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Diocese of Imola, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

Celebrations

History

  • 350: Established as Diocese of Imola / Imolen(sis) (Latin)
  • 440: Became suffragan of Ravenna
  • 500: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Claterna
  • 1198: Lost territory to Diocese of Bologna
  • 1582.12.10: Became suffragan of Bologna
  • 1604.12.15: Became suffragan of Ravenna
  • 1872: Became suffragan of Bologna

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Duomo 1, 40026 Imola, Italy

Phone: 0542 25000

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Imola (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Mosciatti (67)Bishop Giovanni Mosciatti (67)
(2019.05.31 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Imola (Italy)

Corrigamus nos ad laudem Christi

Born:1958.01.23 (Matelica, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1986.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:2019.07.13

Priest of Fabrianoโ€“Matelica (Italy) (1986.12.06 โ€“ 2019.05.31)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (2019.05.31 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Tommaso Ghirelli (80)Bishop Tommaso Ghirelli (80)
(2002.10.18 โ€“ 2019.05.31)

Bishop emeritus of Imola (Italy)

Prรฆcedet ut vigilaret

Born:1944.08.02 (Forlรฌ, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1969.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2002.11.30

Priest of Bologna (Italy) (1969.06.29 โ€“ 2002.10.18)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (2002.10.18 โ€“ 2019.05.31)

Bishop Giuseppe Fabiani
(1989.07.19 โ€“ 2002.10.18)

Born:1926.11.27 (Bertinoro, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1950.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1989.09.10
Died:2019.06.25 (Bologna, Italy โ€  92)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1989.07.19 โ€“ 2002.10.18)

Bishop Luigi Dardani
(1974.03.12 โ€“ 1989.07.19)

Born:1915.02.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1937.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1969.05.25
Died:1999.12.18 (โ€  84)

Titular Bishop of Ravello (1969.04.28 โ€“ 1974.03.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1969.04.28 โ€“ 1974.03.12)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1974.03.12 โ€“ 1989.07.19)

Bishop Benigno Carrara
(1956.05.12 โ€“ 1974)

Born:1888.12.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1911.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1948.02.01
Died:1974.07.27 (โ€  85)

Titular Bishop of Hieropolis (1947.12.20 โ€“ 1956.05.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1947.12.20 โ€“ 1956.05.12)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1956.05.12 โ€“ 1974)

Bishop Paolino Giovanni Tribbioli, O.F.M. Cap.
(1913.04.09 โ€“ 1956.05.12)

Born:1868.12.13 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1891.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1913.05.04
Died:1956.05.12 (โ€  87)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1913.04.09 โ€“ 1956.05.12)

Bishop Francesco Baldassarri
(1901.04.15 โ€“ 1912.11.09)

Born:1836.10.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1859.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1894.05.24
Died:1912.11.09 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Urbania (Italy) (1894.05.18 โ€“ 1901.04.15)

Bishop of Santโ€™Angelo in Vado (Italy) (1894.05.18 โ€“ 1901.04.15)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1901.04.15 โ€“ 1912.11.09)

Bishop Luigi Tesorieri
(1871.10.27 โ€“ 1901.04.02)

Born:1825.03.22
Ordained Priest:1848.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:1871.11.30
Died:1901.04.02 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1901.04.02)

Bishop Vincenzo Moretti (later Cardinal)
(1867.03.27 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Born:1815.11.14 (Orvieto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1838.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1856.01.13
Created Cardinal:1877.12.28
Died:1881.10.06 (Bologna, Italy โ€  65)

Bishop of Comacchio (Italy) (1855.12.17 โ€“ 1860.03.23)

Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1860.03.23 โ€“ 1867.03.27)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1867.03.27 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1879.09.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1877.12.31 โ€“ 1881.10.06)

Cardinal Gaetano Baluffi
(1846.09.21 โ€“ 1866.11.11)

Born:1788.03.29 (Ancona, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1811.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:1833.08.18
Created Cardinal:1846.12.21
Died:1866.11.11 (Imola, Italy โ€  78)

Bishop of Bagnoregio (Italy) (1833.07.29 โ€“ 1842.01.27)

Archbishop of Camerino (Italy) (1842.01.27 โ€“ 1845.04.21)

Bishop of Treia (Italy) (1842.01.27 โ€“ 1845.04.21)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1845.04.21 โ€“ 1846.09.21)

Archbishop-Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1846.09.21 โ€“ 1866.11.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1847.06.14 โ€“ 1866.11.11)

Cardinal Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (later Pope Pius IX, Blessed)
(1832.12.17 โ€“ 1846.06.16)

