Perugia-Città della Pieve (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Ivan Maffeis, Archbishop
Gualtiero Bassetti, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
United: 30 September 1986
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Italy
Square Kilometers: 1,900 (733 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Umbria
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesi.perugia.it/
Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Piazza IV Novembre 6, 06123 Perugia, Italia
Telephone: 075.575.03.00
Fax: 075.575.03.25

Historical Details

Diocese of Perugia
- Latin Name: Perusina
- Erected: 2nd Century
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Country: Italy
Archdiocese of Perugia
- Latin Name: Perusina
- Elevated: 27 March 1882
- Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Country: Italy

Past and Present Ordinaries

Habentius (Aventius) † ( 591 Appointed - )
Frigerio † (11 May 1248 Appointed - 1250 Died)
Benaudito † (13 May 1250 Appointed - 4 Sep 1253 Died)
Bernardo Corio † (31 Oct 1254 Appointed - 26 Aug 1287 Died)
Giovanni † (17 Apr 1288 Appointed - 9 Nov 1290 Died)
Bulgaro Montemelini † (10 Jan 1291 Appointed - 23 Nov 1308 Died)
Francesco Poggio, O.P. † (8 May 1312 Appointed - 16 Nov 1330 Died)
Ugolino Guelfoni, O.S.B. † (11 Jan 1331 Appointed - 7 Oct 1337 Died)
Francesco Graziani † (17 Feb 1339 Appointed - 1352 Died)
Andrea Bontempi Martini † (2 May 1354 Confirmed - 16 Jul 1390 Died)
Agostino da Lanzano (Cacciaguerra) † (29 Oct 1390 Appointed - 27 Feb 1404 Appointed, Bishop of Spoleto)
Edoardo Michelotti, O.F.M. † (27 Feb 1404 Appointed - Dec 1411 Died)
Antonio Michelotti, O.S.B. † (8 Jan 1412 Appointed - 10 Oct 1434 Died)
Andrea Giovanni Baglioni † (9 Mar 1435 Appointed - 24 Oct 1449 Died)
Jacopo Vannucci † (27 Oct 1449 Appointed - 1482 Resigned)
Dionisio de Vanucci de Cortona † (29 May 1482 Appointed - 9 Apr 1491 Died)
Girolamo Balbani † (18 Apr 1491 Appointed - 1492 Died)
Juan López † (29 Dec 1492 Appointed - 15 Oct 1498 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
Francesco Gazetta † (15 Oct 1498 Appointed - 29 Jul 1499 Died)
Juan López † (27 Aug 1499 Appointed - 5 Aug 1501 Died)
Troilo Baglioni † (27 Aug 1501 Appointed - 4 Aug 1503 Resigned)
Francesco de Remolins † (4 Aug 1503 Appointed - Mar 1506 Resigned)
Antonio Ferrero † (30 Mar 1506 Appointed - 23 Jul 1508 Died)
Matteo Baldeschi (degli Ubaldi) † (28 Jul 1508 Appointed - Dec 1509 Died)
Agostino Spínola † (19 Dec 1509 Appointed - 15 Feb 1529 Resigned)
Carlo Spinola † (15 Feb 1529 Appointed - 15 Nov 1535 Died)
Giacomo Simonetta † (20 Dec 1535 Appointed - 20 Jul 1538 Resigned)
Francesco Bernardino Simonetta † (29 Jul 1538 Appointed - 1550 Died)
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (5 Mar 1550 Appointed - 22 Mar 1553 Resigned)
Ippolito della Corgna † (22 Mar 1553 Appointed - 1562 Resigned)
Giulio Oradini † (17 Apr 1562 Appointed - 10 Sep 1564 Resigned)
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (6 Sep 1564 Appointed - 5 May 1574 Resigned)
Francesco Bossi † (5 May 1574 Appointed - 21 Oct 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Novara)
Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. † (27 Nov 1579 Appointed - 29 Oct 1586 Died)
Antonio Maria Gallo † (5 Nov 1586 Appointed - 19 Jul 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Osimo)
Napoleone Comitoli † (19 Jul 1591 Appointed - 30 Aug 1624 Died)
Cosimo de Torres † (16 Sep 1624 Appointed - 3 Apr 1634 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)
Benedetto Ubaldi † (2 Apr 1634 Appointed - 14 Dec 1643 Resigned)
Orazio Monaldi † (14 Dec 1643 Appointed - Dec 1656 Died)
Marcantonio Oddi † (23 Jun 1659 Appointed - 24 Feb 1668 Died)
Lucalberto Patrizi † (3 Jun 1669 Appointed - 29 Aug 1701 Died)
Antonio Felice Marsili † (5 Dec 1701 Appointed - 5 Jul 1710 Died)
Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi † (23 Feb 1711 Appointed - 23 Nov 1726 Died)
Marco Antonio Ansidei † (16 Dec 1726 Appointed - 14 Feb 1730 Died)
Francesco Riccardo Ferniani † (11 Dec 1730 Appointed - 25 Aug 1762 Died)
Filippo Amadei † (22 Nov 1762 Appointed - 9 Aug 1775 Died)
Alessandro Maria Odoardi † (29 Jan 1776 Appointed - 2 Feb 1805 Died)
Camillo Campanelli † (23 Sep 1805 Appointed - 30 Jul 1818 Died)
Carlo Filesio Cittadini † (2 Oct 1818 Appointed - 16 Apr 1845 Died)
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † (19 Jan 1846 Appointed - 27 Feb 1880 Resigned)
Federico Pietro Foschi † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 12 Nov 1895 Died)
Dario Mattei-Gentili † (29 Nov 1895 Appointed - 30 Sep 1910 Resigned)
Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. † (8 Nov 1910 Appointed - 9 Oct 1922 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina)
Giovanni Battista Rosa † (11 Dec 1922 Appointed - 29 Oct 1942 Died)
Mario Vianello † (11 Mar 1943 Appointed - 13 Aug 1955 Died)
Pietro Parente † (15 Sep 1955 Appointed - 23 Oct 1959 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide)
Raffaele Baratta † (17 Dec 1959 Appointed - 15 Oct 1968 Retired)
Ferdinando Lambruschini † (15 Oct 1968 Appointed - 25 Jul 1981 Died)
Cesare Pagani † (21 Nov 1981 Appointed - 12 Mar 1988 Died)
Ennio Antonelli (6 Oct 1988 Appointed - 26 May 1995 Appointed, Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference)
Giuseppe Chiaretti † (9 Dec 1995 Appointed - 16 Jul 2009 Retired)
Gualtiero Bassetti (16 Jul 2009 Appointed - 27 May 2022 Retired)
Ivan Maffeis (16 Jul 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Perugia
2nd Century	Erected		Diocese of Perugia (erected)
Archdiocese of Perugia
27 March 1882	Elevated	Diocese of Perugia	Archdiocese of Perugia
14 December 1935	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Perugia (frazione di Mercatale)	Diocese of Cortona
15 August 1972	Elevated		Archdiocese of Perugia (became a Metropolitan)
Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Città della Pieve Archdiocese of Perugia	Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve
15 July 2017	Territory Added	Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro (San Giovanni Evangelista (in Terontola in Arezzo) and San Martino in Borghetto di Tuoro)	Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve

