Bishop of Ravenna

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This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna, and (from 1985[1]) of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The earlier ones were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna. (The city also became the centre of the Orthodox Church in Italy in 1995.)

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[edit] Unknown period

  1. Ursus who, c.381, built the original basilica to the Resurrection of Our Lord (called Anastasis in the Byzantine period)
  2. Neon, Archbishop, 449-552
  3. Severus, 12th bishop
  4. Fusca and Maura
  5. Vitalis

[edit] Diocese of Ravenna (1st c - 5th c)

  1. Apollinaris, legendarily to 79, historically in the era of Septimius Severus
  2. ?
  3. ?
  4. Marcian (Italian - San Mariano) - died c 127 - feast day May 22
  5. Mauro, bishop, 642-61
  6. Reparatus (671-77), archbishop, granted privileges by Tiberius
  7. George of Ravenna, died 846

[edit] Archdiocese of Ravenna (5th century - 1947)

[edit] 5th century

  1. Joannes Angeloptes (430-33)
  2. St Peter Chrysologus (433-449)

[edit] 6th century

  1. Ecclesius, Archbishop, 526-34
  2. Ursicinus (535-39, who ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to be built).
  3. Maximianus (546 - Feb 21 566), after whom the Throne of Maximianus is named, 27th bishop
  4. Marianus, bishop (546-556)

[edit] 11th century

[edit] 16th c onwards

  • Pietro de Accolti de Aretio † (25 Jun 1524 Appointed - Dec 1524 Resigned)
  • Benedetto de Accolti † (17 Aug 1524 Appointed - 21 Sep 1549 Died)
  • Giulio della Rovere † ( 1566 Appointed - 3 Sep 1578 Died)
  • Pietro Aldobrandini † ( 1604 Appointed - 10 Feb 1621 Died)
  • Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (19 May 1670 Appointed - 19 Feb 1674 Resigned)
  • Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini † (3 Jul 1826 Appointed - 2 Apr 1859 Died)
  • Enrico Orfei † (23 Mar 1860 Appointed - 22 Dec 1870 Died)
  • Vincenzo Moretti † (27 Oct 1871 Appointed - 22 Sep 1879 Resigned)
  • Giacomo Cattani † (22 Sep 1879 Appointed - 14 Feb 1887 Died)
  • Sebastiano Galeati † (23 May 1887 Appointed - 25 Jan 1901 Died)
  • Agostino Gaetano Riboldi † (15 Apr 1901 Appointed - 25 Apr 1902 Died)
  • Bl. Guido Maria Conforti † (9 Jun 1902 Appointed - 12 Oct 1904 Resigned)
  • Pasquale Morganti † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 18 Dec 1921 Died)
  • Antonio Lega † (18 Dec 1921 Succeeded - 16 Nov 1946 Died)

[edit] Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947-1985)

  • Giacomo Lercaro † (31 Jan 1947 Appointed - 19 Apr 1952 Appointed, Archbishop of Bologna
  • Egidio Negrin † (24 May 1952 Appointed - 4 Apr 1956 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
  • Salvatore Baldassarri † (3 May 1956 Appointed - 29 Nov 1975 Resigned)

[edit] Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (1985-present)

  • Giuseppe Verucchi, Archbishop
  • Luigi Amaducci, Archbishop Emeritus
  • Ersilio Tonini, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

[edit] Ordinaries under the Archbishop

  • Ersilio Tonini (22 Nov 1975 Appointed - 27 Oct 1990 Retired)
  • Luigi Amaducci (27 Oct 1990 Appointed - 9 Mar 2000 Retired)
  • Giuseppe Verucchi (9 Mar 2000 Appointed - )

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