Roman Catholic Diocese of Sansepolcro

The Roman Catholic of Sansepolcro was a Latin Diocese in Italy with see at Sansepolcro in Tuscany, central Italy, from 1013 to 1986.^[1][2] It was erected in 1515^[3]

History

• The prelature was established in 1013 as Benedictine Abbacy nullius of Sansepolcro (Italian), on canonical territory split off from the Diocese of Città di Castello.
• On 1515.09.22 it gained territories from the Diocese of Arezzo and Diocese of Città di Castello.
• On 1520.09.17 it was promoted as Diocese of (Borgo) Sansepolcro (Italian) / Biturgen(sis) / Burgi Sancti Sepulchri (Latin adjective forms). The Camaldolese abbey church became Sansepolcro Cathedral.
• On 1975.10.07 it lost territories to the Diocese of Cesena and Diocese of Forli
• On 1986.09.30 it was suppressed and united with the Diocese of Arezzo and the Diocese of Cortona to form the Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro.

Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite) ^[2]

No data available on the Benedictine Abbots nullius

Suffragan Bishops of Sansepolcro

• Galeotto Graziani, O. Camald. (1520 – death? 1522)^[4]
• Leonardo Tornabuoni (1522–1539), next Bishop of Ajaccio (Corsica, now in France) (1539 – death 1539)
• Filippo Archinto (1539–1546), next Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1546 – 1556), Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan(o) (Italy) (1556 – death 1558.06.21)
• Alfonso Tornabuoni (1546 – death 1557), previously Bishop of Saluzzo (Italy) (1530 – 1546)
• Filippo Tornabuoni (1557–1559 ?Died)
• Niccolò Tornabuoni (1560–1598 ?Died)
• Alessandro Borghi (bishop) (1598–1605 ?Resigned)
• Girolamo Incontri (1605–1615 ?Resigned)
• Giovanni dei Gualtieri (1615–1619 ?Died)^[5]
• Filippo Salviati (bishop) (1619–1634 ?Died)
• Zanobi de' Medici, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (1634–1638 ?Died)
• Dionisio Bussotti, Servite Order (O.S.M.) (1638–1654 Died)
• Cherubino Malaspina, O.P. (1655–1667 Died)
• Giovanni Carlo Baldovinetti, O.P. (1667–1671 Died)^[6]
• Lodovico Malaspina, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1672–1695 Died)^[6]
• Gregorio Compagni, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1696–1703) next Bishop of Larino (Italy) (1703.06.25 – death 1705.09.17)
• Giovanni Lorenzo Tilli (1704 – death 1724)
• Bartolomeo Pucci Franceschi (1724–1728), next Bishop of Pescia (Italy) (1729.01.26 – death 1737.02.26)
• Raimondo Pecchioli, O.P. (1728 – death 1748)
• Domenico Poltri (1749.04.21 – 1755.09.22), next Bishop of San Miniato (Italy) (1755.09.22 – death 1778.09.30)
• Adeodato Andrea Bivignano (1757–1770 Died)
• Niccolò Marcacci (1757.01.03 – 1770), next Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1778.12.14 – death 1799)
• Roberto Costaguti (1778.12.14 – death 1818.11.16)
• Annibale Tommasi (1820.05.29 – death 1845.04.14)
• Giuseppe Singlau (1849.04.20 – death 1867.01.18)
• Luigi Biscioni (Bisconi) Amadori (1872.02.23 – retired 1875.09.23), emeritate (and promotion) as Titular Archbishop of Thebæ (1875.09.23 – death 1883?)
• Giustino Puletti (1875.09.23 – death 1892.02.21)
• Raffaele Sandrelli (1892.07.11 – retired 1911.07.03), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Comanæ (1911.07.03 – death 1912.11.27)
• Pompeo Ghezzi (1911.11.27 – retired 1953.10.25), emeritate (and promotion) as Titular Archbishop of Gabula (1953.10.25 – death 1957.04.17)
• Apostolic Administrator sede plena Emilio Biancheri (1949 – 1953.09.07), while Bishop of Sarsina (Italy) (1949.05.18 – 1953.09.07); later Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1953.09.07 – 1976.12.17) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Montefeltro (Italy) (1966 – retired 1977.02.22), died 1982
• Domenico Bornigia (1953.11.27 – death 1963.03.10)
• Abele Conigli (1963.05.02 – 1967.02.16) next Bishop of Teramo e Atri (Italy) (1967.02.16 – 1986.09.30), restyled Bishop of Teramo (Italy) (1967.02.16 – 1986.09.30) again Bishop of Teramo–Atri (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1988.12.31), died 2005
• Apostolic Administrator Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. (1967 – 1975.10.07 see below); previously Titular Bishop of Livias (1956.09.05 – 1961.12.23) as Coadjutor Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1956.09.05 – 1961.12.23) succeeding as Bishop of Arezzo (1961.12.23 – 1983.04.11)
• Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. (see above 1975.10.07 – 1983.04.11), next Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1978.02.15 – 1983.04.11)
• Giovanni D'Ascenzi (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30), previously last Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1981.03.25), restyled first Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano–Orbetello (Italy) (1981.03.25 – 1983.04.11), Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30), Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30); next first Bishop of successor see Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.06.08).

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Italy

References

1. ↑ "Diocese of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. 1 2 "Diocese of Sansepolcro" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. ↑ Borgo San-Sepolcro - Catholic Encyclopedia article
4. ↑ "Bishop Galeotto Graziani, O. Camald." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 30, 2016
5. ↑ "Bishop Giovanni dei Gualtieri" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 30, 2016
6. 1 2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 131.  (in Latin)

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

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Borgo San-Sepolcro in Catholic Encyclopedia