Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}

Historical Details

• Diocese of Genova
  • Latin Name: Ianuensis
  • Erected: 3rd Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Genova
  • Latin Name: Ianuensis
  • Elevated: 20 March 1133
  • Metropolitan See
  • Country: Italy
  • Square Kilometers: 986 (380 Square Miles)

• Archdiocese of Genova-Bobbio
  • Latin Name: Ianuensis-Bobiensis
  • United: 30 September 1986
  • Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Gauthier de Vezzano † (23 Apr 1253 Appointed - 26 Sep 1274 Died)
• Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) † (3 Oct 1436 Appointed - 11 Oct 1461 Died)
• Paolo Fregoso (Campofregoso) † (7 Feb 1453 Appointed - 13 Feb 1495 Resigned)
• Giovanni Maria Sforza † (25 Mar 1498 Appointed - 1513 Died)
• Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) † (11 May 1520 Appointed - 14 Apr 1550 Died)
• Girolamo Sauli † (18 Apr 1550 Appointed - 1559 Died)
• Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. † (17 Apr 1559 Appointed - 30 Sep 1567 Died)
• Cipriano Pallavicino † (14 Nov 1567 Appointed - 1586 Died)
• Antonio Maria Sauli † (Dec 1586 Succeeded - 9 Aug 1591 Resigned)
• Alessandro Centurione † (9 Aug 1591 Appointed - 1596 Resigned)
• Matteo Rivarola, O.S.B. † (29 Apr 1596 Appointed - 1600 Died)
• Orazio Spínola † (20 Dec 1600 Appointed - 24 Jun 1616 Died)
• Domenico de’ Marini † (18 Jul 1616 Appointed - Feb 1635 Died)
• Stefano Durazzo † (5 Mar 1635 Appointed - Oct 1664 Resigned)
• Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) † (10 Nov 1664 Appointed - 17 Mar 1681 Resigned)
• Giulio Vincenzo Gentile, O.P. † (17 Mar 1681 Appointed - Jun 1694 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Spínola † (13 Sep 1694 Appointed - 7 Jan 1705 Died)
• Lorenzo Maria Fieschi (de Flisco) † (18 May 1705 Appointed - 1 May 1726 Died)
• Nicolò Maria de’ Franchi, O.P. † (1 Jul 1726 Appointed - 20 Feb 1746 Died)
• Giuseppe Saporiti † (9 Mar 1746 Succeeded - 14 Apr 1767 Died)
• Giovanni Lercari † (10 Jul 1767 Appointed - 18 Mar 1802 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Spina † (24 May 1802 Appointed - 13 Dec 1816 Resigned)
• Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. † (27 Sep 1819 Confirmed - 26 Jun 1830 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.P. † (5 Jul 1830 Confirmed - 3 Sep 1831 Died)
• Placido Maria Tadini, O.C.D. † (2 Jul 1832 Confirmed - 22 Nov 1847 Died)
• Andreas Charvaz † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 7 Aug 1869 Resigned)
• Salvatore Magnasco † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 12 Jan 1892 Died)
• Tommaso Reggio † (11 Jul 1892 Appointed - 22 Nov 1901 Died)
• Edoardo Pulciano † (16 Dec 1901 Appointed - 25 Dec 1911 Died)
• Andrea Caron † (29 Apr 1912 Appointed - 22 Jan 1915 Resigned)
• Ludovico Gavotti † (22 Jan 1915 Appointed - 23 Dec 1918 Died)
• Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. † (10 Mar 1919 Appointed - 1921 Resigned)
• Giosuè Signori † (21 Nov 1921 Appointed - 25 Nov 1923 Died)
• Francesco Sidoli † (24 Mar 1924 Appointed - 18 Dec 1924 Died)
• Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti † (16 Jan 1925 Appointed - 13 Mar 1938 Died)
• Pietro Boetto, S.J. † (17 Mar 1938 Appointed - 31 Jan 1946 Died)
