Roman Catholic Diocese of Cortona

The diocese of Cortona was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, which existed from 1325 to 1986. In that year it was combined with the Diocese of Sansepolcro and the Diocese of Arezzo to form the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro.^[1][2] It was immediately subject to the Holy See.

History

Ancient Cortona was one of the twelve cities of Etruria. Later it was destroyed by the Lombards but was soon rebuilt. From that time until 1325 it belonged to the Diocese of Arezzo. In that year, at the request of Guglielmo Casali, Pope John XXII raised Cortona to episcopal rank, as a reward for the fidelity of its Guelph populace, Arezzo remaining Ghibelline. The current Cathedral of Cortona became the diocesan seat only in 1507.

Ordinaries

• Bartolomeo Lopaci, O.P. (1439–1449 Appointed, Bishop of Coron)^[3]
• Mariano Salvini, O.S.M. (1455–1477 Died)
• Francesco Soderini (1504–1505 Resigned)
• Silvio Passerini (1521–1529 Died)
• Leonardo Bonafide, O.S.B. (1529–1538 Resigned)
• Giovambattista Ricasoli (1538–1560 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia)
• Matteo Concini (1560–1562 Resigned)
• Girolamo Gaddi (1562–1572 Died)
• Francesco Perignani (1572–1577 Died)
• Costantino Piccioni, O.S.A. (1577–1585 Died)
• Giovanni Alberti (bishop) (1585–1596 Died)
• Cosimo de Angelis (1597–1603 Died)
• Filippo Bardi (dei Verni) (1603–1622 Died)
• Cosmas Minerbetti (1622–1628 Died)
• Lorenzo della Robbia (1628–1634 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
• Ludovico Serristori (1634–1656 Died)
• Filippo Galilei (1657–1677 Died)
• Nicola Oliva, O.S.A. (1677–1684 Died)
• Pietro Luigi Malaspina, C.R. (1684–1695 Appointed, Bishop of Massa Marittima)^[4]
• Giuseppe Cei (bishop), C.O. (1695–1704 Died)
• Sebastiano Zucchetti (1705–1714 Died)
• Pietro Giovanni Battista Puccini (1716–1726 Died)
• Luigi Gherardi (1726–1754 Died)
• Giuseppe Ippoliti (1755–1776 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia e Prato)
• Gregorio Alessandri (1776–1802 Died)
• Filippo Ganucci (1802–1806 Appointed, Bishop of Livorno)
• Niccolò Laparelli (1807–1821 Died)
• Girolamo Conversini (1824–1826 Died)
• Ugolino Carlini (1829–1847 Died)
• Giuseppe Antonio Giacomo Borghi, O.F.M. Cap. (1849–1851 Died)
• Feliciano (Laurentius Joachim) Barbacci, O.F.M. (1854–1869 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Laparelli Pitti (1872–1896 Died)
• Guido Corbelli, O.F.M. (1896–1901 Resigned)
• Michele Angelo Baldetti (1901–1923 Resigned)
• Riccardo Carlesi (1923–1932 Died)
• Giuseppe Franciolini (1932–1978 Retired)
• Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. (1978–1983 Retired)
• Giovanni D'Ascenzi (1983–1986 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro)

Notes

1. "Diocese of Cortona" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Cortona" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Bishop Bartolomeo Lopaci, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2016
4. "Bishop Pietro Luigi Malaspina, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016

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 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.