03.14)

Born:	1594.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1624.05.19
Died:	1655.03.14 († 61)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1624.04.29 – 1655.03.14)

Bishop Vincenzo Landinelli
(1616.08.03 – 1624)

Consecrated Bishop:	1616.08.14
Died:	1627.01

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1616.08.03 – 1624)

Bishop Domenico de’ Marini (later Patriarch)
(1611.04.11 – 1616.07.18)

Born:	(Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1611.05.01
Died:	1635.02

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1611.04.11 – 1616.07.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Genova (Italy) (1616.07.18 – 1635.02)

Vice-Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1623.04.01 – 1625.01.01)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (1627.11.15 – 1635.02)

Bishop Luca Fieschi
(1582.03.28 – 1610)

Consecrated Bishop:	1566.02.17
Died:	1610

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1566 – 1582.03.28)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1582.03.28 – 1610)

Bishop Orazio Malaspina
(1582.01.08 – 1582.02)

Bishop Carlo Grimaldi
(1572.11.26 – 1581.10.11)

Bishop Carlo Cicada
(1554.03.30 – 1572)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1554.03.30 – 1572)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Cicala
(Apostolic Administrator 1543.12.05 – 1554.03.30)

Cardinal Girolamo Grimaldi
(Apostolic Administrator 1538.11.15 – 1543.11.27)

Bishop Giangiacomo di Gambarana
(1518.05.05 – 1538)

Consecrated Bishop:	1521.03.26
Died:	1538

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1518.05.05 – 1538)

Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici (later Pope Clement VII)
(Apostolic Administrator 1517.11.19 – 1518.05.05)

Cardinal Bandinello Sauli
(Apostolic Administrator 1513.08.05 – 1517.11.19)

Bishop Leonardo Marchesi
(1476.10.05 – 1513.07.31)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1476.10.05 – 1513.07.31)

Bishop Girolamo Basso della Rovere (later Cardinal)
(1472.02.14 – 1476.10.05)

Born:	1434 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal in pectore:	1477.12.10
Revealed as Cardinal:	1477.12.12
Died:	1507.09.01 († 72)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1472.02.14 – 1476.10.05)

Bishop of Macerata (Italy) (1476.10.05 – 1507.09.01)

Bishop of Recanati (Italy) (1476.10.05 – 1507.09.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1477.12.12 – 1479.09.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1479.09.17 – 1492.08.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio (Italy) (1482.09.23 – 1492.01.09)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1492.08.31 – 1503.11.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1503.11.29 – 1507.09.01)

Bishop Valeriano Calderina
(1466.11.05 – 1472.01)

Bishop Napoleone Fieschi
(Apostolic Administrator 1459.12.21 – 1466)

Cardinal Giorgio Fieschi
(Apostolic Administrator 1448.07.31 – 1459.12.21)

Bishop Matteo Del Carretto
(1429.02.10 – 1448)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1429.02.10 – 1448)

Bishop Antonio Da Ponte
(1419.07.10 – 1429)

Bishop Gilberto Fieschi
(1390 – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1390 – ?)

Bishop Giovanni Fieschi
(1364.09.15 – 1390)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1364.09.15 – 1390)

Apostolic Administrator of Noli (Italy) (1366 – 1381)

Bishop Giovanni di Ceva
(1349.03.12 – 1364.09.15)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1349.03.12 – 1364.09.15)

Bishop of Tortona (Italy) (1364.09.15 – 1380?)

Bishop Federico di Ceva
(1330 – 1349)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1330 – 1349)

Bishop Giovanni, O.F.M.
(1320 – 1328)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1320 – 1328)

Bishop Emanuele Spinola
(1306? – 1320)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1306? – 1320)

Bishop Nicolò Vaschino, O.F.M.
(1290 – 1302?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1290 – 1302?)

Bishop Lanfranco Negri, O.F.M.
(1255 – 1289?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1255 – 1289?)

Bishop Lanterio
(1250? – 1255?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1250? – 1255?)

Bishop Imperiale Doria
(? – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (? – ?)

Bishop Simone
(1238 – ?)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1238 – ?)

Cardinal Sinibaldo Fieschi (later Pope Innocent IV)
(1235 – 1238)

Born:	1195 (Genova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1227.09.18
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	1243.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1243.06.28
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	1243.06.28
Died:	1254.12.07 (Napoli, Italy † 58)