Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan
Archdiocese of Milan
Archidioecesis Mediolanensis |
The Cathedral of Milan |
| Location |
| Country |
Italy |
| Statistics |
| Area |
4,243 km2 (1,638 sq mi) |
Population
- Total
- Catholics |
5,107,053
4,860,053 (95.2%) |
| Information |
| Rite |
Ambrosian |
| Cathedral |
Cathedral of Milan |
| Current leadership |
| Bishop |
Card. Angelo Scola |
| Auxiliary Bishop |
Erminio De Scalzi, Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli, Luigi Stucchi, Mario Delpini |
| Vicars General |
Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Carlo Maria Martini, Dionigi Tettamanzi |
The Archdiocese of Milan (Latin: Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has long maintained its own rite: the Ambrosian rite. It is led by the Archbishop of Milan who serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, and Vigevano.
The Church in Milan was established in the 1st century as a small diocese; according to legend by the Apostle Barnabas[1] on his way from Rome back to Cyprus. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century.
Seminaries
The Seminary of the archdiocese has the principal see in Venegono Inferiore. The minor seminary is located in Seveso.
Bishops and archbishops
A list of the bishops and archbishops of Milan is engraved in plaque in the South nave of the Cathedral of Milan, but such list contains some historical errors. The data here below follow the work of Eugenio Cazzani.[2]
- St Apostle Barnabas, 1st-century (his coming to Milan is probably legendary)
- St Anathalon
- St Caius
- St Castricianus
- St Calimerus (about 270 - 280)
- St Monas (283-313?)
- St Mirocles (313-316?)
- St Maternus (316-328?)
- St Protasius (328-343?)
- St Eustorgius I (343-349?)
- St Dionysius (349-355)
- St Ambrose (374-397)
- St Simplician (397-400)
- St Venerius (400-408)
- St Marolus (408-423)
- St Martinianus (423-435)
- St Glycerius (436-438)
- St Lazarus (438-449)
- St Eusebius (449-462)
- St Gerontius (462-465)
- St Benignus (465-472)
- St Senator (472-475)
- St Theodorus I (475-490)
- St Lawrence I (490-512)
- St Eustorgius II (512-518)
- St Magnus (518-530?)
- St Dacius (530-552)
- Vitale (552-556)
- St Ausanus (556-559?)
- St Honoratus (560-571?)
- Frontone (571-573?)
- Lawrence II (573-592)
- Constantius (593-600)
- Deodatus (601-628)
- Asterius (629-639)
- Forte (639-641)
- St John I Bono (641-669)
- St Antonino (669-671)
- St Maurilio (671)
- St Ampelio (671-676)
- St Mansueto (676-685)
- St Benedetto I Crespi (685-732)
- Theodorus II (732-746)
- St Natale (746-747)
- Arifred (747-748)
- Stabile (748-750)
- Leto (751-755)
- Tommaso (755-783)
- Peter (784-803)
- Odelperto (803-813)
- St Anselm I(bishop of Milan) (813-818)
- St Buono (818-822)
- Angilbert I (822-823)
- Angilberto II Pusterla (824-859)
- Tadone (860-868)
- Ansperto Confalonieri of Biassono (868-881)
- Anselmo II Capra (882-896)
- Landulf I (896-899)
- Andrea of Canciano (899-906)
- Aicone (906-918)
- Gariberto of Besana (918-921)
- Lambert (921-931)
- Elduin (931-936)
- Arderico (936-948)
- Adelman (948-953)
- Walpert (953-970)
- Arnulf I (970-974)
- Gotofredo I (974-979)
- Landulf II of Carcano (980-998)
- Arnolfo II da Arsago (998-1018)
- Ariberto da Intimiano (1018-1045)
- St Guido da Velate (1045-1069)
- Attone (1070-1075)