• Giuseppe Siri † (14 May 1946 Appointed - 6 Jul 1987 Retired)
• Giovanni Canestri (6 Jul 1987 Appointed - 20 Apr 1995 Retired)
• Dionigi Tettamanzi (20 Apr 1995 Appointed - 11 Jul 2002 Appointed, Archbishop of Milano {Milan})
• Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. (10 Dec 2002 Appointed - 29 Aug 2006 Resigned)
• Angelo Bagnasco (29 Aug 2006 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Genova
1950		758,422	.0%	611	414	1,025	0		600		235	ap1951
1969	934,000	941,641	99.2%	570	526	1,096	852		769	3,925	272	ap1971
1980	987,000	1,038,000	95.1%	552	510	1,062	929	1	699	2,750	274	ap1981
Archdiocese of Genova-Bobbio
Archdiocese of Genova {Genoa}
1990	890,313	902,213	98.7%	505	451	956	931	10	615	2,216	278	ap1991
1999	784,588	843,644	93.0%	405	373	778	1,008	16	486	1,630	278	ap2000
2000	773,016	831,201	93.0%	400	349	749	1,032	18	450	1,578	278	ap2001
2001	773,325	831,533	93.0%	391	338	729	1,060	21	441	1,560	278	ap2002
2002	752,111	808,722	93.0%	386	327	713	1,054	21	447	1,560	278	ap2003
2003	690,133	726,093	95.0%	370	312	682	1,011	23	409	1,498	278	ap2004
2004	775,980	834,388	93.0%	362	309	671	1,156	23	419	1,455	278	ap2005
2006	671,423	721,960	93.0%	348	307	655	1,025	29	416	1,365	278	ap2007

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Marc Marie Max Aillet (Priest: 3 Jul 1982 to 15 Oct 2008)
• Angelo Bagnasco (Priest: 29 Jun 1966 to 3 Jan 1998; Archbishop: 29 Aug 2006 - )
• Giacomo Barabino (Auxiliary Bishop: 30 Sep 1986 to 7 Dec 1988)
• Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. (Archbishop: 10 Dec 2002 to 29 Aug 2006)
• Domenico Calcagno (Priest: 29 Jun 1967 to 25 Jan 2002)
• Martino Canessa (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jun 1989 to 2 Feb 1996)
• Giovanni Canestri (Archbishop: 6 Jul 1987 to 20 Apr 1995)
• Guido Gallese (Priest: 29 Sep 1990 to 20 Oct 2012)
• Francesco Moraglia (Priest: 29 Jun 1977 to 6 Dec 2007)
• Luigi Ernesto Palletti (Priest: 29 Jun 1983; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec 2004 to 20 Oct 2012)
• Mauro Piacenza (Priest: 21 Dec 1969 to 13 Oct 2003)
• Alberto Tanasini (Priest: 1 Mar 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 6 Jul 1996 to 20 Mar 2004)
• Dionigi Tettamanzi (Archbishop: 20 Apr 1995 to 11 Jul 2002)
• Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin (Priest: 4 Jul 1989 to 15 Dec 2012)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.P. † (Archbishop: 5 Jul 1830 to 3 Sep 1831)
• Gaetano Alimonda † (Priest: 10 Jun 1843 to 21 Sep 1877)
• Giacomo Maria de Amicis † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 1919 to 23 Jul 1937)
• Pietro Boetto, S.J. † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1938 to 31 Jan 1946)
• Tommaso Pio Boggiani, O.P. † (Apostolic Administrator: 7 Mar 1914; Archbishop: 10 Mar 1919 to 1921)
• Angelo Cambiaso † (Priest: 3 Sep 1889 to 22 Jan 1915)
• Girolamo Cardinale † (Priest: 24 Sep 1898 to 25 May 1923)
• Giovanni Carli † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Mar 1898 to 19 Jun 1899)
• Andrea Caron † (Archbishop: 29 Apr 1912 to 22 Jan 1915)
• Marco Cattaneo, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1530 to May 1546)
• Alessandro Centurione † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1591 to 1596)
