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Diocese of Vigevano, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

Celebrations

History

  • 1530.03.14: Established as Diocese of Vigevano / Viglevanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Novara and Diocese of Pavia and became suffragan of Milano)
  • 1535: Gained territory from Diocese of Pavia
  • 1817.07.17: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Milano, Diocese of Novara and Diocese of Pavia
  • 1817.11.26: Became suffragan of Vercelli
  • 1829: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Novara
  • 1974.07.17: Became suffragan of Milano
  • 2016.06.26: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Novara

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Santโ€™Ambrogio 14, 27029 Vigevano, Italy

Phone: 0381 691389; 0381 690727

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vigevano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maurizio Gervasoni (71)Bishop Maurizio Gervasoni (71)
(2013.07.20 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy)

Visu sim beatus tuรฆ gloriรฆ

Born:1953.12.20 (Sarnico, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1977.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:2013.09.28

Priest of Bergamo (Italy) (1977.06.11 โ€“ 2013.07.20)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1999 โ€“ 2013.07.20)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (2013.07.20 โ€“ ...)

Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.07.24 โ€“ 2013.07.20)

Archbishop Vincenzo Di Mauro (73)Archbishop Vincenzo Di Mauro (73)
(2011.03.12 โ€“ 2012.07.21)

Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Vigevano (Italy)

Super omnia caritas

Born:1951.12.01 (Monza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:2007.09.29

Priest of Milano (Italy) (1976.06.12 โ€“ 2007.09.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1991.11.12 โ€“ 2005.02.22)

Delegate of the Ordinary Section of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (2004.01.02 โ€“ 2007.09.03)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2005.02.22 โ€“ 2007.09.03)

Titular Bishop of Arpi (2007.09.03 โ€“ 2010.11.22)

Secretary of Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2007.09.03 โ€“ 2010.11.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (2010.11.22 โ€“ 2011.03.12)

Archbishop ad personam (2010.11.22 โ€“ 2011.03.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (2011.03.12 โ€“ 2012.07.21)

Bishop Claudio Baggini
(2000.03.18 โ€“ 2011.03.12)

Crux Spes Unica

Born:1936.08.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1959.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:2000.04.30
Died:2015.09.25 (โ€  79)

Priest of Lodi (Italy) (1959.06.14 โ€“ 2000.03.18)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (2000.03.18 โ€“ 2011.03.12)

Bishop Giovanni Locatelli
(1988.11.12 โ€“ 2000.03.18)

Forma gregis ex animo

Born:1924.09.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1948.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1977.03.20
Died:2004.02.20 (โ€  79)

Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1977.02.22 โ€“ 1988.11.12)

Bishop of San Marinoโ€“Montefeltro (Italy) (1977.02.22 โ€“ 1988.11.12)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1988.11.12 โ€“ 2000.03.18)

Bishop Mario Rossi
(1971.08.04 โ€“ 1988.08.19)

Ros sicut verbum meum

Born:1914.09.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1938.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1971.10.03
Died:1988.08.19 (โ€  73)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1971.08.04 โ€“ 1988.08.19)

Bishop Luigi Barbero
(1952.07.26 โ€“ 1971.04.01)

Respice stellam

Born:1905.06.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1928.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1952.10.07
Died:1971.04.01 (โ€  65)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1952.07.26 โ€“ 1971.04.01)

Bishop Antonio Picconi
(1946.06.13 โ€“ 1952.04.21)

Tu lโ€™onor del popol nostro

Born:1885.03.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1908.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:1946.07.25
Died:1952.04.21 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1946.06.13 โ€“ 1952.04.21)

Bishop Giovanni Bargiggia
(1937.07.06 โ€“ 1946.04.11)

Fortiter et suaviter

Born:1876.11.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1900.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1927.04.24
Died:1946.04.11 (โ€  69)

Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy) (1927.03.14 โ€“ 1937.07.06)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1937.07.06 โ€“ 1946.04.11)

Archbishop Angelo Giacinto Scapardini, O.P.
(1921.08.27 โ€“ 1937.05.20)

Est est non non

Born:1861.12.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1884.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1909.06.06
Died:1937.05.20 (โ€  75)

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1909.04.29 โ€“ 1910.09.10)

Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia (1910.08.30 โ€“ 1916.12.04)

Titular Archbishop of Antiochia (1910.09.10 โ€“ 1910.09.23)

