Roman Catholic Diocese of Cervia

The diocese of Cervia was a Roman Catholic diocese in Emilia-Romagna.^[1][2]

In 1947 it merged with the archdiocese of Ravenna to form the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.^[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Cervia

Erected: 6th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ravenna

• Guadagno da Majolo, O.F.M. (26 Jun 1342 - )
• Bernardo Guascone, O.F.M. (29 Mar 1370 - 1374 Died)
• Maynard de Contrariis (2 Apr 1414 - 1431 Resigned)
• Cristoforo di San Marcello (2 May 1431 - 21 Nov 1435 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
• Antonio Correr (cardinal), C.R.S.A. (Nov 1435 - 1440 Resigned)^[4]
• Pietro Barbo (1 Jul 1440 - 19 Jun 1451 Resigned)
• Isidore of Kiev (10 Jun 1451 - 15 Mar 1455 Resigned)
• Francesco Portio (15 Mar 1455 - 1474 Died)
• Achille Marescotti (9 Jan 1475 - 20 Nov 1485 Died)
• Tommaso Catanei, O.P. (12 Dec 1485 - 1513 Resigned)
• Pietro de Flisco (23 Sep 1513 - 1525 Died)
• Paolo Emilio Cesi ( 1525 - 23 Mar 1528 Resigned)
• Octavio de Cesi (23 Mar 1528 - 1534 Died)
• Giovanni Andrea Cesi (13 Nov 1534 - 11 Mar 1545 Appointed, Bishop of Todi)
• Federico Cesi (11 Mar 1545 - 23 Mar 1545 Resigned)
• Scipione Santacroce (23 Mar 1545 - 1576 Resigned)
• Ottavio Santacroce (18 Jul 1576 - 1581 Died)
• Lorenzo Campeggi (8 Jan 1582 - 6 Nov 1585 Died)
• Decio Azzolini (Sr.) (15 Nov 1585 - 7 Oct 1587 Died)
• Annibal Pauli (12 Oct 1587 - 1590 Died)
• Alfonso Visconti, C.O. (8 Feb 1591 - 10 Sep 1601 Appointed, Bishop of Spoleto)
• Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini (10 Sep 1601 - 7 Apr 1627 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno (17 May 1627 - 16 Apr 1635 Appointed, Bishop of Rieti)
• Francesco Maria Merlini (17 Sep 1635 - Nov 1644 Died)
• Pomponio Spreti (8 Jan 1646 - 15 Nov 1652 Died)
• Francesco Gheri (31 May 1655 - 1662 Died)
• Anselmo Dandini (26 Jun 1662 - Dec 1664 Died)
• Gerolamo Santolini (15 Jun 1665 - Mar 1667 Died)
• Gianfrancesco Riccamonti, O.S.B. (4 Apr 1668 - 17 Apr 1707 Died)
• Camillo Spreti (15 Apr 1709 - Jan 1727 Died)
• Gaspare Pizzolanti, O. Carm. (25 Jun 1727 - 31 Dec 1765 Died)
• Giambattista Donati (2 Jun 1766 - 1792 Died)
• Bonaventura Gazzola, O.F.M. Ref. (1 Jun 1795 - 21 Feb 1820 Appointed, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone)
• Giuseppe Crispino Mazzotti (21 Feb 1820 - 2 Nov 1825 Died)
• Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini (3 Jul 1826 - 30 Sep 1831 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Mariano Baldassare Medici, O.P. (17 Dec 1832 - 1 Oct 1833 Died)
• Innocenzo Castracane degli Antelminelli (20 Jan 1834 - 12 Feb 1838 Appointed, Bishop of Cesena)
• Gaetano Balletti (12 Feb 1838 - 11 May 1842 Died)
• Gioacchino Tamburini (Tamberini) (22 Jul 1842 - 13 Oct 1859 Died)
• Giovanni Monetti (23 Mar 1860 - 15 Feb 1877 Died)
• Federico Foschi (20 Mar 1877 - 7 Oct 1908 Died)
• Pasquale Morganti, O.Ss.C.A. (7 Jan 1909 - 18 Dec 1921 Died)
• Antonio Lega (18 Dec 1921 Succeeded - 16 Nov 1946 Died)

References

1. ↑ Diocese of Cervia - catholic-hierarchy.org
2. ↑ Cervia - Catholic Encyclopedia article
3. ↑ Historical Summary, Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia - catholic-hierarchy.org
4. ↑ C.R.S.A. "Bishop Antonio Correr, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 25, 2016

 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. 

External links

• GCatholic.org