Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia

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Bishop(s) Renato Boccardo, Archbishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese United: 30 September 1986 Immediately Subject to the Holy See Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 1,836 (709 Square Miles) Conference Region: Umbria Official Web Site: http://www.spoletonorcia.it/ Mailing Address: Arcivescovado, Via Aurelio Saffi 13, 06049 Spoleto [Perugia], Italia Telephone: 0743.23.101 Fax: 0743.231.036

Historical Details

• Diocese of Spoleto
  • Latin Name: Spoletana
  • Erected: 1st Century
  • Country: Italy

• Archdiocese of Spoleto
  • Latin Name: Spoletana
  • Elevated: 15 January 1821
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Country: Italy

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Paperone de’ Papareschi, O.P. † (21 Jul 1285 Appointed - 4 Mar 1290 Died)
• Gerardo Pigalotti, O.P. † (4 Mar 1290 Appointed - 28 Mar 1295 Appointed, Bishop of Arras)
• Niccolò Alberti, O.P. † (1 Jul 1299 Appointed - 18 Dec 1303 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri))
• Bernard de Bonneval † (10 Feb 1371 Appointed - 18 Jul 1371 Appointed, Bishop of Bologna)
• Géraud de Palayrac † (24 Nov 1372 Appointed - 1379 Resigned)
• Agostino da Lanzano † (27 Feb 1404 Appointed - 1410 Died)
• Niccolò Vivari † ( 1410 Appointed - 1 Feb 1419 Appointed, Bishop of Chieti)
• Jacopo Palladini † (18 Jul 1410 Appointed - 1417 Died)
• Jacopo del Campolo † (1 Feb 1419 Appointed - 7 Jul 1424 Appointed, Bishop of Carpentras)
• Sagace Conti, O.S.B. † (30 May 1446 Appointed - 1448 Died)
• Berardo Eroli † (13 Nov 1448 Appointed - 8 Dec 1474 Resigned)
• Constantin Eruli † (8 Dec 1474 Appointed - 1500 Died)
• Francesco Erulli † ( 1500 Succeeded - 1540 Died)
• Fabio Vigili † (24 Sep 1540 Appointed - 1553 Died)
• Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (22 Mar 1553 Appointed - 1555 Resigned)
• Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † ( 1555 Appointed - 16 Dec 1562 Resigned)
• Flavio Orsini † (16 Dec 1562 Appointed - 16 May 1581 Died)
• Pietro Orsini † (16 May 1581 Succeeded - 5 Apr 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Aversa)
• Paolo Sanvitale † (26 Apr 1591 Appointed - 11 May 1600 Died)
• Alfonso Visconti, C.O. † (10 Sep 1601 Appointed - 19 Sep 1608 Died)
• Maffeo Barberini † (27 Oct 1608 Appointed - 17 Jul 1617 Resigned)
• Lorenzo Castrucci † (17 Jul 1617 Appointed - 1655 Died)
• Cesare Facchinetti † (2 Aug 1655 Appointed - 14 Nov 1672 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina)
• Ludovicus Sciamanna † (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - 1689 Died)
• Opizio Pallavicini † (28 Nov 1689 Appointed - 8 Aug 1691 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Osimo)
• Marcello Durazzo † (27 Aug 1691 Appointed - 7 Feb 1695 Resigned)
• Pietro Gaddi † (7 Feb 1695 Appointed - Sep 1710 Died)
• Carlo Giacinto Lascaris, O.P. † (11 May 1711 Appointed - 17 Mar 1727 Died)
• Pietro Carlo Benedetti † (17 Mar 1727 Succeeded - Sep 1739 Died)
• Ludovico Ancaiani † (16 Nov 1739 Appointed - 8 Mar 1743 Died)
• Paolo Bonavisa † (11 Mar 1743 Appointed - 21 Jul 1759 Died)
• Vincenzo Acqua † (19 Nov 1759 Appointed - 31 Mar 1772 Died)
• Francesco Maria Locatelli † (1 Jun 1772 Appointed - 13 Feb 1811 Died)
• Francesco Canali † (26 Sep 1814 Appointed - 28 Aug 1820 Appointed, Bishop of Tivoli)
• Mario Ancaiani † (27 Jun 1821 Appointed - 24 Feb 1827 Died)
• Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (21 May 1827 Appointed - 17 Dec 1832 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (17 Dec 1832 Appointed - 12 Feb 1838 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne)
• Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni † (12 Feb 1838 Appointed - 26 Sep 1852 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Arnaldi † (7 Mar 1853 Appointed - 28 Feb 1867 Died)
• Domenico Cavallini Spadoni † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 6 Feb 1879 Retired)
• Mariano Elvezio Pagliari † (28 Feb 1879 Appointed - 5 Feb 1900 Died)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (19 Apr 1900 Appointed - 2 Mar 1912 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Pieria)
• Pietro Pacifici, C.R.S. † (28 Aug 1912 Appointed - 7 Apr 1934 Died)
• Pietro Tagliapietra † (12 Sep 1934 Appointed - 11 May 1948 Died)
• Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. † (7 Jul 1948 Appointed - 23 Jun 1967 Retired)
• Ugo Poletti † (26 Jun 1967 Appointed - 3 Jul 1969 Appointed, Vicegerent of Roma {Rome})
• Giuliano Agresti † (7 Nov 1969 Appointed - 25 Mar 1973 Appointed, Archbishop of Lucca)
• Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (9 Aug 1973 Appointed - 23 Nov 1987 Appointed, Archbishop of Cagliari)
• Antonio Ambrosanio † (4 Jan 1988 Appointed - 7 Feb 1995 Died)
• Riccardo Fontana (16 Dec 1995 Appointed - 16 Jul 2009 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro)
• Renato Boccardo (16 Jul 2009 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Spoleto
1st Century	Erected		Diocese of Spoleto (erected)
570	Territory Added	Diocese of Terni (suppressed)	Diocese of Spoleto
1217	Territory Lost	Diocese of Spoleto	Diocese of Terni
Archdiocese of Spoleto
15 January 1821	Elevated	Diocese of Spoleto	Archdiocese of Spoleto
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
30 September 1986	United	Diocese of Norcia Archdiocese of Spoleto	Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia

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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 Spoleto
1886		64,878	.0%			126	0				170	OTC
1949	108,900	110,000	99.0%	144	75	219	497		25	391	173	ap1951
1970	84,118	84,138	100.0%	128	58	186	452		65	364	177	ap1971
1980	76,310	76,530	99.7%	124	42	166	459		47	370	152	ap1981
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
1990	92,390	92,650	99.7%	126	47	173	534	1	63	402	138	ap1991
1999	94,220	94,500	99.7%	111	43	154	611	1	48	372	138	ap2000
2000	94,220	94,500	99.7%	110	46	156	603	1	51	372	137	ap2001
2001	94,220	94,500	99.7%	109	46	155	607	1	62	372	137	ap2002
2002	100,501	101,385	99.1%	102	46	148	679		70	372	141	ap2003
2003	100,501	101,385	99.1%	104	44	148	679	5	71	349	74	ap2004
2004	100,562	101,472	99.1%	97	51	148	679	6	78	328	74	ap2005
2010	101,750	104,215	97.6%	83	58	141	721	5	73	293	76	ap2011
2014	102,000	108,000	94.4%	74	59	133	766	5	118	266	73	ap2015
2017	102,300	108,700	94.1%	69	52	121	845	8	78	213	71	ap2018

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

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Renato Boccardo (Archbishop: 16 Jul 2009 - )
• Antonio Buoncristiani
• Riccardo Fontana (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1995 to 16 Jul 2009)
• Gino Reali (Priest: 31 Jul 1971 to 23 Feb 2002)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Vincenzo Acqua † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1759 to 31 Mar 1772)
• Giuliano Agresti † (Archbishop: 7 Nov 1969 to 25 Mar 1973)
• Niccolò Alberti, O.P. † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1299 to 18 Dec 1303)
• Ottorino Pietro Alberti † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1973 to 23 Nov 1987)
• Antonio Ambrosanio † (Archbishop: 4 Jan 1988 to 7 Feb 1995)
• Ludovico Ancaiani † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1739 to 8 Mar 1743)
• Mario Ancaiani † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1821 to 24 Feb 1827)
• Giovanni Battista Arnaldi † (Archbishop: 7 Mar 1853 to 28 Feb 1867)
• Maffeo Barberini † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1608 to 17 Jul 1617)
• Pietro Carlo Benedetti † (Coadjutor Bishop: 3 Jun 1726; Bishop: 17 Mar 1727 to Sep 1739)
• Paolo Bonavisa † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1743 to 21 Jul 1759)
• Bernard de Bonneval † (Bishop: 10 Feb 1371 to 18 Jul 1371)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1832 to 12 Feb 1838)
• Jacopo del Campolo † (Bishop: 1 Feb 1419 to 7 Jul 1424)
• Francesco Canali † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1814 to 28 Aug 1820)
• Giovanni Capobianco † (Priest: 20 Dec 1902; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 May 1933 to 1 Apr 1935)
• Lorenzo Castrucci † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1617 to 1655)
• Domenico Cavallini Spadoni † (Archbishop: 27 Oct 1871 to 6 Feb 1879)
• Sagace Conti, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 30 May 1446 to 1448)
• Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (Administrator: 22 Mar 1553 to 1555)
• Paperone de’ Papareschi, O.P. † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1285 to 4 Mar 1290)