Apostolic Delegate to Peru and Bolivia (1910.09.23 โ€“ 1916.12.04)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1910.09.23 โ€“ 1921.08.27)

Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil (1916.12.04 โ€“ 1920)

Archbishop-Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1921.08.27 โ€“ 1937.05.20)

Bishop Pietro Berruti
(1898.11.28 โ€“ 1921.04.08)

De forti dulcedo

Born:1840.08.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1864.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1899.12.08
Died:1921.04.08 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1898.11.28 โ€“ 1921.04.08)

Bishop Giacomo Merizzi (later Archbishop)
(1891.12.14 โ€“ 1898.11.28)

Born:1834.08.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1857.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1891.12.20
Died:1916.03.22 (โ€  81)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1891.12.14 โ€“ 1898.11.28)

Titular Archbishop of Ancyra (1898.11.28 โ€“ 1902.08.21)

Titular Archbishop of Mocissus (1902.08.21 โ€“ 1916.03.22)

Bishop Pietro Giuseppe de Gaudenzi
(1871.10.27 โ€“ 1891.10.15)

Born:1812.06.04
Ordained Priest:1835.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:1871.11.01
Died:1891.10.15 (โ€  79)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1891.10.15)

Bishop Pio Vincenzo Forzani
(1844.01.25 โ€“ 1859.12.15)

Born:1792.07.19
Ordained Priest:1815.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1840.02.23
Died:1859.12.15 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Susa (Italy) (1839.12.23 โ€“ 1844.01.25)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1844.01.25 โ€“ 1859.12.15)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Accusani
(1830.07.05 โ€“ 1843.07.19)

Born:1765.06.12
Ordained Priest:1788.02.16
Consecrated Bishop:1830.09.05
Died:1843.07.19 (โ€  78)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1830.07.05 โ€“ 1843.07.19)

Bishop Giovanni Francesco Toppia
(1818.05.25 โ€“ 1828.07.30)

Sola virtute

Born:1754.01.28
Ordained Priest:1778.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1818.08.02
Died:1828.07.30 (โ€  74)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1818.05.25 โ€“ 1828.07.30)

Bishop Francesco Milesi (later Patriarch)
(1807.09.18 โ€“ 1816.09.23)

Born:1744.03.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1767.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1807.11.02
Died:1819.09.18 (โ€  75)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1807.09.18 โ€“ 1816.09.23)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1816.09.23 โ€“ 1819.09.18)

Bishop Nicola Saverio Gamboni (later Patriarch)
(1806.03.31 โ€“ 1807.01.11)

Celsior cum prรฆmitur

Born:1746.12.05
Ordained Priest:1776.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1776.12.21
Died:1808.10.21 (โ€  61)

Bishop of Capri (Italy) (1776.11.17 โ€“ 1807.08.24)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) ([1803.09.18] 1806.03.31 โ€“ 1807.01.11)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1807.08.24 โ€“ 1808.10.21)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Scarampi
(1757.07.16 โ€“ 1801.02.18)

Born:1720.02.24
Ordained Priest:1742.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1757.07.25
Died:1801.02.18 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1757.07.16 โ€“ 1801.02.18)

Bishop Francesco Agostino Dalla Chiesa
(1754.09 โ€“ 1755.08.11)

Born:1717.08.26
Ordained Priest:1741.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1755.02.23
Died:1755.08.11 (โ€  37)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1754.09 โ€“ 1755.08.11)

Bishop Carlo Bossi
(1731.06.18 โ€“ 1753.10.07)

Born:1669.04.01
Ordained Priest:1718.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:1731.06.24
Died:1753.10.07 (โ€  84)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1731.06.18 โ€“ 1753.10.07)

Bishop Giorgio Cattaneo
(1712.04.05 โ€“ 1730.11.07)

Born:1663.03.24
Ordained Priest:1686.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:1712.04.03
Died:1730.11.07 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1712.04.05 โ€“ 1730.11.07)

Bishop Gerolamo Archinto
(1703.03.05 โ€“ 1710.10.22)

Born:1651.10.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1680.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1703.03.18
Died:1710.10.22 (โ€  59)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1703.03.05 โ€“ 1710.10.22)

Bishop Pier Marino Sormani, O.F.M. Obs.
(1688.10.11 โ€“ 1702.08.12)

Born:1632.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:1688.10.17
Died:1702.08.12 (โ€  69)

