Archdiocese of Trento

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Bishop(s) Luigi Bressan, Archbishop Suffragan Dioceses Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese Elevated: 14 June 1929 Metropolitan See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 6,212 (2,399 Square Miles) Conference Region: Triveneto Official Web Site: http://www.arcidiocesi.trento.it/ Mailing Address: Piazza Fiera 2, 38100 Trento, Italia Telephone: 0461.89.11.11 Fax: 0461.89.11.99

Historical Details

• Diocese of Trento
  • Latin Name: Tridentinus
  • Erected: 2nd Century
  • Country: Italy

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Giovanni Hinderbach † ( 1465 Appointed - 1486 Died)
• Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) † (Jun 1514 Appointed - 30 Jul 1539 Died)
• Cristoforo Madruzzo † (5 Aug 1539 Appointed - 14 Nov 1567 Resigned)
• Ludovico Madruzzo † (14 Nov 1567 Succeeded - 20 Apr 1600 Died)
• Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo † (2 Apr 1600 Succeeded - 14 Aug 1629 Died)
• Carlo Emanuele Freiherr von Madruzzo † (4 Jan 1630 Appointed - 15 Dec 1658 Died)
• Sigmund Franz Erzherzog von Österreich † (7 Feb 1659 Appointed - 28 May 1665 Resigned)
• Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau † (31 Jul 1665 Appointed - 25 Oct 1667 Died)
• Sigmund Alphons Reichsgraf von Thun † (9 Jan 1668 Appointed - 2 Mar 1677 Died)
• Francesco Alberti di Poja † (3 Apr 1677 Appointed - 4 Feb 1689 Died)
• Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † (28 Apr 1689 Appointed - 31 Dec 1695 Died)
• Johann Michael Reichsgraf von Spaur und Valör † (8 Mar 1696 Appointed - 22 Apr 1725 Died)
• Giovanni Benedetti Gentilotti † (9 Sep 1725 Appointed - 20 Sep 1725 Died)
• Antonius Dominikus Reichsgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † (26 Jan 1726 Appointed - 5 Apr 1730 Died)
• Dominikus Anton Reichsgraf von Thun † (19 Jun 1730 Appointed - 7 Sep 1758 Died)
• Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † (7 Sep 1758 Succeeded - 31 Dec 1762 Died)
• Cristoforo Sizzo de Noris † (22 Aug 1763 Appointed - 13 Jun 1776 Died)
• Peter Michael Vigil Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (29 May 1776 Appointed - 17 Jan 1800 Died)
• Emanuel Maria Graf Thun † (2 Apr 1800 Appointed - 9 Oct 1818 Died)
• Franz Xavier Luschin † (12 Nov 1823 Appointed - 18 Mar 1834 Appointed, Archbishop of Lviv)
• Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (3 May 1835 Appointed - 3 Dec 1860 Died)
• Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels † (22 Mar 1861 Appointed - 13 Mar 1879 Died)
• Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † (16 Jun 1879 Appointed - 17 Nov 1885 Died)
• Eugenio Carlo Valussi † (24 Apr 1886 Appointed - 11 Oct 1903 Died)
• Celestino Endrici † (31 Jan 1904 Appointed - 29 Oct 1940 Died)
• Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. † (12 Apr 1941 Appointed - 14 Dec 1962 Died)
• Alessandro Maria Gottardi † (12 Feb 1963 Appointed - 7 Dec 1987 Retired)
• Giovanni Maria Sartori † (7 Dec 1987 Appointed - 26 Sep 1998 Died)
• Luigi Bressan (25 Mar 1999 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Trento
2nd Century	Erected		Diocese of Trento (erected)
Archdiocese of Trento
14 June 1929	Elevated	Diocese of Trento	Archdiocese of Trento
6 August 1964	Elevated		Archdiocese of Trento (became a Metropolitan)

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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 Trento
1950	613,500	615,000	99.8%	1,149	568	1,717	357		834	2,168	426	ap1951
1970	425,471	425,782	99.9%	794	399	1,193	356		494	1,922	448	ap1971
1980	442,452	442,873	99.9%	696	360	1,056	418		495	1,693	458	ap1981
1990	440,000	445,165	98.8%	629	311	940	468	8	427	1,061	456	ap1991
1999	461,000	464,398	99.3%	552	289	841	548	17	400	864	456	ap2000
2000	469,000	473,000	99.2%	541	277	818	573	19	377	854	456	ap2001
2001	468,800	470,946	99.5%	522	282	804	583	19	374	759	456	ap2002
2002	469,600	472,816	99.3%	495	275	770	609	20	364	744	456	ap2003
2003	469,840	473,151	99.3%	484	269	753	623	18	355	756	454	ap2004
2004	470,513	477,017	98.6%	474	283	757	621	19	344	691	454	ap2005