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 Perugia

1886 100,889 .0% 397 0 199 OTC

1950 166,036 166,036 100.0% 229 65 294 564 80 465 193 ap1951

1970 185,000 187,144 98.9% 217 112 329 562 123 596 201 ap1971

1980 187,600 189,800 98.8% 200 93 293 640 1 102 428 205 ap1981

Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve

1990 228,600 230,800 99.0% 196 84 280 816 1 127 521 155 ap1991

1999 229,500 232,500 98.7% 155 78 233 984 7 120 450 154 ap2000

2000 229,500 232,500 98.7% 154 81 235 976 7 119 399 154 ap2001

2001 229,500 232,500 98.7% 149 81 230 997 10 119 399 154 ap2002

2002 229,500 232,500 98.7% 149 92 241 952 8 130 399 154 ap2003

2003 229,500 232,862 98.6% 151 83 234 980 11 113 399 154 ap2004

2004 229,500 232,500 98.7% 146 81 227 1,011 12 111 399 154 ap2005

2013 256,000 286,645 89.3% 119 76 195 1,312 27 103 424 155 ap2014

2016 255,000 285,000 89.5% 119 104 223 1,143 34 130 292 155 ap2017

2019 258,515 284,580 90.8% 121 84 205 1,261 37 107 266 155 ap2020

2021 253,000 283,000 89.4% 112 84 196 1,290 38 106 256 154 ap2022

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 Perugia
1886		100,889	.0%			397	0				199	OTC
1950	166,036	166,036	100.0%	229	65	294	564		80	465	193	ap1951
1970	185,000	187,144	98.9%	217	112	329	562		123	596	201	ap1971
1980	187,600	189,800	98.8%	200	93	293	640	1	102	428	205	ap1981
Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve
1990	228,600	230,800	99.0%	196	84	280	816	1	127	521	155	ap1991
1999	229,500	232,500	98.7%	155	78	233	984	7	120	450	154	ap2000
2000	229,500	232,500	98.7%	154	81	235	976	7	119	399	154	ap2001
2001	229,500	232,500	98.7%	149	81	230	997	10	119	399	154	ap2002
2002	229,500	232,500	98.7%	149	92	241	952	8	130	399	154	ap2003
2003	229,500	232,862	98.6%	151	83	234	980	11	113	399	154	ap2004
2004	229,500	232,500	98.7%	146	81	227	1,011	12	111	399	154	ap2005
2013	256,000	286,645	89.3%	119	76	195	1,312	27	103	424	155	ap2014
2016	255,000	285,000	89.5%	119	104	223	1,143	34	130	292	155	ap2017
2019	258,515	284,580	90.8%	121	84	205	1,261	37	107	266	155	ap2020
2021	253,000	283,000	89.4%	112	84	196	1,290	38	106	256	154	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Ennio Antonelli (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1988 to 26 May 1995)
Gualtiero Bassetti (Archbishop: 16 Jul 2009 to 27 May 2022)
Mario Ceccobelli (Priest: 3 Sep 1966 to 23 Dec 2004)
Paolo Giulietti (Deacon: 28 Oct 1990; Priest: 29 Sep 1991; Auxiliary Bishop: 30 May 2014 to 19 Jan 2019)
Ivan Maffeis (Archbishop: 16 Jul 2022 - )
Marco Salvi (Auxiliary Bishop: 15 Feb 2019 to 11 Nov 2022)
Gualtiero Sigismondi (Priest: 29 Jun 1986 to 3 Jul 2008)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Filippo Amadei † (Bishop: 22 Nov 1762 to 9 Aug 1775)
Marco Antonio Ansidei † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 16 Dec 1726 to 14 Feb 1730)
Andrea Giovanni Baglioni † (Bishop: 9 Mar 1435 to 24 Oct 1449)
Malatesta Baglioni †
Troilo Baglioni † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1501 to 4 Aug 1503)
Girolamo Balbani † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1491 to 1492)
Matteo Baldeschi (degli Ubaldi) † (Bishop: 28 Jul 1508 to Dec 1509)
Raffaele Baratta † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1959 to 15 Oct 1968)
Giovanni Benedetti † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 1974 to 25 Mar 1976)
Andrea Bontempi Martini † (Bishop: 2 May 1354 to 16 Jul 1390)
Giulio Boschi † (Priest: 25 May 1861 to 1 Jun 1888)
Francesco Bossi † (Bishop: 5 May 1574 to 21 Oct 1579)
Antonio Briganti †
Camillo Campanelli † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 23 Sep 1805 to 30 Jul 1818)
Francesco Canali † (Deacon: 23 Dec 1786; Priest: 20 Dec 1788 to 26 Sep 1814)
Beda Giovanni Cardinale, O.S.B. † (Apostolic Administrator: 3 Feb 1910; Archbishop: 8 Nov 1910 to 9 Oct 1922)
Giuseppe Chiaretti † (Archbishop: 9 Dec 1995 to 16 Jul 2009)
Carlo Filesio Cittadini † (Bishop: 2 Oct 1818 to 16 Apr 1845)
Napoleone Comitoli † (Bishop: 19 Jul 1591 to 30 Aug 1624)
Bernardo Corio † (Bishop: 31 Oct 1254 to 26 Aug 1287)
Ignazio (Pellegrino) Danti, O.P. †
Vitale Giuseppe de’ Buoi † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1711 to 23 Nov 1726)
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Bishop: 5 Mar 1550 to 22 Mar 1553)
Giuseppe della Corgna (Cornea), O.P. †
Ippolito della Corgna † (Bishop: 22 Mar 1553 to 1562)
Vincenzo Ercolani (Herculani), O.P. † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1579 to 29 Oct 1586)
