Bishop of Ostia

The Bishop of Ostia is the head of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia, one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, as it has been since 1150[1], with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of Rome.

List of bishops

Bishops of Ostia (753-1105)
  • George I, 753-783
Vacant 783-787
  • Gregory I, 787
vacant 787-804
  • Bernard 804-805
  • Peter I 805
vacant 805-826
  • Cesareo 826-854
  • Megisto (or Leo I), 854-868
  • Donatus, 868-870
vacant 870-878
  • Eugenius, 878-898
  • Stephen, 898-900
  • Guido I, 900-946
  • Benigno, 946-960
  • Siccone, 960-963
  • Gregory II, 964-969
  • Leo II, 969-983
vacant 983-996
  • Azzone I, 996[2]
  • Gregory III, 998-1012
  • Azzone II, 1013
  • Peter III, 1021-1037
  • Benedict, 1044
  • John I, 1050-1057?
 
Bishops of Ostia and Velletri
vacant 1271-1273
vacant 1325-1327
Obedience of Rome (1378-1415)

(actually in control of Ostia)

vacant 1378-1388
  • Philippe Valois d'Alençon, 1388-1397 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina, 1380-1388)
  • Angelo Acciaioli, 1405-1408
vacant 1408-1415
 
Obedience of Avignon (1378-1429)

(after 1415 restricted to Peñíscola)

vacant 1408-1423
  • Julian Lobera y Valtierra, 1423-1429 (restricted to Peñíscola)
 