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Luigi Bressan (Priest: 28 Jun 1964 to 3 Apr 1989; Archbishop: 25 Mar 1999 - )
• Mariano Manzana (Priest: 26 Jun 1973 to 15 Jun 2004)
• Guido Zendron (Priest: 26 Jun 1978 to 12 Mar 2008)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Francesco Felice Alberti d’Enno † (Priest: Apr 1726; Coadjutor Bishop: 6 Mar 1756; Bishop: 7 Sep 1758 to 31 Dec 1762)
• Giuseppe Vittorio Alberti d’Enno † (Priest: 20 Oct 1669; Bishop: 28 Apr 1689 to 31 Dec 1695)
• Francesco Alberti di Poja † (Priest: 29 May 1638; Bishop: 3 Apr 1677 to 4 Feb 1689)
• Edmund Maria Josef Graf Artz von und zu Vasegg † (Priest: 22 Feb 1766 to 28 Sep 1778)
• Bernhard von Cles (Clesio) † (Bishop: Jun 1514; Priest: 8 Sep 1515; Bishop: 11 Sep 1515 to 30 Jul 1539)
• Giovanni Giacomo della Bona † (Priest: 25 Jan 1838 to 4 May 1874; Bishop: 16 Jun 1879 to 17 Nov 1885)
• Celestino Endrici † (Priest: 20 Oct 1891; Bishop: 31 Jan 1904; Archbishop: 14 Jun 1929 to 29 Oct 1940)
• Carlo de Ferrari, C.S.S. † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1941 to 14 Dec 1962)
• Leopold Ernst Graf von Firmian † (Coadjutor Bishop: 29 May 1748 to 20 Jan 1756)
• Heinrich Forer † (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Feb 1956 to 1 Sep 1964)
• Joseph Gargitter † (Apostolic Administrator: 10 Feb 1961 to 12 Feb 1963)
• Giovanni Benedetti Gentilotti † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1725 to 20 Sep 1725)
• Alessandro Maria Gottardi † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1963 to 7 Dec 1987)
• Johann Evangelist Haller † (Priest: 21 May 1848; Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Aug 1874 to 20 Dec 1880)
• Ernst Adalbert Reichsgraf von Harrach zu Rohrau † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1665 to 25 Oct 1667)
• Karl Johann Reichsgraf von Herberstein † (Priest: 8 Jun 1743 to 20 Nov 1769)
• Giovanni Hinderbach † (Bishop: 1465 to 1486)
• Franz Xavier Luschin † (Bishop: 12 Nov 1823 to 18 Mar 1834)
• Carlo Emanuele Freiherr von Madruzzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 2 Jul 1622; Priest: 28 Oct 1627; Bishop: 4 Jan 1630 to 15 Dec 1658)
• Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 23 Oct 1595; Bishop: 2 Apr 1600 to 14 Aug 1629)
• Cristoforo Madruzzo † (Bishop: 5 Aug 1539 to 14 Nov 1567)
• Ludovico Madruzzo † (Coadjutor Bishop: 30 May 1550; Priest: 1564; Bishop: 14 Nov 1567 to 20 Apr 1600)
• Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Graf Migazzi † (Priest: 7 Apr 1738 to 20 Sep 1751)
• Enrico Montalbetti † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 5 May 1935 to 9 Jun 1938)
• Sigmund Franz Erzherzog von Österreich † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1659 to 28 May 1665)
• Bartolomeo Antonio Passi † (Priest: 25 Feb 1716; Auxiliary Bishop: 28 Sep 1744 to 23 Jul 1774)
• Oreste Rauzi † (Priest: 28 Oct 1913; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Jun 1939 to 2 Feb 1973)
• Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels † (Priest: 8 Aug 1830 to 1 Feb 1854; Bishop: 22 Mar 1861 to 13 Mar 1879)
• Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein † (Priest: 7 Dec 1797 to 12 Mar 1830)
• Giovanni Maria Sartori † (Archbishop: 7 Dec 1987 to 26 Sep 1998)
• Georg Sigismund von Sinnersberg † (Priest: 15 Mar 1687; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Oct 1693 to 18 Oct 1721)
• Cristoforo Sizzo de Noris † (Priest: 30 May 1733; Bishop: 22 Aug 1763 to 13 Jun 1776)
• Johann Michael Wenzel Reichsgraf von Spaur † (Priest: 4 Sep 1700; Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Apr 1722 to 28 Mar 1743)
• Johann Michael Reichsgraf von Spaur und Valör † (Priest: 2 Sep 1663; Bishop: 8 Mar 1696 to 22 Apr 1725)
• Dominikus Anton Reichsgraf von Thun † (Priest: 12 May 1720; Bishop: 19 Jun 1730 to 7 Sep 1758)
• Emanuel Maria Graf Thun † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jul 1797; Bishop: 2 Apr 1800 to 9 Oct 1818)
• Sigmund Alphons Reichsgraf von Thun † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1668 to 2 Mar 1677)
• Peter Michael Vigil Reichsgraf von Thun und Hohenstein † (Priest: 25 May 1755; Bishop: 29 May 1776 to 17 Jan 1800)
• Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † (Bishop: 3 May 1835 to 3 Dec 1860)
• Eugenio Carlo Valussi † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1886 to 11 Oct 1903)
• Johann Kaspar Reichsgraf von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck † (Priest: 11 Jun 1729; Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Jul 1743 to 12 Apr 1744)
• Antonius Dominikus Reichsgraf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg † (Priest: 9 Mar 1686; Bishop: 26 Jan 1726 to 5 Apr 1730)
• Johann Baptist Zwerger † (Priest: 14 Dec 1851 to 14 Aug 1867)