• Marcello Durazzo † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 27 Aug 1691 to 7 Feb 1695)
• Berardo Eroli † (Bishop: 13 Nov 1448 to 8 Dec 1474)
• Constantin Eruli † (Bishop: 8 Dec 1474 to 1500)
• Francesco Erulli † (Coadjutor Bishop: 10 Jul 1495; Bishop: 1500 to 1540)
• Cesare Facchinetti † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 2 Aug 1655 to 14 Nov 1672)
• St. Antonino Fantosati, O.F.M. Ref. †
• Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (Administrator: 1555 to 16 Dec 1562)
• Pietro Gaddi † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1695 to Sep 1710)
• Silvio Gasperini † (Priest: 15 Apr 1876 to 2 Dec 1912)
• Agostino da Lanzano † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1404 to 1410)
• Carlo Giacinto Lascaris, O.P. † (Bishop: 11 May 1711 to 17 Mar 1727)
• Francesco Maria Locatelli † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1772 to 13 Feb 1811)
• Eugenio Luzzi †
• Ercolano Marini † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Jun 1904 to 11 Dec 1905)
• Bonaventura Martinelli †
• Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (Archbishop: 21 May 1827 to 17 Dec 1832)
• Flavio Orsini † (Bishop: 16 Dec 1562 to 16 May 1581)
• Pietro Orsini † (Coadjutor Bishop: 11 Apr 1580; Bishop: 16 May 1581 to 5 Apr 1591)
• Pietro Pacifici, C.R.S. † (Archbishop: 28 Aug 1912 to 7 Apr 1934)
• Mariano Elvezio Pagliari † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1879 to 5 Feb 1900)
• Géraud de Palayrac † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1372 to 1379)
• Jacopo Palladini † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1410 to 1417)
• Opizio Pallavicini † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 28 Nov 1689 to 8 Aug 1691)
• Gerardo Pigalotti, O.P. † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1290 to 28 Mar 1295)
• Ugo Poletti † (Archbishop: 26 Jun 1967 to 3 Jul 1969)
• Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. † (Archbishop: 7 Jul 1948 to 23 Jun 1967)
• Aristide Rinaldini †
• Virgilio Rosario †
• Giovanni de’ Conti Sabbioni † (Archbishop: 12 Feb 1838 to 26 Sep 1852)
• Paolo Sanvitale † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1591 to 11 May 1600)
• Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † (Priest: 12 Apr 1879 to 15 Jan 1900)
• Ludovicus Sciamanna † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1685 to 1689)
• Domenico Serafini, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 19 Apr 1900 to 2 Mar 1912)
• Filippo Carlo Spada †
• Pietro Tagliapietra † (Archbishop: 12 Sep 1934 to 11 May 1948)
• Fabio Vigili † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1540 to 1553)
• Alfonso Visconti, C.O. † (Bishop: 10 Sep 1601 to 19 Sep 1608)
• Niccolò Vivari † (Bishop: 1410 to 1 Feb 1419)

Source(s)

Diocese of Spoleto Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 461 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 241 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 303 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 321 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 362 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 386

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