Former Diocese of

Guastalla

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guastalla / Guastallen(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Guastalla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni
(1973.02.10 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Ad cล“lum รฆdificemur

Born:1913.04.15 (Gherghenzano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1935.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:1954.12.27
Died:1999.03.14 (Bologna, Italy โ€  85)

Titular Bishop of Thagaste (1954.12.04 โ€“ 1963.05.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (Italy) (1954.12.04 โ€“ 1963.05.30)

Bishop of Albenga (Italy) (1963.05.30 โ€“ 1965.03.27)

Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1965.03.27 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1970 โ€“ 1973.02.10)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1973.02.10 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Reggio Emiliaโ€“Guastalla (Italy) (1986.09.30 โ€“ 1989.07.11)

Bishop Gilberto Baroni
(1970 โ€“ 1973.02.10)

(see above)

Bishop Angelo Zambarbieri
(1960.05.06 โ€“ 1970.08.15)

Born:1913.05.13 (Pecorara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1934.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1959.04.25
Died:1970.08.15 (โ€  57)

Titular Bishop of Sita (1959.03.12 โ€“ 1960.05.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1959.03.12 โ€“ 1960.05.06)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1960.05.06 โ€“ 1970.08.15)

Bishop Giacomo Zaffrani
(1932.09.16 โ€“ 1960.05.06)

Fortiter et suaviter

Born:1878.09.29 (Casalzuigno, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1901.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1932.10.30
Died:1960.05.06 (โ€  81)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1932.09.16 โ€“ 1960.05.06)

Bishop Giordano Corsini
(1923.05.23 โ€“ 1932.07.07)

Born:1871.05.10 (San Michele-Extra, Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1922.04.02
Died:1933.04.14 (โ€  61)

Titular Bishop of Hebron (1922.03.07 โ€“ 1923.05.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1922.03.07 โ€“ 1923.05.23)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1923.05.23 โ€“ 1932.07.07)

Titular Bishop of Arca in Armenia (1932.07.07 โ€“ 1933.04.14)

Bishop Agostino Cattaneo
(1910.03.15 โ€“ 1923.04.09)

Born:1853.01.24 (Crema, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1880.07
Consecrated Bishop:1910.04.10
Died:1923.04.09 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1910.03.15 โ€“ 1923.04.09)

Bishop Andrea Sarti
(1897.04.19 โ€“ 1909.04.29)

Born:1849.09.01 (Rontano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1872.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1897.04.25
Died:1915.11.07 (โ€  66)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1897.04.19 โ€“ 1909.04.29)

Bishop of Pistoia (Italy) (1909.04.29 โ€“ 1915.11.07)

Bishop of Prato (Italy) (1909.04.29 โ€“ 1915.11.07)

Bishop Enrico Grazioli (later Archbishop)
(1896.11.30 โ€“ 1897.04.13)

Born:1837.03.11 (Minerbio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1859.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1895.04.28
Died:1906.03.06 (โ€  68)

Titular Bishop of Samosata (1895.03.18 โ€“ 1896.11.30)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1896.11.30 โ€“ 1897.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis (1898.03.24 โ€“ 1906.03.06)

Bishop Pietro Respighi (later Cardinal)
(1891.12.14 โ€“ 1896.11.30)

Born:1843.09.22 (Bologna, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1866.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:1891.12.20
Created Cardinal:1899.06.19
Died:1913.03.22 (Roma, Italy โ€  69)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1891.12.14 โ€“ 1896.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ferrara (Italy) (1896.11.30 โ€“ 1900.04.19)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1899.06.22 โ€“ 1913.03.22)

Vicar General for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1900.04.09 โ€“ 1913.03.22)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1906.02.21 โ€“ 1907)

Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (1910.01.10 โ€“ 1913.03.22)

Bishop Andrea Carlo Ferrari (later Cardinal, Blessed)
(1890.05.29 โ€“ 1891.05.29)

Tu fortitudo mea

Born:1850.08.13 (Palanzano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1873.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1890.06.29
Created Cardinal:1894.05.18
Died:1921.02.02 (Milano, Italy โ€  70)
Beatified:1987.05.10
Feast:02.02

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1890.05.29 โ€“ 1891.05.29)

Bishop of Como (Italy) (1891.05.29 โ€“ 1894.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1894.05.21 โ€“ 1921.02.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1894.05.21 โ€“ 1921.02.02)

Cardinal.

Bishop Prospero Curti
(1884.11.10 โ€“ 1890.03.21)

Born:1825.10.22 (San Polo dโ€™Enza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1850.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1884.11.16
Died:1890.03.21 (โ€  64)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1884.11.10 โ€“ 1890.03.21)

Bishop Francesco Benassi
(1871.10.27 โ€“ 1884.11.10)

Born:1811.08.08 (Villa San Sisto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1834.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1871.12.03
Died:1892.03.15 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1859.06.20 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1884.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Argos (1884.11.10 โ€“ 1892.03.15)

Bishop Pietro Rota (later Archbishop)
(1855.03.23 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Born:1805.01.30 (Correggio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1827.09?
Consecrated Bishop:1855.03.25
Died:1890.02.03 (Roma, Italy โ€  85)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1855.03.23 โ€“ 1871.10.27)

Bishop of Mantova (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1879.05.12)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1879.05.12 โ€“ 1884.11.04)

Titular Archbishop of Thebรฆ (1884.11.04 โ€“ 1890.02.03)

Bishop Pietro Giovanni Zanardi
(1836.11.21 โ€“ 1854.09.15)

Born:1766.05.04 (Fontevivo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1789.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:1837.02.12
Died:1854.09.15 (โ€  88)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1836.11.21 โ€“ 1854.09.15)

Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Neuschel (later Archbishop)
(1828.09.30 โ€“ 1836.11.21)

Born:1780.05.30 (Spiลกskรฉ Podhradie, Slovakia)
Consecrated Bishop:1828.03.02
Died:1863.12.10 (โ€  83)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1828 โ€“ 1828.09.30)

Bishop of Guastalla (Italy) (1828.09.30 โ€“ 1836.11.21)

Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (Italy) (1836.11.21 โ€“ 1843.01.27)

Bishop of Parma (Italy) (1843.01.27 โ€“ 1852.09.17)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis (1852.09.17 โ€“ 1863.12.10)

Former Prelates

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