Montalto delle Marche is a comune (municipality) and former Latin catholic bishopric in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Le Marche, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Ancona and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Ascoli Piceno.
As of 2 January 2010, it had a population of 2,307. It is 512 metres (1,680 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 34.1 square kilometres (13.2 sq mi).
The municipality of Montalto delle Marche contains the frazioni (subdivisions) Patrignone, Contrada di Lago and Porchia.
Montalto delle Marche borders the following municipalities: Carassai, Castignano, Cossignano, Monte Rinaldo, Montedinove, Montelparo, Ortezzano.
On 1586.11.24, the Latin Catholic Diocese of Montalto was established on territory split off from the then Diocese of Fermo (now an Archdiocese).
On 1986.09.30 it was suppressed and its territory and title were merged into the Diocese of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto. The town houses the Montalto delle Marche Cathedral.
(all Roman Rite)
Suffragan Bishops of MontaltoPaolo Emilio Giovannini (1586.11.26 – death 1606.08.06)Tiberio Mandosi (1606.12.11 – death 1607.11.03)Paolo Orsini (1608.07.14 – death 1640.04.12)Orazio Giustiniani, Oratorians of Philip Neri (C.O.) (1640.02.13 – 1645.01.16), later Bishop of Nocera Umbra (Italy) (1645.01.16 – 1646.02.16), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1645.04.24 – 1649.07.25), also Librarian of Vatican Apostolic Library (1646.09.25 – 1649.07.25), Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1647.12.04 – 1649.07.25)Girolamo Codebò (1645.02.10 – 1661.01.24), later Bishop of Reggio Emilia (Italy) (1661.01.24 – death 1661.10.03)Cesare Cancellotti (1662.06.16 – death 1673.06.27), previously Bishop of Bisceglie (Italy) (1658.04.01 – 1662.06.16)Ascanio Paganelli (1673.09.11 – death 1710.06.30)Lucantonio Accoramboni (1711.09 – death 1735.09.01)Pietro Bonaventura Savini (1735.09.26 – retired 1748.09.26), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Sebastia (1748.09.26 – ? death?)Leonardo Cecconi (1748.09.26 – 1760.03.24)Giuseppe Maria Centini (1760.09.24 – death 1770.05.15)Franciscus Antonius Marucci (1770.08.06 – 1798.07.19), later Titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1781.12.10 – death 1798.07.19)Francesco Saverio Castiglioni (1800.08.11 – 1816.03.08), later Bishop of Cesena (Italy) (1816.03.08 – 1821.08.04), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1816.04.29 – 1821.08.13), Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1821.08.04 – 1829.03.31), promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati (1821.08.13 – 1829.03.31), Prefect of the Roman Sacred Congregation of the Index (1821.11.14 – 1829.03.31), Supreme Pontiff as Pope Pius VIII (1829.03.31 [1829.04.05] – death 1830.11.30)Pietro Paolo Mazzichi (1817.03.08 – death 1823.05.09)Filippo Ambrosi (1823 – death 1825.05.28)Eleonoro Aronne (1846.12.21 – death 1887.04.03), previously Titular Bishop of Lystra (1842.07.22 – 1846.12.21)Luigi Bonetti (1887.04.03 – death 1911.07.21), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Montalto (1886.01.15 – 1887.04.03) & Titular Bishop of Messene (1886.01.15 – 1887.04.03)Luigi Ferri (1911.11.27 – 1946.05.17), later Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1924.12.18 – 1946.05.17), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Livias (1946.05.17 – death 1952.01.30)Pietro Ossola (1946.09.01 – 1951.12.01), previously Titular Bishop of Axomis (1940.08.21 – 1946.09.01), later Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1946.09.01 – 1951.12.01), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Verbe (1951.12.01 – death 1954.08.25)Vincenzo Radicioni (1951.12.10 – 1983.04.07), later Bishop of Ripatransone (Italy) (1951.12.10 – retired 1983.04.07)Giuseppe Chiaretti (1983.04.07 – 1986.09.30), also Bishop of Ripatransone–San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy) (1983.04.07 – 1986.09.30), later first Bishop of San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1995.12.09), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (Italy) (1995.12.09 – retired 2009.07.16)