Obedience of Pisa (1409-1415)
vacant 1426-1431
  • Antonio Correr, 1431-1445 (also Cardinal-bishop of Porto 1409/17-1431)
  • John Cervantes, 1447-1453
  • Giorgio Fieschi, 1455-1461 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1449-1455)
  • Guillaume d'Estouteville, 1461-1483 (also Cardinal-bishop of Porto, 1455-1461)
  • Giuliano della Rovere, 1483-1503[6], (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina, 1479-1483; became Pope Julius II)
  • Oliverio Carafa, 1503-1511 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano, 1476-1483 and Sabina, 1483-1503)
  • Raffaele Riario Sansoni, 1511-1521 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1503-1507, Sabina 1507-1508 and Porto 1508-1511)
  • Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal, 1521-1523 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1507-1509, Sabina 1509-1521 and Palestrina 1508-1509)
  • Francesco Soderini 1523-1524 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1516-1517, Palestrina 1516-1523 and Porto 1523)
  • Niccolo Fieschi 1524[7] (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1518-1521, Sabina 1521-1523 and Porto 1523-1524)
  • Alessandro Farnese 1524-1534, (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1519-1523, Palestrina 1523, Sabina 1523-1524 and Porto 1524; became Pope Paul III)
  • Giovanni Piccolomini, 1535-1537 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1524-1531, Palestrina 1531-1533 and Porto 1533-1535)
  • Giovanni Domenico de Cupi, 1537-1553 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1531-1533 and Sabina 1533-1535)
  • Giovanni Pietro Carafa, 1553-1555 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1544-1546, Sabina 1546-1550, Frascati 1550-1553 and Porto 1553; became Pope Paul IV, † 1559)
  • Jean du Bellay 1555-1560 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1550-1553, Frascati 1553 and Porto 1553-1555)
  • François de Tournon, 1560-1562 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1550-1560)
  • Rodolfo Pio de Carpi, 1562-1564 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1550, Frascati 1553-1555 and Porto-Santa Rufina 1555-1562)
  • Francesco Pisani, 1564-1570 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1555-1557, Frascati 1557-1562 and Porto 1562-1564)
  • Giovanni Girolamo Morone, 1570-1580 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1560-1561, Sabina 1561-1562, Frascati 1562, 1564-1565, Palestrina 1562-1564 and Porto 1565-1570)
  • Alessandro II Farnese, 1580-1589 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1565-1578, Sabina 1564-1565 and Porto 1578-1580)
  • Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, 1589-1591 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1583-1587, Sabina 1578, Palestrina 1578-1583, Porto 1587-1589)
  • Alfonso Gesualdo de Conza, 1591-1603 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1583-1587, Frascati 1587-1589 and Porto 1589-1591)
  • Tolomeo Gallo, 1603-1607 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1589-1591, Frascati 1591-1600 and Porto 1600-1603)
  • Domenico Pinelli, 1607-1611 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1603-1605 and Porto 1605-1607)
  • Francois IV de Joyeuse, 1611-1615 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1604-1611)
  • Antonio Maria Galli, 1615-1620 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1605-1608, Palestrina 1608-1611 and Porto 1611-1615)
  • Antonio Maria Sauli, 1620-1623 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1607-1611, Sabina 1611-1615 and Porto 1615-1620)
  • Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte, 1623-1626 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1615-1621 and Porto 1621-1623)
  • Ottavio Bandini, 1626-1629 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1621-1624 and Porto 1624-1626)
  • Giovanni Battista Deti, 1629-1630 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1623-1626, Frascati 1626 and Porto 1626-1629)
  • Domenico Ginnasi, 1630-1639 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1626-1629 and Porto 1629-1630)
  • Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia, 1639-1641 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1627-1630 and Porto 1630-1639)
  • Marcello Lante della Rovere, 1641-1652 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1629, Frascati 1629-1639 and Porto 1639-1641)
  • Carlo I de Medici, 1652-1666 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1645, Frascati 1645-1652 and Porto 1652)
  • Francesco V Barberini, 1666-1679 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1645-1652 and Porto 1652-1666)
  • Cesare Facchinetti, 1680-1683 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1672-1679 and Porto 1679-1680)
  • Niccolo Albergati-Ludovisi, 1683-1687 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1677-1681 and Porto 1681-1683)
  • Alderano Cybo, 1687-1700 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1679-1680, Frascati 1680-1683 and Porto 1683-1687)
  • Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne, 1700-1715[8] (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1689-1698 and Porto 1698-1700)
  • Nicola Acciaoiuli, 1715-1719[9] (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1693-1701 and Porto 1700-1715)
  • Fulvio Astalli, 1719-1721[10] (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1714-1719)
  • Sebastiano Antonio Tanara, 1721-1724[11] (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1715-1721)
  • Francesco del Giudice, 1724-1725[12] (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1717-1721 and Frascati 1721-1724)
  • Fabrizio Paolucci, 1725-1726 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1719-1724)
  • Francesco Barberini, 1726-1738 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1721-1726)
  • Pietro Ottoboni, 1738-1740 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1725-1730, Frascati 1730-1734 and Porto 1734-1738)
  • Tommaso Ruffo, 1740-1753 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1726-1738 and Porto 1738-1740)
  • Pierluigi Carafa, 1753-1755 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1740-1751 and Porto 1751-1753)
  • Rainiero D'Elci, 1755-1761 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1747-1753)
  • Giuseppe Spinelli, 1761-1763 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1753-1759 and Porto 1759-1761)
  • Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini, 1763-1774 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1759-1763)
  • Fabrizio Serbelloni, 1774-1775 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1763-1774)
  • Gian Francesco Albani, 1775-1803 (also Cardinal-bishop of Porto 1773-1775)
  • Henry Benedict Stuart, 1803-1807 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1761-1803)
  • Leonardo II Antonelli, 1807-1811 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1794-1800 and Porto 1800-1807)
  • Alessandro Mattei, 1814-1820 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1800-1809 and Porto 1809-1814)
  • Giulio Maria della Somaglia, 1820-1830 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1814-1818 and Porto 1818-1820)
  • Bartolomeo Pacca, 1830-1844 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1818-1821 and Porto 1821-1830)
  • Lodovico Micara, 1844-1847 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1837-1844)
  • Vincenzo Macchi, 1847-1860 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1840-1844 and Porto 1844-1847)
  • Mario Mattei, 1860-1870 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1844-1854 and Porto 1854-1860)
  • Costantino Patrizi Naro, 1870-1876 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1849-1860 and Porto 1860-1871)
  • Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso, 1877-1878 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1852-1870 and Porto 1871-1877)
  • Camillo di Pietro, 1878-1884 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1867-1877 and Porto 1877-1878)
  • Carlo Sacconi, 1884-1889 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1870-1878 and Porto 1878-1884)
  • Raffaele Monaco La Valetta, 1889-1896 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1884-1889)
  • Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, 1896-1913 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1884-1889 and Porto 1889-1896)
  • Serafino Vannutelli, 1913-1915 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1893-1904 and Porto 1903-1915)
 
Bishops of Ostia (since 1915)
 

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Guide to documents and events (76-2005)
  2. ^ Source for the period 996-1057: Otto Kares, Chronologie der Kardinalbischöfe im elften Jahrhundert, (in:) Festschrift zur Jahrhundertfeier des Gymnasiums am Burgplatz in Essen, Essen 1924, p. 20, 23-25
  3. ^ Sources for the period 1057-1130: Hans-Walter Klewitz, Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg, Darmstadt 1957; and Rudolf Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130, Tübingen 1977. Both these sources indicate that the see of Velletri was united to Ostia in April 1060.
  4. ^ a b The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Papal elections and conclaves by century
  5. ^ Source for the period 1130-81: J.M.Brixius, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181, Berlin 1912, p. 134
  6. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 16, 1471
  7. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 31, 1503
  8. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of August 5, 1669
  9. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of November 29, 1669
  10. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 2, 1686
  11. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 12, 1695
  12. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of February 13, 1690