Roman Catholic Diocese of Grosseto

Diocese of Grosseto Dioecesis Grossetana
Grosseto Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Statistics
Area	1,239 km2 (478 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 128,338 122,464 (95.4%)
Parishes	50
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9 April 1138
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Rodolfo Cetoloni
Emeritus Bishops	Giacomo Babini
Map
Website
www.diocesi.grosseto.it

The Diocese of Grosseto (Latin: Dioecesis Grossetana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany.^[1] Its current bishop is Rodolfo Cetoloni.^[2]

Rusellæ was an episcopal city from the fifth century. St. Gregory the Great commended to the spiritual care of Balbinus, Bishop of Rusellæ, the inhabitants of Vetulonia.^[3]

In 1138 pope Innocent II transferred the see to Grosseto and Rolando, the last Bishop of Roselle, became the first Bishop of Grosseto.

From 1858 to 1867, for political and economical reasons, the see remained vacant.

Bishops of Grosseto

• Sebastiano Perissi † (28 May 1700 Appointed - Nov 1701 Died)
• Giacomo Falconetti, O.P. † (15 Jan 1703 Appointed - Apr 1710 Died)
• Bernardino Pecci † (15 Dec 1710 Appointed - 1 Jun 1736 Died)
• Antonio Maria Franci † (6 May 1737 Appointed - 10 Apr 1790 Died)
• Fabrizio Selvi † (17 Jun 1793 Appointed - 1837 Resigned)
• Giovanni Domenico Francesco Mensini † (2 Oct 1837 Appointed - 29 Apr 1858 Died)
• Anselmo Fauli, O. Carm. † (22 Feb 1867 Appointed - 28 Jan 1876 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Bagala Blasini † (3 Apr 1876 Appointed - 2 Mar 1884 Died)
• Bernardino Caldajoli † (2 Mar 1884 Succeeded - 1907 Died)
• Ulisse Carlo Bascherini † (8 Jul 1907 Appointed - 8 Mar 1920 Retired)
• Gustavo Matteoni † (8 Mar 1920 Appointed - 3 Mar 1932 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena)
• Paolo Galeazzi † (16 Sep 1932 Appointed - 10 Aug 1971 Died)
• Primo Gasbarri † (16 Oct 1971 Appointed - 22 Jan 1979 Resigned)
• Adelmo Tacconi † (23 Mar 1979 Appointed - 20 Jul 1991 Retired)
• Angelo Scola (20 Jul 1991 Appointed - 14 Sep 1995 Resigned)
• Giacomo Babini (13 Jul 1996 Appointed - 17 Nov 2001 Resigned)
• Franco Agostinelli (17 Nov 2001 Appointed - 29 Sep 2012 Appointed, Bishop of Prato)
• Rodolfo Cetoloni (18 May 2013 - Appointed)

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 42°46′20″N 11°06′32″E / 42.7722°N 11.1089°E / 42.7722; 11.1089