- Gotofredo II da Castiglione (1070-1075), antibishop
- Tebaldo da Castiglione (1075-1080)
- Anselmo III da Rho (1086-1093)
- Arnolfo III (1093-1097)
- Anselmo IV da Bovisio (1097-1101)
- Grossolano (1102-1112)
- Giordano da Clivio (1112-1120)
- Olrico da Corte (1120-1126)
- Anselmo V della Pusterla (1126-1135)
- Robaldo (1135-1145)
- Umberto I da Pirovano (1146-1166)
- St Galdino della Sala (1166-1176)
- Algisio da Pirovano (1176-1185)
- Umberto II Crivelli (1185-1187)[3]
- Milone da Cardano (1187-1195)
- Umberto III da Terzago (1195-1196)
- Filippo I da Lampugnano (1196-1206)
- Umberto IV da Pirovano (1206-1211)
- Gerardo da Sessa (1211-1212)
- Enrico I da Settala (1213-1230)
- Guglielmo I da Rizolio (1230-1241)
- Leon da Perego (1241-1257)
- Ottone Visconti (1262-1295)
- Ruffino da Frisseto (1295-1296)
- Francesco I da Parma (1296-1308)
- Cassone Torriani (1308-1317)
- Aicardo da Intimiano (1317-1339)
- Giovanni II Visconti (1342-1354)
- Roberto Visconti (1354-1361)
- Guglielmo II della Pusterla (1361-1370)
- Simon da Borsano (1370-1380)
- Antonio de' Saluzzi (1380-1401)
- Pietro II di Candia (1402-1410)
- Francesco II Crippa (1409-1414)
- Bartolommeo Capra (1414-1433)
- Francesco III Piccolpasso (1433-1443)
- Enrico II Rampini (1443-1450)
- Giovanni III Visconti (1450-1453)
- Nicolò Amidano (1453-1454)
- Timoteo Maffei (1454)
Modern archbishops since 1454
- Gabriele Sforza (1454-1457)
- Carlo I da Forlì (1457-1461)
- Stefano Nardini (1461-1484)
- Giovan IV Arcimboldi (1484-1488)
- Guido Antonio Arcimboldi (1488-1497)
- Ottaviano Arcimboldi (1497)
- Ippolito I d'Este (1497-1520)
- Ippolito II d'Este (1520-1550)
- Giovan Angelo Arcimboldi (1550-1555)
- Filippo II Archinti (1556-1558)
- vacant
- St. Carlo Borromeo (February 8, 1560-November 3, 1584)
- Gaspare Visconti (1584-1595)
- Federico I Borromeo (1595-1631)
- Cesare Monti (1632-1650)
- Alfonso Litta (1652-1679)
- Federico II Visconti (1681-1693)
- Federico III Caccia (1693-1699)
- Giuseppe I Archinti (1699-1712)
- Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1712-1737)
- Carlo Gaetano I Stampa (1737-1742)
- Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli (1743-1783)
- Filippo Maria Visconti (1784-1801)
- Giovanni Battista Caprara (1802-1810)
- vacant
- Carlo Gaetano II, Graf von Gaisruck (1816-1846)
- Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1847-1859)
- Paolo Angelo Ballerini (1859-1867)
- Luigi Nazari di Calabiana (1867-1893)
- Andrea Ferrari (May 21, 1894 - February 2, 1921)
- Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (June 13, 1921-1922), elected Pope Pius XI
- Eugenio Tosi (1922-1929)
- Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. (June 26, 1929 - August 30, 1954)
- Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (November 1, 1954 - 1963), elected Pope Paul VI
- Giovanni Colombo (August 10, 1963 - December 29,1979)
- Carlo Maria Martini, SJ (December 29, 1979 - June 11, 2002)
- Dionigi Tettamanzi (July 11, 2002 - June 28, 2011)
- Angelo Scola (June 28, 2011 - present)
Parishes
The 1104 parishes all fall within the region of Lombardy. They are divided between the Province of Bergamo, the Province of Como, the Province of Lecco, the Province of Milan, the Province of Pavia, and the Province of Varese.[4]
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