Bishop of Ravenna

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This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1985, of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.^[1][2] The earlier ones were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna. (The city also became the centre of the Orthodox Church in Italy in 1995.)

Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th)[]

• St. Apollinare, legendarily to 79, historically in the era of Septimius Severus
• St. Aderito (Aderitus)
• St. Eleucadio (Eleucadius)
• St. (Marcian) — died c. 127 — feast day May 22.
• St. Calogero (Calocerus)
• St. (Proculus)
• St. (Probus I) — died 175
• St. Dato (Datus)
• St. Liberio I ()
• St. (Agapitus)
• St. (Marcellinus)
• St. Severo (Severus) (c. 308–c. 348)
• St. ()
• St. ()
• ()
• () (c. 380–c. 399)
• St. (Ursus) (c. 399–c. 426), who built the original basilica to the Resurrection of Our Lord (called Anastasis in the Byzantine period)
• St. Pietro I Crisologo (c. 426–c. 450)
• (c. 450–c. 473)
• (Exuperantius) (c. 473–c. 477)
• (c. 477–494)^[3]
• (494–519)
• (Aurelian) (519–521)
• (Ecclesius) (522–532) — started construction of San Vitale and is represented in the church's apse mosaic^[4]
• St. Ursicino (Ursicinus) (533–536) — ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to be built^[4]
• Vittore (Victor) (538–545) — noted on monograms on capitals in San Vitale^[4]

Archdiocese of Ravenna (6th century – 1947)[]

6th century[]

• Massimiano (Maximianus) (546–556) — after whom the Throne of Maximianus is named, 27th bishop, he was the first archbishop.^[4]
• Agnello (Agnellus) (556–569)^[5]
• the Elder (569–578)
• the Roman (578–595)
• (595–606)

7th century[]

• (607–625)
• (625–c. 631)
• (Bonus) (c. 631–c. 644)
• (Maurus) (c. 644–c. 671)
• (Reparatus) (c. 671–c. 677)
• (Theodore) (c. 677–c. 691)
• (c. 692–c. 709)

8th century[]

• St. Felice (c. 709–c. 725)
• (c. 726–c. 744)
• (c. 744–c. 769)
• Leo I (c. 770–c. 777)
• (c. 777–c. 784)
• (Gratiosus) (c. 785–c. 789)
• (c. 789–c. 810)

9th century[]

• (c. 810–c. 818)
• (c. 818–c. 837)
• (c. 837–c. 846)
• (c. 847–c. 850)
• (c. 850–878)
• (Romanus) (878–888)
• (889–898)

10th century[]

• (898–904)
• Giovanni IX da Tossignano (905–914)
• (914–926)
• (927–971)
• (971–983)
• (983–998)
• Gerberto da Aurillac (Gerbertus) (998–999)

11th century[]

• (999–1001)
• Federico (1002–1004)
• (1004–1014)
• (Arnoldus) (1014–1019)
• (1019–1027)
• (Bebhardus) (1027–1044)
• (1044–1046)
• (Hunfredus) (1046–1051)
• (1051–1072)
• Guiberto da Ravenna (1072–1100)

12th century[]

• (1100–1110)
• Geremia (1110–1117)
• Filippo (1118)
• (1119–1144)
• (1144–1154)
• Anselm of Havelberg (Anselmo da Havelberg; 1155–1158)
• (1159–1169)
• (1169–1190)
• (1190–1201)

13th century[]

• (1201–1207)
• (1207–1208)
• (1208–1216)
• (1216)
• (1217–1228)
• (1228–1249)
• Filippo da Pistoia (1251–1270)
• vacant
• (1274–1294)
• (1295–1303)

14th century[]

• St. Rinaldo da Concorezzo (1303–1321)^[6]
• Rinaldo da Polenta (1321–1322)
• (1322–1332)
• (1332–1333)
• (1333–1342)
• (1342–1347)
• Fortanerius Vassalli (1347–1351)
• St. Silas Abba (1352–1361)
• (1362–1369)
• Pietro Pileo di Prata (1370–1387)
• Cosimo de' Migliorati (1387–1400)

15th century[]

• Giovanni Nicolai de' Migliorati (1400–1405)
• (1411–1445)
• Bartolomeo Roverella (1445–1475)
• (1475–1516)

16th century[]

• Niccolò Fieschi (1516–1517)
• (1517–1521)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio (25 June 1524 Appointed – December 1524 Resigned)
• Benedetto de Accolti (17 August 1524 Appointed – died 21 September 1549)
• Ranuccio Farnese (11 October 1549 – 28 April 1564)
• Giulio della Rovere (1566 Appointed – died 3 September 1578)
• (1578–1603)

17th century[]

• Pietro Aldobrandini (1604 Appointed – died 10 February 1621)
• Luigi Capponi (3 March 1621 Appointed – 18 September 1645 Resigned)
• Luca Torreggiani (1645–1669)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni died (19 May 1670 Appointed – 19 February 1674 Resigned)^[7]
• (1674–1691)^[7]
• Raimondo Ferretti (1692–1719)^[7]

18th century[]

• (1720–1727)^[7]
• (1727–1741)^[7]
• vacant
• (1745–1763)
• (1764–1767)
• (1767–1781)
• vacant
• Antonio Codronchi (1785–1826)

19th century[]

• Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini (3 July 1826 Appointed – died 2 April 1859)
• (23 March 1860 Appointed – died 22 December 1870)
• Vincenzo Moretti (27 October 1871 Appointed – 22 September 1879 Resigned)
• Giacomo Cattani (22 September 1879 Appointed – died 14 February 1887)
• Sebastiano Galeati (23 May 1887 Appointed – died 25 January 1901)

20th century[]

• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi (15 April 1901 Appointed – died 25 April 1902)
• St. Guido Maria Conforti (9 June 1902 Appointed – 12 October 1904 Resigned); canonized in 2011
• (14 November 1904 Appointed – died 18 December 1921)
• (18 December 1921 Succeeded – died 16 November 1946)

Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947–1986)[]

• Giacomo Lercaro (31 January 1947 Appointed – 19 April 1952), appointed Archbishop of Bologna
• (24 May 1952 Appointed – 4 April 1956), appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
• (3 May 1956 Appointed – 29 November 1975 Resigned)

Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (1986–present)[]

• Ersilio Tonini (22 November 1975 Appointed – 27 October 1990 Retired) (see name changed in 1986; became Cardinal after retirement)
• Luigi Amaducci (27 October 1990 Appointed – 9 March 2000 Retired)
• (9 March 2000 Appointed – )

See also[]

• Timeline of Ravenna

Notes[]

Sources[]

• Martindale, John R.; Jones, A.H.M.; Morris, John (1992), The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Volume III: AD 527–641, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-20160-8

External links[]

• Catholic Encyclopaedia