Cremona (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Antonio Napolioni, Bishop
Dante Lafranconi, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 4th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 1,917 (740 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Lombardia
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesidicremona.it/
Mailing Address: Palazzo Vescovile, Piazza S. Antonio M. Zaccaria 5, 26100 Cremona, Italia
Telephone: 0372.495.010/1
Fax: 0372.495.017

Past and Present Ordinaries

Raniri Porrini † ( 1161 Appointed - )
Sicardo † ( 1185 Appointed - 8 Jun 1215 Died)
Omobono de Madalberti † ( 1215 Appointed - 11 Oct 1248 Died)
Bernerio da Somma † (12 Nov 1252 Appointed - 1260 Died)
Cacciaconte da Somma † (12 Feb 1261 Appointed - 16 Jul 1288 Died)
Ponzio Ponzoni † ( 1288 Appointed - 12 Aug 1290 Died)
Bonitius Nardi † ( 1290 Appointed - 1291 Resigned)
Rainerio de Casole † (24 Apr 1296 Appointed - Jan 1313 Died)
Egidio Madalberti † (18 Jul 1318 Appointed - 1325 Resigned)
Ugolino di San Marco, O.P. † (6 Mar 1327 Appointed - 1349 Resigned)
Ugolino Ardengheri † (23 Oct 1349 Appointed - 1361 Died)
Pietro Capello, O.P. † (10 Nov 1361 Appointed - 15 Oct 1383 Died)
Marco Porri † ( 1383 Appointed - 1 Dec 1386 Appointed, Bishop of Ceneda)
Giorgio Torti † (1 Dec 1386 Appointed - 25 Apr 1389 Died)
Tommaso Visconti, O.E.S.A. † (1 Feb 1390 Appointed - 21 Oct 1390 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
Francesco Lante, O.F.M. † (21 Oct 1390 Appointed - 4 Oct 1401 Appointed, Bishop of Bergamo)
Pietro Grassi † (29 Jul 1401 Appointed - 27 Sep 1402 Appointed, Bishop of Pavia)
Francesco Lante, O.F.M. † (27 Sep 1402 Appointed - 1405 Died)
Bartolomeo Capra † (17 Jul 1405 Appointed - 1411 Resigned)
Costanzo Fondulo † (28 Mar 1412 Appointed - 1423 Resigned)
Venturino de Marni, O.S.B. † (5 Mar 1423 Appointed - 19 Nov 1457 Died)
Bernardo Rossi † (27 Apr 1458 Appointed - 8 Oct 1466 Appointed, Bishop of Novara)
Giovanni Stefano Botticelli † (8 Oct 1466 Appointed - 1472 Died)
Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre † (15 Jan 1476 Appointed - 1486 Died)
Ascanio Maria Sforza † (28 Jul 1486 Appointed - 27 May 1505 Died)
Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere † (27 May 1505 Appointed - 1507 Resigned)
Girolamo Trevisanato, O. Cist. † (20 Oct 1507 Appointed - 24 Feb 1523 Died)
Benedetto de Accolti † (16 Mar 1523 Appointed - 17 Aug 1524 Appointed, Archbishop of Ravenna)
Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † (18 Aug 1524 Appointed - 1528 Resigned)
Benedetto de Accolti † (1 Oct 1529 Appointed - 21 Sep 1549 Died)
Francesco Sfondrati † (9 Nov 1549 Appointed - 31 Jul 1550 Died)
Federico Cesi † (18 Mar 1551 Appointed - 13 Mar 1560 Resigned)
Niccolò Sfondrati † (13 Mar 1560 Appointed - 5 Dec 1590 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Cesare Speciano (Speciani) † (30 Jan 1591 Appointed - 21 Aug 1607 Died)
Paolo Emilio Sfondrati † (3 Sep 1607 Appointed - 19 Jul 1610 Resigned)
Giambattista Brivio † (19 Jul 1610 Appointed - 2 Feb 1621 Died)
Pietro Campori † (17 Mar 1621 Appointed - 4 Feb 1643 Died)
Francesco Visconti † (13 Apr 1643 Appointed - 16 Oct 1670 Resigned)
Pietro Isimbardi, O. Carm. † (6 Oct 1670 Appointed - 27 Sep 1675 Died)
Agostino Isimbardi, O.S.B. † (24 Feb 1676 Appointed - 2 Jun 1681 Died)
Lodovico Septala † (4 May 1682 Appointed - 31 May 1697 Died)
Alessandro Croce † (2 Dec 1697 Appointed - 23 Sep 1704 Died)
Carlo Ottaviano Guasco † (17 Nov 1704 Appointed - 21 Nov 1717 Died)
Alessandro Maria Litta † (10 Jan 1718 Appointed - 12 Sep 1749 Resigned)
Ignazio Maria Fraganeschi † (22 Sep 1749 Appointed - 16 Aug 1790 Died)
Omobono Offredi † (26 Sep 1791 Confirmed - 28 Jan 1829 Died)
Carlo Emmanuelle Sardagna de Hohenstein † (28 Feb 1831 Confirmed - 1837 Resigned)
Bartolomeo Casati † (8 Jul 1839 Confirmed - 18 Sep 1844 Died)
Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli † (19 Jan 1846 Confirmed - 14 Jun 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Milano {Milan})
Antonio Novasconi † (20 May 1850 Confirmed - 1867 Died)
Geremia Bonomelli † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 3 Aug 1914 Died)
Giovanni Cazzani † (19 Dec 1914 Appointed - 26 Aug 1952 Died)
Danio Bolognini † (25 Nov 1952 Appointed - 2 Dec 1972 Died)
Giuseppe Amari † (5 Mar 1973 Appointed - 15 May 1978 Appointed, Bishop of Verona)
Fiorino Tagliaferri † (28 Oct 1978 Appointed - 26 May 1983 Resigned)
Enrico Assi † (26 May 1983 Appointed - 16 Sep 1992 Died)
Giulio Nicolini † (16 Feb 1993 Appointed - 19 Jun 2001 Died)
Dante Lafranconi (8 Sep 2001 Appointed - 16 Nov 2015 Retired)
Antonio Napolioni (16 Nov 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Cremona (erected)
11 April 1579	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cremona	Diocese of Crema (erected)