Born:1792.05.13 (Senigallia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1819.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:1827.06.03
Created Cardinal in pectore:1839.12.23
Revealed as Cardinal:1840.12.14
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1846.06.16
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1846.06.21
Died:1878.02.07 (Vatican City State โ€  85)
Beatified:2000.09.03
Feast:02.07

Priest of Roma (Italy) (1819.04.10 โ€“ 1827.05.21)

Archbishop of Spoleto (Italy) (1827.05.21 โ€“ 1832.12.17)

Archbishop-Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1832.12.17 โ€“ 1846.06.16)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1840.12.17 โ€“ 1846.06.16)

Supreme Pontiff (1846.06.16 [1846.06.21] โ€“ 1878.02.07)

Commendatory Abbot of Subiaco (Italy) (1847 โ€“ 1853)

Pope.

Cardinal Giacomo Giustiniani
(1826.05.13 โ€“ 1832.12.16)

Cardinal Antonio Lamberto Rusconi
(1816.03.08 โ€“ 1825.08.01)

Born:1743.06.19 (Cento, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1803.01.02
Created Cardinal:1816.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1816.03.21
Died:1825.08.01 (Imola, Italy โ€  82)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1816.03.08 โ€“ 1825.08.01)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1816.04.29 โ€“ 1825.08.01)

Pope Pius VII (Barnaba Chiaramonti, O.S.B. Cas.)
(1785.02.14 โ€“ 1816.03.08)

Born:1742.08.14 (Cesena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1765.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1782.12.21
Created Cardinal:1785.02.14
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1800.03.14
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1800.03.21
Died:1823.08.20 (Roma, Italy โ€  81)

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1782.12.16 โ€“ 1785.02.14)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1785.02.14 โ€“ 1816.03.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1785.06.27 โ€“ 1800.03.14)

Supreme Pontiff (1800.03.14 [1800.03.21] โ€“ 1823.08.20)

Cardinal Giovanni Carlo Bandi
(1752.03.20 โ€“ 1784.03.23)

Born:1709.07.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1734.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1744.12.28
Created Cardinal in pectore:1775.05.29
Revealed as Cardinal:1775.09.11
Died:1784.03.23 (โ€  74)

Titular Bishop of Botrys (1744.12.18 โ€“ 1752.03.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ostiaโ€“Velletri (Italy) (1744.12.18 โ€“ 1752.03.20)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1752.03.20 โ€“ 1784.03.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1775.12.18 โ€“ 1784.03.23)

Archbishop Tommaso Maria Marelli
(1739.02.23 โ€“ 1752.02.09)

Born:1673.07.02
Ordained Priest:1697.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1716.12.21
Died:1752.02.09 (โ€  78)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Urbino (Italy) (1716 โ€“ 1739.02.23)

Archbishop-Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1739.02.23 โ€“ 1752.02.09)

Cardinal Giuseppe Accoramboni
(1728.04.12 โ€“ 1739)

Born:1672.09.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1723.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:1724.09.21
Created Cardinal:1728.09.20
Died:1747.03.21 (โ€  74)

Titular Archbishop of Philippi (1724.09.11 โ€“ 1728.04.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1728.04.12 โ€“ 1739)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1728.11.15 โ€“ 1740.09.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1740.09.16 โ€“ 1743.03.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1743.03.11 โ€“ 1747.03.21)

Cardinal Ulisse Giuseppe Gozzadini
(1710.02.19 โ€“ 1728.03.20)

Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio
(1701.11.21 โ€“ 1709.10.14)

Born:1660.03.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1700.05.16
Created Cardinal:1706.05.17
Died:1728.04.21 (โ€  68)

Titular Archbishop of Athenรฆ (1700.03.30 โ€“ 1701.11.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1700.04.03 โ€“ 1701.11.21)

Archbishop-Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1701.11.21 โ€“ 1709.10.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono (1708.04.30 โ€“ 1725.01.29)

Archbishop-Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1709.10.14 โ€“ 1714.12.05)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1712.03.02 โ€“ 1713.01.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1725.01.29 โ€“ 1726.07.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1726.07.31 โ€“ 1728.04.21)

Cardinal Taddeo Luigi dal Verme
(1696.01.02 โ€“ 1702.03.14)

Born:1641.02.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1689.01.02
Created Cardinal:1695.12.12
Died:1717.01.12 (โ€  75)

Bishop of Fano (Italy) (1688.12.20 โ€“ 1696.01.02)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1696.01.02 โ€“ 1702.03.14)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1696.01.02 โ€“ 1717.01.12)

Bishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1702.03.14 โ€“ 1717.01.12)

Bishop Costanzo Zani
(1672 โ€“ 1694.06.16)

Consecrated Bishop:1672.09.18
Died:1694.06.16

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1672 โ€“ 1694.06.16)

Bishop Francesco Maria Ghislieri
(1664.09.01 โ€“ 1672.09.12)

Consecrated Bishop:1649.02.07
Died:1672.09.12

Bishop of Terracina (Italy) (1649.02.01 โ€“ 1664.09.01)

Bishop of Priverno (Italy) (1649.02.01 โ€“ 1664.09.01)

Bishop of Sezze (Italy) (1649.02.01 โ€“ 1664.09.01)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1664.09.01 โ€“ 1672.09.12)

Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Donghi
(1655.08.02 โ€“ 1663.02.26)

Cardinal Fabio Chigi (later Pope Alexander VII)
(1653.05.13 โ€“ 1655.04.07)

Born:1599.02.13 (Siena, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1634.12
Consecrated Bishop:1635.07.01
Created Cardinal:1652.02.19
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:1655.04.07
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:1655.04.18
Died:1667.05.22 (Roma, Italy โ€  68)

Bishop of Nardรฒ (Italy) (1635.01.08 โ€“ 1652.02.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1652.03.12 โ€“ 1655.04.07)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1653.05.13 โ€“ 1655.04.07)

Supreme Pontiff (1655.04.07 [1655.04.18] โ€“ 1667.05.22)

Bishop Marco Antonio Coccini
(1646.02.19 โ€“ 1653)

Consecrated Bishop:1638.01.24
Died:1653

Bishop of Anglonaโ€“Tursi (Italy) (1638.01.13 โ€“ 1646.02.19)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1646.02.19 โ€“ 1653)

Cardinal Mario Theodoli
(1644.10.17 โ€“ 1646.02.19)

Bishop Ferdinando Millini
(1619 โ€“ 1644.08.13)

Born:1590.01
Consecrated Bishop:1619.09.15
Died:1644.08.13 (โ€  54)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1619 โ€“ 1644.08.13)

Bishop Rodolfo Paleotti
(1611 โ€“ 1619.05.24)

Born: (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1611.07.02
Died:1619.05.24

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1611 โ€“ 1619.05.24)

Cardinal Giovanni Garzia Millini
(1607.02.07 โ€“ 1611.06.27)

Bishop Alessandro Musotti
(1579 โ€“ 1607.01.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1580.02.25
Died:1607.01.23

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1579 โ€“ 1607.01.23)

Bishop Vincenzo Ercolani, O.P.
(1573 โ€“ 1579.11.27)

Consecrated Bishop:1570.01.08
Died:1586.10.29

Bishop of Sarno (Italy) (1569 โ€“ 1573)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1573 โ€“ 1579.11.27)

Bishop of Perugia (Italy) (1579.11.27 โ€“ 1586.10.29)

Cardinal Giovanni Aldobrandini
(1569.08.26 โ€“ 1573.02.09)

Bishop Francesco Guarini
(1561 โ€“ 1569)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1561 โ€“ 1569)

Cardinal Vitellozzo Vitelli
(Apostolic Administrator 1560.02.07 โ€“ 1561.10.24)

Cardinal Girolamo Dandini
(1558 โ€“ 1559.12.04)

Bishop Anastasio Umberto Dandini
(1552 โ€“ 1558.03.25)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1552 โ€“ 1558.03.25)

Cardinal Girolamo Dandini
(1546.05.17 โ€“ 1552.05.11)

Cardinal Nicolรฒ Ridolfi
(Apostolic Administrator 1533.08.04 โ€“ 1546.05.17)

Bishop Domenico Scribonio dei Cerboni
(1511 โ€“ 1533)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1511 โ€“ 1533)

Bishop Simone Bonadies
(1488.09.17 โ€“ 1511)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1488.09.17 โ€“ 1511)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1511 โ€“ 1518)

Bishop Giacomo Passarelli
(1479.11.27 โ€“ 1488.09.17)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1479.11.27 โ€“ 1488.09.17)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1488.09.17 โ€“ 1495.09)

Bishop Giorgio Buchi
(1471.10.06 โ€“ 1479.11)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1471.10.06 โ€“ 1479.11)

Bishop Antonio Castellani Volta
(1457.09.16 โ€“ 1470.12)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1457.09.16 โ€“ 1470.12)

Bishop Gaspare Sighigelli, O.P.
(1450.03.27 โ€“ 1457)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1450.03.27 โ€“ 1457)

