Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela

The Archdiocese of Messina was originally founded as the Diocese of Messina but was raised to the level of an archdiocese on September 30, 1986 with the merging with the former Diocese of Lipari (1131) and Prelatura of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206), and as suffragans the Diocese of Patti and Diocese of Nicosia. The current Archbishop of Messina is Calogero La Piana, and the auxiliary bishop is Francesco Montenegro. The Archbishops Emeritus are Ignazio Cannavò and Giovanni Marra.

List of Archbishops of Messina

• Bacchilo (41)
• Barchirio (68)
• Eleuterio (121)
• Alessandro I (154)
• Raimondo
• Capitone (313)
• Alessandro II (347)
• Evagrio (363)
• Bacchilo II (381)
• Giovanni I (151)
• Giustiniano (183)
• Eucarpo I (501)
• Peregrino I (514)
• Eucarpo II (586)
• Felice I (590)
• Dono (593)
• Felice II (600)
• Guglielmo I (603)
• Isidoro (610)
• Peregrino II (649)
• Benedetto (682)
• Gaudioso (787)
• Gregorio (869)
• Ippolito (968)
• Roberto I (1081)
• Goffredo I (1081)
• Guglielmo II (1120)
• Ugone (1127)
• Goffredo II (1140)
• Roberto II (1142)
• Gerardo (1144)
• Arnaldo
• Roberto III (1151)
• Nicolò I (1166)
• Riccardo Palmieri (1183)
• Berardo o Berzio (1197-1233)
• Landone (1236)
• Giovanni Colonna (1255)
• Tommaso D'Agni Lentini (1262)
• Bartolomeo Pignatelli (1266-1272)
• Reginaldo Lentini (1274)
• Francesco Fontana (1288)
• Raimondo d'Aquino
• Raniero II Lentini (1288-1304)
• Guidotto de Abbiate (1304-1333)
• Pietro I
• Federico de Guercis (1333-1342)
• Raimando de Pezzolis (1342-1348)
• Giordano Curti (1348)
• Pietro Porta (1349-1351)
• Anzalone Bonsignore (1351-1354)
• Guglielmo Monstrio (1355-1362)
• Dionisio da Murcia (1363-1380)
• Paolo Zuccaro (1380-1387)
• Maffiolo Lampugnani (1387-?)
• Filippo Crispo (1392-1402)
• Pietro Budano (1403-?)
• Tommaso Crisafi (1408-1426)
• Archida Ventimiglia (1426)
• Bartolomeo Gattiglia (1426-1446)
• Pietro III (1446-1448)
• card. Antonio Cerdano (1448-1449)
• Giacomo Porcio (1449)
• card. Andrea Amodeo (1449-1450)
• Giacomo Tedesco (1450-1473)
• Lorenzo Crisafi (1473)
• card. Giuliano della Rovere (1473-1474)
• Giacomo da Santa Lucia (1474-1480)
• Pietro de Luna (1480-1482)
• Martino Ponz (1493-1500)
• Martino Garcia (1500-1502)
• Pietro Bellorado (1502-1509)
• card. Pietro Isvaglies (1510-1511)
• Bernardino da Bologna (1512-1513)
• Antonio la Legname (1514-1537)
• card. Innocenzo Cibo (1538-1550)
• card. Giovanni Andrea Mercurio (1550-1560)
• card. Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete (1560-1561)
• Antonio Cancellaro (1564-1568)
• Giovanni Retana (1569-1582)
• Antonio Lombardo (1585-1597)
• Francesco Velardo de la Cuencha (1599-1604)
• Bonaventura Secusio (1605-1609)
• Pietro Ruiz de Valdevexo (1609-1617)
• Andrea Mastrillo (1618-1624)
• card. Giovanni Domenico Spinola (1624-1626)
• Biago Proto de Rubeis (1626-1646)
• Simone Carafa O. Teat. (1647-1676)
• Giuseppe Cicala (1678-1685)
• Francesco Alavarez (1686-1698)
• Giuseppe Migliaccio (1698-1729)
• Tommaso Viadl y de Nin (1730-1743)
• Tommaso Moncada (1743-1762)
• Gabriele Maria Di Blasi e Gambacorta O.S.B. (1764-1767)
• Giovanni Maria Spinelli (1767-1770)
• Corrado Deodato Moncada (1770-1771)
• Scipione Ardoino Alcontres (1771-1778)
• Nicola Cifaglione (1778-1780)
• Francesco Paolo Perremuto (1790-1791)
• Gaetano Maria Garrasi O.E.S.A. (1798-1817)
• Antonio Maria Trigona Grimaldi (1817-1819)
• card. Francesco di Paola Villadecani (1823-1861)
• Luigi Natoli (1867-1875)
• card. Giuseppe Guarino (1875-1897)
• Letterio D'Arrigo Ramondini (1898-1922)
• Angelo Paino (1923-1963)
• Guido Tonetti (1950-1957)
• Francesco Fasola (1963-1977)
• Ignazio Cannavò (1977-1997)
• Giovanni Marra (1997-2006)
• Calogero La Piana S.D.B. (since November 18, 2006)

External links

• Official site
•  "Archdiocese of Messina". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.