The Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado (Latin: Archidioecesis Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Marche, central Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historical Archdiocese of Urbino was combined with the Diocese of Urbania and Sant'Angelo in Vado. In 2000 the archdiocese lost its status as metropolitan see, and it is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pesaro. The current archbishop is Giovanni Tani, appointed in June 2011.
Urbino is the ancient Urbinum Mataurense, a Roman municipium. Urbino was held by the Ostrogoths from the late 5th century, but was captured by Belisarius (538). Under Pepin the Short it became part of the pontifical domain.
The first known bishop of Urbino is Leontius, to whom Gregory the Great gave the diocese of Rimini (592). Other bishops were:
Theodoricus, who in 1021 transferred the cathedral within the city (the ancient cathedral was outside);
Blessed Mainardo (1057).
Under Bishops Egidio (1288) and Carrado, O. S. A. (1309), Blessed Pelnigotto, a Franciscan Tertiary, and Blessed Clare of Rimini lived in the city.
Marco Boncioni, (1342); Fra Bartolomeo Carusi, (1347), theologians.
Under Francesco, (1379), the hermitage of the Gerolamini on Monte Cesana was established;
Oddone Colonna (1380), later Pope Martin V;
Gian Pietro Arrivabeni (1491), learned writer and restorer of discipline;
Cardinal Gregorio Cortese, (1542);
Felice Tiranni (1551), reformer of religious life.
In 1563 Pope Pius IV made Urbino a metropolitan see, with the following suffragans:
diocese of Cagli
diocese of Sinigaglia
diocese of Pesaro
diocese of Fossombrone
diocese of Montefeltro
diocese of Gubbio.
Later also:
diocese of S. Angelo in Vado
diocese of Pergola.
Under Antonio Giannotti (1578) the seminary was opened; Ascanio Maffei (1646) restored many churches; Ignazio Ranaldi (1819), restored the discipline of the seminary and the religious orders.
Erected: 6th Century
Latin Name: Urbinatensis
Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni, O.P. (11 Dec 1424 - 12 Sep 1435 Died)
Antonio Altan San Vito (10 Feb 1436 - 1450 Died)
Latino Orsini (23 Dec 1450 - 11 Sep 1452 Resigned)
Andrea Veroli (11 Sep 1452 - 26 May 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Muro Lucano)
Giovanni Battista Mellini (27 Apr 1468 - 24 Jul 1478 Died)
Lazarus Racanelli, O.P. (14 Aug 1478 - 1484 Died)
Filippo Contorni (20 Sep 1484 - 16 Apr 1491 Died)
Gabriele de' Gabrielli (27 Mar 1504 - 5 Nov 1511 Died)
Antonio Trombetta (7 Nov 1511 - 1514 Resigned)
Domenico Grimani (29 May 1514 - 17 Jul 1523 Resigned)
Giacomo Narducci (17 Jul 1523 - 14 Jan 1540 Died)
Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio, O.S.M. (13 Feb 1540 - 17 Sep 1542 Died)
Gregorio Cortese (Giovanni Andrea Cortese), O.S.B. (6 Nov 1542 - 21 Sep 1548 Died)
Giulio della Rovere (24 Sep 1548 - 18 Nov 1551 Appointed, Administrator of Novara)
Felice Tiranni (18 Nov 1551 - 1 Feb 1578 Died)
Elevated: 7 July 1563
Latin Name: Urbinatensis
Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana (11 Aug 1578 - 1597 Died)
Giuseppe Ferrerio (1597 - 16 Mar 1610 Died)
Benedetto Ala (5 May 1610 - 27 Apr 1620 Died)
Ottavio Accoramboni (17 May 1621 - 1623 Resigned)
Paolo Emilio Santori (Santorio) (20 Nov 1623 - 4 Aug 1635 Died)
Antonio Santacroce (9 Jun 1636 - 1639 Resigned)
Francesco Vitelli (16 Nov 1643 - Feb 1646 Died)
Ascanio Maffei (25 Jun 1646 - Oct 1659 Died)
Giacomo de Angelis (20 Sep 1660 - 1667 Resigned)
Callisto Puccinelli, O.S.M. (16 Mar 1667 - 12 Apr 1675 Died)
Giambattista Candiotti (9 Sep 1675 - Sep 1684 Died)
Antonio Francesco Roberti (10 Sep 1685 - 26 Jan 1701 Died)
Antonio Francesco Sanvitale (6 May 1709 - 17 Dec 1714 Died)
Giovanni Tommaso Maria Marelli, C.O. (7 Dec 1716 - 23 Feb 1739 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Imola)
Antonio Guglielmi (22 Jun 1739 - 5 Feb 1766 Died)
Domenico Monti (14 Apr 1766 - 8 Sep 1787 Died)
Spiridione Berioli (17 Dec 1787 - 19 Apr 1819 Died)
Ignazio Ranaldi, C.O. (23 Aug 1819 - 2 Jan 1827 Died)
Giangrisostomo Dondini, C.R.L. (21 May 1827 - 10 Nov 1832 Died)
Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) (17 Dec 1832 - 24 Nov 1845 Appointed, Titular Patriarch of Antioch)
Alessandro Angeloni (16 Apr 1846 - 5 Aug 1881 Died)
Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. (18 Nov 1881 - 27 Jul 1885 Resigned)
Carlo Maria Borgognini (15 Jan 1886 - 24 May 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of Modena e Nonantola)
Nicodario Vampa (30 Dec 1889 - 27 Sep 1903 Died)
Giovanni Maria Giuseppe Santarelli (12 Oct 1904 - 24 Sep 1908 Died)
Ciro Pontecorvi, C.Pp.S. (29 Apr 1909 - 26 Jun 1911 Died)
Giacomo Ghio (28 Mar 1912 - 20 Oct 1931 Resigned)
Antonio Tani (1 May 1932 - 31 Dec 1952 Resigned)
Anacleto Cazzaniga (12 Jan 1953 - 23 May 1977 Retired)
Ugo Donato Bianchi (23 May 1977 - 4 Apr 1999 Died)
United: 30 September 1986 with the Archdiocese of Urbino
Latin Name: Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pesaro (no longer a metropolitan see)
Francesco Marinelli (11 Mar 2000 - 24 Jun 2011 Retired)
Giovanni Tani (24 Jun 2011 - )