Francesco Riccardo Ferniani † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1730 to 25 Aug 1762)
Agostino Ferrari Toniolo † (Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 1967 to 23 Apr 1969)
Antonio Ferrero † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1506 to 23 Jul 1508)
Virgilio Fiorenzi (Fiorentini) †
Federico Pietro Foschi † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1880; Archbishop: 27 Mar 1882 to 12 Nov 1895)
Bruno Frattegiani † (Priest: 6 Dec 1936 to 14 Feb 1964)
Antonio Maria Gallo † (Bishop: 5 Nov 1586 to 19 Jul 1591)
Francesco Gazetta † (Bishop: 15 Oct 1498 to 29 Jul 1499)
Francesco Graziani † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1339 to 1352)
Ugolino Guelfoni, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 11 Jan 1331 to 7 Oct 1337)
Ferdinando Lambruschini † (Archbishop: 15 Oct 1968 to 25 Jul 1981)
Agostino da Lanzano (Cacciaguerra) † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1390 to 27 Feb 1404)
Carlo Laurenzi † (Priest: 23 Sep 1843; Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Jun 1877 to 25 Apr 1885)
Juan López † (Bishop: 29 Dec 1492 to 15 Oct 1498; Administrator: 27 Aug 1499 to 5 Aug 1501)
Antonio Felice Marsili † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1701 to 5 Jul 1710)
Dario Mattei-Gentili † (Archbishop: 29 Nov 1895 to 30 Sep 1910)
Antonio Michelotti, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 8 Jan 1412 to 10 Oct 1434)
Edoardo Michelotti, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1404 to Dec 1411)
Orazio Monaldi † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1643 to Dec 1656)
Bulgaro Montemelini † (Bishop: 10 Jan 1291 to 23 Nov 1308)
Marcantonio Oddi † (Bishop: 23 Jun 1659 to 24 Feb 1668)
Alessandro Maria Odoardi † (Bishop: 29 Jan 1776 to 2 Feb 1805)
Giulio Oradini † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1562 to 10 Sep 1564)
Marcantonio Oradino †
Cesare Pagani † (Archbishop: 21 Nov 1981 to 12 Mar 1988)
Giovanni Battista Paolucci † (Apostolic Administrator: 15 Jul 1878 to 27 Feb 1880)
Pietro Parente † (Archbishop: 15 Sep 1955 to 23 Oct 1959)
Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 1966 to 25 Mar 1972)
Carmelo Pascucci † (Priest: 17 Dec 1825; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 22 Apr 1874)
Lucalberto Patrizi † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1669 to 29 Aug 1701)
Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 19 Jan 1846; Bishop: 27 Jul 1846 to 27 Feb 1880)
Giovanni Battista Penna, O.S.A. †
Francesco Poggio, O.P. † (Bishop: 8 May 1312 to 16 Nov 1330)
Francesco de Remolins † (Administrator: 4 Aug 1503 to Mar 1506)
Giovanni Battista Rosa † (Archbishop: 11 Dec 1922 to 29 Oct 1942)
Luigi Rotelli † (Priest: 20 Dec 1856 to 15 Jul 1878)
Francesco di Paolo Satolli † (Priest: 14 Jun 1862 to 1 Jun 1888)
Luigi (Domenico Daniele) Sepiacci, O.E.S.A. †
Francesco Bernardino Simonetta † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1538 to 1550)
Giacomo Simonetta † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1535 to 20 Jul 1538)
Agostino Spínola † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1509 to 15 Feb 1529)
Carlo Spinola † (Bishop: 15 Feb 1529 to 15 Nov 1535)
Cosimo de Torres † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1624 to 3 Apr 1634)
Benedetto Ubaldi † (Bishop: 2 Apr 1634 to 14 Dec 1643)
Jacopo Vannucci † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1449 to 1482)
Dionisio de Vanucci de Cortona † (Bishop: 29 May 1482 to 9 Apr 1491)
Mario Vianello † (Archbishop: 11 Mar 1943 to 13 Aug 1955)
Benaudito † (Bishop: 13 May 1250 to 4 Sep 1253)
Frigerio † (Bishop: 11 May 1248 to 1250)
Giovanni † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1288 to 9 Nov 1290)
Giovanni †
Habentius (Aventius) † (Bishop: 591 - )

Source(s)

Diocese of Perugia
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 396
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 214
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 271, and Page 272
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 277
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 311
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 333, and Page 334
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 714, to Page 715
Archdiocese of Perugia
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 667, and Page 668
Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 761, to Page 764
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 109, Page 885

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