Archdiocese of Bologna

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The Archdiocese of Bologna is a Roman Catholic territory in northern Italy, with episcopal see in Bologna. The current Archbishop is Carlo Cardinal Caffarra since 2003.

The archdiocese has the following suffragans:

• diocese of Imola
• diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
• archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio.

[edit] History

The bishopric was founded in the 3rd century and raised to the level of archdiocese on 10 December 1582.

Four Archbishops have been elected to the Papacy as Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Benedict XIV and Pope Benedict XV.

[edit] List of recent archbishops of Bologna

• Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II)
• Lorenzo Campeggio
• Gabriele Paleotti
• Alfonso Paleotti
• Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese
• Alessandro Ludovisi (later Pope Gregory XV)
• Ludovico Ludovisi
• Girolamo Colonna
• Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (later Pope Benedict XIV)
• Carlo Oppizoni
• Michele Viale-Prelà
• Filippo Maria Guidi
• Carlo Luigi Morichini
• Lucido Maria Parocchi
• Francesco Battaglini
• Serafino Vannutelli
• Domenico Svampa
• Giacomo della Chiesa (later Pope Benedict XV)
• Giorgio Gusmini
• Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano
• Giacomo Lercaro
• Antonio Poma
• Enrico Manfredini
• Giacomo Biffi
• Carlo Caffarra

[edit] External links

• Offical site (Italian)