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] Diocese of Ravenna (1st - 6th)

  1. Apollinaris, legendarily to 79, historically in the era of Septimius Severus.
  2. Aderitus
  3. Eleucadius
  4. Marcian (Italian - San Mariano) - died c. 127 - feast day May 22.
  5. Calocerus
  6. Proculus
  7. Probus I
  8. Datus
  9. Liberius I
  10. Agapitus
  11. Marcellinus
  12. Severus (c. 308–c. 348)
  13. Liberius II
  14. Probus II
  15. Florence
  16. Liberius III (c. 380–c. 399)
  17. Ursus (c. 399–c. 426), who built the original basilica to the Resurrection of Our Lord (called Anastasis in the Byzantine period)
  18. St. Peter I Chrysologus (c. 426-c. 450)
  19. Neon (c. 450–c. 473)
  20. Exuperantius (c. 473–c. 477)
  21. John I Angeloptes (c. 477-c. 494)
  22. Peter II (494–519)
  23. Aurelian (519–521)
  24. Ecclesius (522–532) - started construction of San Vitale and is represented in the church's apse mosaic[1]
  25. Ursicinus (533–536) - ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to be built[1]
  26. Victor (538–545) - noted on monograms on capitals in San Vitale[1]

[edit] Archdiocese of Ravenna (6th century - 1947)

[edit] 6th century

  1. Maximianus (546-556) - after whom the Throne of Maximianus is named, 27th bishop, he was the first Archbishop.[1]
  2. Marinian (595–606)

[edit] 7th century

  1. Maurus (c. 644-c. 671)
  2. Reparatus (c. 671-c. 677), granted privileges by Tiberius

[edit] 8th century

  1. Felix (709-724)

[edit] 9th century

  1. George (c. 838–c. 846)

[edit] 11th century

[edit] 14th 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 - )

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Dates according to Andreescu-Treadgold, Treadgold Procopius and the imperial panels of S. Vitale,

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