Archdiocese of Bologna
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The Archdiocese of Bologna is a Roman Catholic territory in northern Italy, with episcopal see in Bologna. The current Archbishop is Carlo Cardinal Caffarra since 2003.
The archdiocese has the following suffragans:
- diocese of Imola
- diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
- archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio.
[edit] History
The bishopric was founded in the 3rd century and raised to the level of archdiocese on 10 December 1582.
Four Archbishops have been elected to the Papacy as Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Benedict XIV and Pope Benedict XV.
[edit] List of recent archbishops of Bologna
- Giuliano della Rovere (3 Nov 1483 - 20 Sep 1499) (later Pope Julius II)
- Lorenzo Campeggio (2 Dec 1523 - 5 Sep 1534)
- Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi (1528)
- Gabriele Paleotti (10 Feb 1566 - 23 Jul 1597)
- Alfonso Paleotti (1597 - 1610)
- Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese (25 Oct 1610 - 2 Apr 1612)
- Alessandro Cardinal Ludovisi (12 Mar 1612 - 9 Feb 1621) (later Pope Gregory XV)
- Ludovico Ludovisi (29 Mar 1621 - 18 Nov 1632)
- Girolamo Colonna (24 Nov 1632 - 1645)
- Angelo Cardinal Ranuzzi (17 May 1688 - 27 Sep 1689)
- Prospero Lorenzo Cardinal Lambertini(30 Apr 1731 - 17 Aug 1740) (later Pope Benedict XIV)
- Carlo Cardinal Oppizoni (20 Sep 1802 - 31 May 1831)
- Michele Viale-Prelà (28 Sep 1855 - 15 May 1860)
- Filippo Cardinal Guidi (21 Dec 1863 - 12 Nov 1871)
- Carlo Luigi Morichini (24 Nov 1871 - 22 Dec 1876)
- Lucido Cardinal Parocchi (12 Mar 1877 - 28 Jun 1882)
- Francesco Cardinal Battaglini (3 Jul 1882 - 8 Jul 1892)
- Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli (16 Jan 1893 - 12 Jun 1893)
- Domenico Cardinal Svampa (21 May 1894 - 10 Aug 1907)
- Giacomo Cardinal della Chiesa (18 Dec 1907 - 3 Sep 1914) (later Pope Benedict XV)
- Giorgio Cardinal Gusmini (8 Sep 1914 - 24 Aug 1921)
- Giovanni Battista Cardinal Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (21 Nov 1921 - 13 Mar 1952)
- Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro (19 Apr 1952 - 12 Feb 1968)
- Antonio Cardinal Poma (12 Feb 1968 - 11 Feb 1983)
- Enrico Cardinal Manfredini (18 Mar 1983 - 16 Dec 1983)
- Giacomo Biffi (19 April 1984 - 16 December 2003)
- Carlo Cardinal Caffarra (16 Dec 2003 - )
[edit] External links
- Offical site (Italian)