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

1886 307,506 .0% 540 0 217 OTC

1950 388,040 389,510 99.6% 443 54 497 780 102 1,925 234 ap1951

1970 361,616 361,686 100.0% 289 59 348 1,039 105 1,608 236 ap1971

1980 349,439 349,609 100.0% 382 51 433 807 84 1,260 236 ap1981

1990 337,700 338,000 99.9% 368 34 402 840 83 1,000 223 ap1991

1999 314,000 319,000 98.4% 357 39 396 792 8 88 780 223 ap2000

2000 313,500 318,000 98.6% 339 38 377 831 12 87 746 223 ap2001

2001 325,000 337,249 96.4% 337 32 369 880 12 90 704 223 ap2002

2002 330,000 339,111 97.3% 336 27 363 909 13 117 657 223 ap2003

2003 330,000 338,848 97.4% 334 31 365 904 13 101 629 223 ap2004

2004 328,000 340,000 96.5% 336 30 366 896 13 88 584 223 ap2005

2006 330,000 348,393 94.7% 333 41 374 882 13 88 546 224 ap2007

2013 331,250 368,797 89.8% 308 28 336 985 14 46 389 222 ap2014

2016 317,208 366,503 86.5% 295 28 323 982 14 49 301 222 ap2017

2019 313,170 361,863 86.5% 274 20 294 1,065 13 29 288 222 ap2020

2021 312,400 360,956 86.5% 258 20 278 1,123 15 29 270 222 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		307,506	.0%			540	0				217	OTC
1950	388,040	389,510	99.6%	443	54	497	780		102	1,925	234	ap1951
1970	361,616	361,686	100.0%	289	59	348	1,039		105	1,608	236	ap1971
1980	349,439	349,609	100.0%	382	51	433	807		84	1,260	236	ap1981
1990	337,700	338,000	99.9%	368	34	402	840		83	1,000	223	ap1991
1999	314,000	319,000	98.4%	357	39	396	792	8	88	780	223	ap2000
2000	313,500	318,000	98.6%	339	38	377	831	12	87	746	223	ap2001
2001	325,000	337,249	96.4%	337	32	369	880	12	90	704	223	ap2002
2002	330,000	339,111	97.3%	336	27	363	909	13	117	657	223	ap2003
2003	330,000	338,848	97.4%	334	31	365	904	13	101	629	223	ap2004
2004	328,000	340,000	96.5%	336	30	366	896	13	88	584	223	ap2005
2006	330,000	348,393	94.7%	333	41	374	882	13	88	546	224	ap2007
2013	331,250	368,797	89.8%	308	28	336	985	14	46	389	222	ap2014
2016	317,208	366,503	86.5%	295	28	323	982	14	49	301	222	ap2017
2019	313,170	361,863	86.5%	274	20	294	1,065	13	29	288	222	ap2020
2021	312,400	360,956	86.5%	258	20	278	1,123	15	29	270	222	ap2022