Archdiocese of Bologna

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:

[edit] History

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

Giuliano della Rovere (3 Nov 1483 - 20 Sep 1499) (later Pope Julius II)
Lorenzo Campeggio (2 Dec 1523 - 5 Sep 1534)
Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi (1528)
Gabriele Paleotti (10 Feb 1566 - 23 Jul 1597)
Alfonso Paleotti (1597 - 1610)
Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese (25 Oct 1610 - 2 Apr 1612)
Alessandro Cardinal Ludovisi (12 Mar 1612 - 9 Feb 1621) (elected Pope Gregory XV)
Ludovico Ludovisi (29 Mar 1621 - 18 Nov 1632)
Girolamo Colonna (24 Nov 1632 - 1645)
Angelo Cardinal Ranuzzi (17 May 1688 - 27 Sep 1689)
Prospero Lorenzo Cardinal Lambertini(30 Apr 1731 - 17 Aug 1740) (elected Pope Benedict XIV)
Carlo Cardinal Oppizoni (20 Sep 1802 - 31 May 1831)
Michele Viale-Prelà (28 Sep 1855 - 15 May 1860)
Filippo Cardinal Guidi (21 Dec 1863 - 12 Nov 1871)
Carlo Luigi Morichini (24 Nov 1871 - 22 Dec 1876)
Lucido Cardinal Parocchi (12 Mar 1877 - 28 Jun 1882)
Francesco Cardinal Battaglini (3 Jul 1882 - 8 Jul 1892)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli (16 Jan 1893 - 12 Jun 1893)
Domenico Cardinal Svampa (21 May 1894 - 10 Aug 1907)
Giacomo Cardinal della Chiesa (18 Dec 1907 - 3 Sep 1914) (elected Pope Benedict XV)
Giorgio Cardinal Gusmini (8 Sep 1914 - 24 Aug 1921)
Giovanni Battista Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (21 Nov 1921 - 13 Mar 1952)
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro (19 Apr 1952 - 12 Feb 1968)
Antonio Cardinal Poma (12 Feb 1968 - 11 Feb 1983)
Enrico Manfredini (18 Mar 1983 - 16 Dec 1983)
Giacomo Biffi (19 April 1984 - 16 December 2003)
Carlo Cardinal Caffarra (16 Dec 2003 - )