Colle di Val d’Elsa (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Historical Details

Diocese of Colle di Val d’Elsa
- Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
- Erected: 5 June 1592
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}
- Rite: Latin (or Roman)
- Country: Italy
- Square Kilometers: 450 (173 Square Miles)

Past Ordinaries

Usimbardo Usimbardi † (5 Jun 1592 Appointed - 1612 Died)
Cosimo della Gherardesca † (11 Feb 1613 Appointed - Aug 1633 Died)
Tommaso Salviati † (21 Aug 1634 Appointed - 1 Mar 1638 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
Roberto Strozzi † (21 Jun 1638 Appointed - 12 Jun 1645 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi † (18 Sep 1645 Appointed - Jan 1681 Died)
Pietro Pietra (Petria), O.S.B. † (28 Jul 1681 Appointed - Nov 1703 Died)
Domenico Ballati-Nerli, O.S.B. † (15 Sep 1704 Appointed - 28 Mar 1748 Died)
Benedetto Gaetani † (21 Apr 1749 Appointed - 12 Jun 1754 Died)
Domenico Gaetano Novellucci † (21 Jul 1755 Appointed - 17 Sep 1757 Died)
Bartolomeo Felice Guelfi Camaiani † (22 Nov 1758 Appointed - 6 Aug 1772 Resigned)
Ranieri Mancini † (14 Jun 1773 Appointed - 15 Apr 1776 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
Aloisio Buonamici † (15 Apr 1776 Appointed - 23 Sep 1782 Appointed, Bishop of Volterra)
Niccolò Sciarelli † (16 Dec 1782 Appointed - 26 Jan 1801 Died)
Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti † (26 Jan 1801 Appointed - Jan 1805 Died)
Niccolò Laparelli † (23 Sep 1805 Appointed - 23 Mar 1807 Appointed, Bishop of Cortona)
Marcello Maria Benci † (23 Mar 1807 Appointed - 27 Jan 1810 Died)
Giuseppe Stanislao Gentili † (4 Sep 1815 Appointed - 1833 Died)
Attilio Fiascaini † (19 Dec 1834 Appointed - 30 Jan 1843 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
Giuseppe Chiaromanni † (12 Apr 1847 Appointed - 29 Jul 1869 Died)
Giovanni Pierallini † (22 Dec 1871 Appointed - 29 Sep 1876 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena)
Marcello Mazzanti † (29 Sep 1876 Appointed - 27 Mar 1885 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia e Prato)
Luigi Traversi † (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - Aug 1891 Died)
Alessandro Toti † (14 Dec 1891 Appointed - 12 Mar 1903 Died)
Massimiliano Novelli † (22 Jun 1903 Appointed - 15 Jan 1921 Retired)
Giovanni Andrea Masera † (13 Jun 1921 Appointed - 18 Feb 1926 Died)
Ludovico Ferretti, O.P. † (18 Nov 1927 Appointed - 5 Apr 1930 Died)
Francesco Niccoli † (12 May 1932 Appointed - 5 Nov 1965 Died)
Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † (7 Oct 1975 Appointed - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino)

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
5 June 1592	Erected		Diocese of Colle di Val d’Elsa (erected)
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Colle di Val d’Elsa Diocese of Montalcino Archdiocese of Siena	Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1886 32,327 .0% 138 0 71 OTC

1950 45,000 45,000 100.0% 79 11 90 500 14 98 73 ap1951

1969 53,900 54,000 99.8% 11 11 4,900 14 102 74 ap1971

1980 60,100 60,500 99.3% 46 11 57 1,054 1 15 70 75 ap1981

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		32,327	.0%			138	0				71	OTC
1950	45,000	45,000	100.0%	79	11	90	500		14	98	73	ap1951
1969	53,900	54,000	99.8%		11	11	4,900		14	102	74	ap1971
1980	60,100	60,500	99.3%	46	11	57	1,054	1	15	70	75	ap1981