Genoa, Italy, archdiocese of
Genoa, Italy, archdiocese of
Founded in the 3rd century as the diocese of Genoa. Elevated to an archdiocese of 20 March 1133 . Suffragan dioceses include
Albenga-Imperia
Chiavari
La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato
Savona-Noli
Tortona
Ventimiglia-San Remo
Notable bishops include
Blessed James of Voragine
Blessed Tommaso Reggio
Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani
Saint Birinus
Saint Syrus of Genoa
Saint Valentine of Genoa
Agostino Maria Salvago (1559 – 1567)
Airaldo Guaraco
Alessandro Centurione (1591 – 1596)
Andrea Caron (29 Apr 1912 Appointed – 22 Jan 1915 Resigned)
Andrea della Torre (1368 – 1377)
Andreas Charvaz (27 Sep 1852 Appointed – 18 Oct 1870 Died)
Angelo Bagnasco, (29 August 2006-incumbent)
Antonio Sauli (1586 – 1591)
Bartolomeo de’ Maroni (1321 – 1335)
Bernardo de’ Arimondi (1276 – 1287)
Bertrando Bessaduri (1349 – 1358)
Boniface (1188 – 1203)
Cardinal Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti (16 Jan 1925 Appointed – 13 Mar 1938 Died)
Cipriano Pallavicino (1567 – 1586)
Dino de’ Tusci (1336 – 1342)
Diogenes (4th century)
Dionigi Tettamanzi (20 April 1995-11 July 2002)
Domenico de’ Marini (1616 – 1635)
Edoardo Pulciano (16 Nov 1901 Appointed – 25 Dec 1911 Died)
Francesco Sidoli ( 1924 Appointed – 18 Dec 1924 Died)
Gerolamo Sauli (1550 – 1559)
Giacomo III Fieschi (1383 – 1400)
Giacomo Imperiale (1439 – 1452)
Giacomo Peloso da Santa Vittoria (1342 – 1349)
Giambattista Spnola (Sr.) (10 Nov 1664 Appointed – 17 Mar 1681 Resigned)
Giorgio Costa (1495 – 1496)
Giorgio Fieschi (1436 – 1439)
Giosu Signori (21 Nov 1921 Appointed – 25 Nov 1923 Died)
Giovanni Battista Spnola (1664 – 1681)
Giovanni Battista Spnola (1694 – 1705)
Giovanni Canestri (6 July 1987-20 April 1995)
Giovanni de’ Rossi (1239 – 1252)
Giovanni Lercari (10 Jul 1767 Appointed – 18 Mar 1802 Died)
Giovanni Maria Sforza (1498 – 1520)
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile (1681 – 1694)
Giuseppe Maria Saporiti (2 Dec 1743 Appointed – 14 Apr 1767 Died)
Giuseppe Siri (14 May 1946 Appointed – 6 Jul 1987 Retired)
Giuseppe Spina (24 May 1802 Appointed – 13 Dec 1816 Resigned)
Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.P. (5 Jul 1830 Appointed – 3 Sep 1831 Died)
Gualtiero da Vezzano (1253 – 1274)
Guido Scetten (1358 – 1368)
Innocenzo Cybo (1520 – 1550)
Lanfranco Sacco (1377 – 1382)
Lorenzo Fieschi (18 May 1705 Appointed – 25 Jun 1706 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace)
Ludovico Gavotti (22 Jan 1915 Appointed – 23 Dec 1918 Died)
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. (3 Sep 1819 Ordained Bishop – 26 Jun 1830 Resigned)
Matteo Rivarola (1596 – 1600)
Nicol Maria de’ Franchi (1726 – 1746)
Opizzino Fieschi (1288 – 1292)
Orazio Spnola (20 Dec 1600 Appointed – 24 Jun 1616 Died)
Ottone II Ghiglini (1203 – 1239)
Paolo Campofregoso (1453 – 1495)
Paolo Campofregoso (1496 – 1498)
Peitro Boetto, S.J. (17 Mar 1938 Appointed – 31 Jan 1946 Died)
Pietro (o Pietronzino) de’ Giorgi (1433 – 1436)
Pietro Boetto, S.J. (17 March 1938-31 January 1946)
Pileo de’ Marini (1400 – 1433)
Placido Maria Tadini, O.C.D. (28 Oct 1831 Appointed – 22 Nov 1847 Died)
Porchetto Spinola (1299 – 1321)
Romulus of Genoa
Saint Salonius
Salvatore Magnasco (27 Oct 1871 Appointed – 12 Jan 1892 Died)
Siro de’ Porcello (1133 – 1163)
Stefano Durazzo (1635 – 1664)
Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (10 December 2002-15 September 2006)
Ugone della Volta (1163 – 1188)
See also
Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
archdiocese of Genoa
Google map
Catholic Encyclopedia
patron saints
New Catholic Dictionary