• Andreas Charvaz † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 7 Aug 1869)
• Secondo Chiocca † (Priest: 2 Jun 1928 to 18 Jan 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Apr 1955 to 9 May 1981)
• Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) † (Archbishop: 11 May 1520 to 14 Apr 1550)
• Nicolò Maria de’ Franchi, O.P. † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1726 to 20 Feb 1746)
• Giovanni Battista Dellepiane † (Priest: 25 Jul 1914 to 18 Jul 1929)
• Domenico de’ Marini † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1616 to Feb 1635)
• Giuseppe Maria Doria Pamphilj † (Priest: 18 Jul 1773 to 6 Sep 1773)
• Stefano Durazzo † (Archbishop: 5 Mar 1635 to Oct 1664)
• Giorgio Fieschi (Flisco) † (Archbishop: 3 Oct 1436 to 11 Oct 1461)
• Lorenzo Maria Fieschi (de Flisco) † (Archbishop: 18 May 1705 to 1 May 1726)
• Paolo Fregoso (Campofregoso) † (Archbishop: 7 Feb 1453 to 13 Feb 1495)
• Ludovico Gavotti † (Priest: 27 May 1893 to 22 Jun 1903; Archbishop: 22 Jan 1915 to 23 Dec 1918)
• Giulio Vincenzo Gentile, O.P. † (Archbishop: 17 Mar 1681 to Jun 1694)
• Giovanni Battista Lambruschini † (Coadjutor Bishop: 24 Oct 1800 to 3 Aug 1807)
• Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1819 to 26 Jun 1830)
• Giovanni Lercari † (Archbishop: 10 Jul 1767 to 18 Mar 1802)
• Giacomo Lercaro † (Priest: 25 Jul 1914 to 31 Jan 1947)
• Salvatore Magnasco † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 May 1868; Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 12 Jan 1892)
• Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1925 to 13 Mar 1938)
• Cipriano Pallavicino † (Archbishop: 14 Nov 1567 to 1586)
• Edoardo Pulciano † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1901 to 25 Dec 1911)
• Tommaso Reggio † (Archbishop: 11 Jul 1892 to 22 Nov 1901)
• Matteo Rivarola, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 29 Apr 1596 to 1600)
• Agostino Maria Salvago, O.P. † (Archbishop: 17 Apr 1559 to 30 Sep 1567)
• Giuseppe Saporiti † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 2 Dec 1743; Archbishop: 9 Mar 1746 to 14 Apr 1767)
• Antonio Maria Sauli † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 27 Nov 1585; Archbishop: Dec 1586 to 9 Aug 1591)
• Girolamo Sauli † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1550 to 1559)
• Giovanni Maria Sforza † (Archbishop: 25 Mar 1498 to 1513)
• Francesco Sidoli † (Archbishop: 24 Mar 1924 to 18 Dec 1924)
• Giosuè Signori † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1921 to 25 Nov 1923)
• Giuseppe Siri † (Priest: 22 Sep 1928; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Mar 1944; Archbishop: 14 May 1946 to 6 Jul 1987)
• Giuseppe Maria Spina † (Archbishop: 24 May 1802 to 13 Dec 1816)
• Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) † (Archbishop: 10 Nov 1664 to 17 Mar 1681)
• Giovanni Battista Spínola † (Archbishop: 13 Sep 1694 to 7 Jan 1705)
• Orazio Spínola † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1600 to 24 Jun 1616)
• Placido Maria Tadini, O.C.D. † (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Oct 1831; Archbishop: 2 Jul 1832 to 22 Nov 1847)
• Gauthier de Vezzano † (Archbishop: 23 Apr 1253 to 26 Sep 1274)
• Fortunato Vinelli † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1893 to 16 Mar 1896)