Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Comacchio was combined with the historical archdiocese of Ferrara. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bologna. Ferrara became an archdiocese, though without suffragans, in 1735. It was for a long period directly subject to the Holy See.[1]
History
The earliest bishop of certain date is Constantine, present at Rome in 861; St. Maurelius (patron of the city) must have lived before this time. Some think that the bishops of Ferrara are the successors to those of Voghenza (the ancient Vicus Haventia).
Other notable bishops were:
- Filippo Fontana (1243), to whom Pope Innocent IV entrusted the task of inducing the German princes to depose Emperor Frederick II;
- Alberto Pandoni (1261)
- Giovanni di Tossignano (1431);
- Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní, el mayor (October 29, 1494/June 14, 1497—August 1, 1503)
- Ippolito I d'Este (1520), Ippolito II d'Este (1550), and Luigi d'Este (1553), patrons of learning and the arts;
- Alfonso Rossetti (1563), Paolo Leoni (1579), Giovanni Fontana (1590), and Lorenzo Magalotti (1628), reformers after the Council of Trent;
- Carlo Odescalchi (1823).
Up to 1717 the Archbishop of Ravenna claimed metropolitan rights over Ferrara; in 1735 Pope Clement XII raised the see to archiepiscopal rank, without suffragans.
Archbishops of Ferrara since 1746
- Marcello Crescenzi (22 Aug 1746 - 24 Aug 1768)
- Bernardino Giraud (15 Mar 1773 - 14 Feb 1777)
- Alessandro Mattei (17 Feb 1777 - 2 Apr 1800)
- Paolo Patricio Fava Ghisleri (24 Aug 1807 - 14 Aug 1822)
- Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. (10 Mar 1823 - 2 Jul 1826)
- Gabriele della Genga Sermattei (23 Jun 1834 - 13 Jan 1843)
- Ignazio Giovanni Cadolino (30 Jan 1843 - 11 Apr 1850)
- Luigi Vannicelli Casoni (20 May 1850 - 21 Apr 1877)
- Luigi Giordani (22 Jun 1877 - 21 Apr 1893)
- Egidio Mauri, O.P. (12 Jun 1893 - 13 Mar 1896)
- Pietro Respighi (30 Nov 1896 - 9 Apr 1900)
- Giulio Boschi (19 Apr 1900 - 7 Jan 1919)
- Francesco Rossi (15 Dec 1919 - 25 Jul 1929)
- Ruggero Bovelli (4 Oct 1929 - 9 Jun 1954)
- Natale Mosconi (5 Aug 1954 - 21 Apr 1976)
- Filippo Franceschi (15 Jul 1976 - 7 Jan 1982)
- Luigi Maverna (25 Mar 1982 - 8 Sep 1995)
- Carlo Caffarra (8 Sep 1995 - 16 Dec 2003)
- Paolo Rabitti (2 Oct 2004 - )
Notes
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.