Bishop Pietro Ondedei
(1412 โ€“ 1450)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1412 โ€“ 1450)

Bishop Ermanno Brancaleoni
(1402 โ€“ 1412.05.05)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1402 โ€“ 1412.05.05)

Bishop Nicolรฒ dโ€™Assisi
(1399.09.24 โ€“ 1402)

Bishop Giacomo Guidotti
(1396 โ€“ 1399)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1396 โ€“ 1399)

Bishop Antonio Calvi (later Cardinal)
(1390.10.10 โ€“ 1395.12.22)

Born:1341 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1391.06
Created Cardinal:1405.06.12
Died:1411.10.02 (โ€  69)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1390.10.10 โ€“ 1395.12.22)

Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1395.12.22 โ€“ 1405.06.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1405.06.12 โ€“ 1409.07.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1409.07.02 โ€“ 1411.10.02)

Bishop Emanuele Fieschi
(1385 โ€“ 1390)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1385 โ€“ 1390)

Archbishop Giacomo Carafa
(1384 โ€“ 1385)

Bishop Guglielmo Alidosi
(1382 โ€“ 1384)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1382 โ€“ 1384)

Archbishop Marino Giudice (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1380 โ€“ 1382)

Bishop Litto Alidosi
(1354 โ€“ 1379)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1354 โ€“ 1379)

Bishop Carlo Alidosi
(1342 โ€“ 1354)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1342 โ€“ 1354)

Bishop Raimbaldo
(1317 โ€“ 1341)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1317 โ€“ 1341)

Bishop Matteo Orsini, O.F.M.
(1302 โ€“ 1317.01.12)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1302 โ€“ 1317.01.12)

Bishop of Chiusi (Italy) (1317.01.12 โ€“ 1322.06.15)

Bishop Giovanni Muto dei Papazzurri
(1300.02.06 โ€“ 1302.08.03)

Bishop of Oleno (Greece) (1297.12.23 โ€“ 1300.02.06)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1300.02.06 โ€“ 1302.08.03)

Bishop of Rieti (Italy) (1302.08.03 โ€“ 1339)

Bishop Benedetto
(1299 โ€“ 1300)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1299 โ€“ 1300)

Bishop Deuterio
(1297 โ€“ 1299)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1297 โ€“ 1299)

Bishop Sinibaldo
(1270 โ€“ 1296)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1270 โ€“ 1296)

Bishop Tommaso
(1249 โ€“ 1269)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1249 โ€“ 1269)

Bishop Mainardo degli Aldigheri
(1207 โ€“ 1249)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1207 โ€“ 1249)

Bishop Uno degli Abati di Pomposa
(1205 โ€“ 1207)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1205 โ€“ 1207)

Bishop Geremia
(1202 โ€“ 1205)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1202 โ€“ 1205)

Bishop Alberto Oselletti (later Archbishop)
(1201 โ€“ 1202)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1201 โ€“ 1202)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1202 โ€“ 1207)

Bishop Alberto
(1193 โ€“ 1201)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1193 โ€“ 1201)

Bishop Enrico
(1173 โ€“ 1193)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1173 โ€“ 1193)

Bishop Arardo
(1166 โ€“ 1173)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1166 โ€“ 1173)

Bishop Rodolfo, O.S.B.
(1147 โ€“ 1166)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1147 โ€“ 1166)

Bishop Gerardo
(1146 โ€“ 1147)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1146 โ€“ 1147)

Bishop Randuino
(1140 โ€“ 1146)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1140 โ€“ 1146)

Bishop Bennone
(1126 โ€“ 1139)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1126 โ€“ 1139)

Bishop Otrico
(1122 โ€“ 1126)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1122 โ€“ 1126)

Bishop Ubaldo
(1108 โ€“ 1122)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1108 โ€“ 1122)

Bishop Otto
(1095 โ€“ 1108)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1095 โ€“ 1108)

Bishop Morando
(1084 โ€“ 1095)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1084 โ€“ 1095)

Bishop Olderico
(1053 โ€“ 1084)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1053 โ€“ 1084)

Bishop Pellegrino
(1047 โ€“ 1053)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1047 โ€“ 1053)

Bishop Paolo
(1012 โ€“ 1047)

Bishop of Imola (Italy) (1012 โ€“ 1047)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 740 kmยฒ

Population: 134,640 Catholics (95.0% of 141,740 total)

Pastoral Centres: 108 parishes

Personnel: 90 priests (74 diocesan, 16 religious), 21 deacons, 104 religious (19 brothers, 85 sisters), 4 seminarians