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This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna, and (from 1985 [1]) of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. 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.)

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Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th)

  • St. Apollinare, legendarily to 79, historically in the era of Septimius Severus
  • St. Aderito (Aderitus)
  • St. Eleucadio (Eleucadius)
  • St. Marciano (Marcian) — died c. 127 — feast day May 22.
  • St. Calogero (Calocerus)
  • St. Proculo (Proculus)
  • St. Probo I (Probus I) — died 175
  • St. Dato (Datus)
  • St. Liberio I (Liberius I)
  • St. Agapito (Agapitus)
  • St. Marcellino (Marcellinus)
  • St. Severo (Severus) (c. 308–c. 348)
  • St. Liberio II (Liberius II)
  • St. Probo II (Probus II)
  • Fiorenzio (Florentius)
  • Liberio III (Liberius III) (c. 380–c. 399)
  • St. Urso (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)
  • Neone (c. 450–c. 473)
  • Esuperantio (Exuperantius) (c. 473–c. 477)
  • Giovanni I Angelopte (c. 477–494)
  • Pietro II (494–519)
  • Aureliano (Aurelian) (519–521)
  • Ecclesio (Ecclesius) (522–532) — started construction of San Vitale and is represented in the church's apse mosaic
  • St. Ursicino (Ursicinus) (533–536) — ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to be built
  • Vittore (Victor) (538–545) — noted on monograms on capitals in San Vitale
  • 6th century

  • Massimiano (Maximianus) (546–556) — after whom the Throne of Maximianus is named, 27th bishop, he was the first Archbishop.
  • Agnello (Agnellus) (556–569)
  • Pietro III the Elder (569–578)
  • Giovanni II the Roman (578–595)
  • Mariniano (595–606)
  • 7th century

  • Giovanni III (607–625)
  • Giovanni IV (625–c. 631)
  • Bono (Bonus) (c. 631–c. 644)
  • Mauro (Maurus) (c. 644–c. 671)
  • Reparato (Reparatus) (c. 671–c. 677)
  • Teodoro (Theodore) (c. 677–c. 691)
  • Damiano (c. 692–c. 709)
  • 8th century

  • St. Felice (c. 709–c. 725)
  • Giovanni V (c. 726–c. 744)
  • Sergius (c. 744–c. 769)
  • Leone I (c. 770–c. 777)
  • Giovanni VI (c. 777–c. 784)
  • Grazioso (Gratiosus) (c. 785–c. 789)
  • Valerius (c. 789–c. 810)
  • 9th century

  • Martino (c. 810–c. 818)
  • Petronace (c. 818–c. 837)
  • Giorgio (c. 837–c. 846)
  • Deusdedit (c. 847–c. 850)
  • Giovanni VII (c. 850–878)
  • Romano di Calcinaria (Romanus) (878–888)
  • Deusdedit (889–898)
  • 10th century

  • Giovanni VIII Kailone (898–904)
  • Giovanni IX da Tossignano (905–914)
  • Costantino (914–926)
  • Peter IV (927–971)
  • Onesto (971–983)
  • Giovanni X di Besate (983–998)
  • Gerberto da Aurillac (Gerbertus) (998–999)
  • 11th century

  • Leone II (999–1001)
  • Federico (1002–1004)
  • Etelberto (1004–1014)
  • Arnoldo di Sassonia (Arnoldus) (1014–1019)
  • Eriberto (1019–1027)
  • Gebeardo da Eichstätt (Bebhardus) (1027–1044)
  • Witgero (1044–1046)
  • Unfrido (Hunfredus) (1046–1051)
  • Giovanni Enrico (1051–1072)
  • Guiberto da Ravenna (1072–1100)
  • 12th century

  • Ottone Boccatortia (1100–1110)
  • Geremia (1110–1117)
  • Filippo (1118)
  • Gualtiero (1119–1144)
  • Mose da Vercelli (1144–1154)
  • Anselm of Havelberg (Anselmo da Havelberg; 1155–1158)
  • Guido di Biandrate (1159–1169)
  • Gerardo (1169–1190)
  • Guglielmo di Cauriano (1190–1201)
  • 13th century

  • Alberto Oselletti (1201–1207)
  • Egidio de Garzoni (1207–1208)
  • Ubaldo (1208–1216)
  • Piccinino (1216)
  • Simeone (1217–1228)
  • Teoderico (1228–1249)
  • Filippo da Pistoia (1251–1270)
  • vacant
  • Bonifacio Fieschi di Lavagna (1274–1294)
  • Obizzo Sanvitale (1295–1303)
  • 14th century

  • St. Rinaldo Concoreggi (1303–1321)
  • Rinaldo da Polenta (1321–1322)
  • Aimerico di Chastellux (1322–1332)
  • Guido de Roberti (1332–1333)
  • Francesco Michiel (1333–1342)
  • Nicola Canal (1342–1347)
  • Fortanerius Vassalli (1347–1351)
  • St. Silas Abba (1352-1361)
  • Petrocino Casalesco (1362–1369)
  • Pietro Pileo di Prata (1370–1387)
  • Cosimo de' Migliorati (1387–1400)
  • 15th century

  • Giovanni Nicolai de' Migliorati (1400–1405)
  • Tommaso Perendoli (1411–1445)
  • Bartolomeo Roverella (1445–1475)
  • Filiasio Roverella (1475–1516)
  • 16th century

  • Niccolò Fieschi (1516–1517)
  • Urbano Fieschi (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)
  • Cristoforo Boncampagni (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)
  • Fabio Guinigi (1674–1691)
  • Raimondo Ferretti (1692–1719)
  • 18th century

  • Girolamo Crispi (1720–1727)
  • Maffeo Nicola Farsetti (1727–1741)
  • vacant
  • Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli (1745–1763)
  • Nicola Oddi (1764–1767)
  • Antonio Cantoni (1767–1781)
  • vacant
  • Antonio Codronchi (1785–1826)
  • 19th century

  • Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini (3 July 1826 Appointed – died 2 April 1859)
  • Enrico Orfei (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
  • Pasquale Morganti (14 November 1904 Appointed – died 18 December 1921)
  • Antonio Lega (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
  • Egidio Negrin (24 May 1952 Appointed – 4 April 1956), appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
  • Salvatore Baldassarri (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)
  • Giuseppe Verucchi (9 March 2000 Appointed – )
  • References

    Bishop of Ravenna Wikipedia