Custos of the Holy Land of Custody of the Holy Land (1678 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1688.10.11 โ€“ 1702.08.12)

Bishop Ferdinando de Roxas
(1683.03 โ€“ 1685.12.30)

Born:1650.04.15
Ordained Priest:1675.09.01
Consecrated Bishop:1683.12.06
Died:1685.12.30 (โ€  35)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1683.03 โ€“ 1685.12.30)

Bishop Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, O. Cist.
(1673.10.13 โ€“ 1682.09.07)

Born:1606.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:1657.07.29
Died:1682.09.07 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Campagna (Italy) (1657 โ€“ 1673.10.13)

Bishop of Satriano (Italy) (1657 โ€“ 1673.10.13)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1673.10.13 โ€“ 1682.09.07)

Bishop Giovanni Rasini
(1671.06.22 โ€“ 1672.11.18)

Born:1630.02.03
Consecrated Bishop:1671.07.05
Died:1672.11.18 (โ€  42)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1671.06.22 โ€“ 1672.11.18)

Bishop Gerolamo Visconti
(1667.10.05 โ€“ 1670.10.26)

Born:1613
Consecrated Bishop:1667.10.09
Died:1670.10.26 (โ€  56)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1667.10.05 โ€“ 1670.10.26)

Bishop Attilio Pietrasanta, O. Cist.
(1659.06 โ€“ 1666.11.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1659.08.17
Died:1666.11.23

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1659.06 โ€“ 1666.11.23)

Bishop Gabriel Adarzo de Santander (later Archbishop)
(1654 โ€“ 1657.09.24)

Born:1596.12
Consecrated Bishop:1654.03.22
Died:1674.04.03 (โ€  77)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1654 โ€“ 1657.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Otranto (Italy) (1657.09.24 โ€“ 1674.04.03)

Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Donghi
(1649 โ€“ 1654)

Bishop Juan Gutiรฉrrez
(1648.05.18 โ€“ 1649.03.20)

Consecrated Bishop:1648.06.01
Died:1649.03.20

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1648.05.18 โ€“ 1649.03.20)

Archbishop Francisco Romero, O. Carm.
(1621.01.11 โ€“ 1635.07.16)

Consecrated Bishop:1618.05.20
Died:1635.07.16

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lanciano (Italy) (1618.05.14 โ€“ 1621.01.11)

Archbishop-Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1621.01.11 โ€“ 1635.07.16)

Bishop Giorgio Odescalchi
(1610.05.26 โ€“ 1620.05.07)

Born:1564
Consecrated Bishop:1599.05.29
Died:1620.05.07 (โ€  55)

Bishop of Alessandria (Italy) (1596.05.10 โ€“ 1610.05.26)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1610.05.26 โ€“ 1620.05.07)

Bishop Marsilio Landriani
(1594.05.25 โ€“ 1609.04.28)

Consecrated Bishop:1593.11.14
Died:1609.04.28

Apostolic Nuncio to France (1591 โ€“ 1594)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1594.05.25 โ€“ 1609.04.28)

Bishop Pietro Fauno di Costacciara
(1589.05.02 โ€“ 1592.09.09)

Born:1524.04.22
Died:1592.09.09 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Acqui (Italy) (1558.03.23 โ€“ 1585)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1589.05.02 โ€“ 1592.09.09)

Bishop Bernardino Bricennio
(1582.11.05 โ€“ 1588.08.11)

Born:1513
Consecrated Bishop:1582.12.27
Died:1588.08.11 (โ€  74)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1582.11.05 โ€“ 1588.08.11)

Bishop Alessandro Casale
(1577.07.01 โ€“ 1582.02.16)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1577.07.01 โ€“ 1582.02.16)

Bishop Maurizio Pietra
(1552.10.27 โ€“ 1576.05.20)

Born:1514.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1552
Died:1576.05.20 (โ€  61)

Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (? โ€“ 1552.10.27)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1552.10.27 โ€“ 1576.05.20)

Bishop Galeazzo Pietra
(1530.03.16 โ€“ 1552.10.27)

Born:1461
Consecrated Bishop:1530.03.19
Died:1552.10.27 (โ€  90)

Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1530.03.16 โ€“ 1552.10.27)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,509 kmยฒ

Population: 178,800 Catholics (95.4% of 187,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 87 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 94 priests (84 diocesan, 10 religious), 13 deacons, 119 religious (11 brothers, 108 sisters), 1 seminarian