The Italian Catholic Diocese of Città di Castello (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Castelli o Tifernatensis) is in Umbria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.
In 550, Fantalogus, by order of the Ostrogothic king Totila, took and destroyed the city then known as Tifernum or Civitas Tiberina. Città di Castello was later rebuilt around a castle, giving origin to the name used today. During the persecution of Diocletian, St. Crescentianus, a Roman knight, and ten others suffered martyrdom at Tifernum.
The first-known bishop of this see was Ennodius, present at a Roman council (465) under Pope Hilary. At the time of the sack of the city by Fantalogus, the bishop was Florius, later a friend of Gregory the Great. In 711 Lombard Arians put to death the bishop of the city, Albertus, and his deacon Britius.
By the Donation of Pepin (752), it became subject to the Holy See. In 1375 Città di Castello joined in the insurrection of other cities of the Papal States. Cardinal Robert of Geneva (later antipope as Clement VII), undertook to recapture it with Breton mercenaries, but was repulsed. Under Pope Martin V, however, it was taken by Braccio da Montone (1420). Later, Nicolò Vitelli, with the help of Florence and Milan, became absolute ruler.
In 1474 Pope Sixtus IV sent there his nephew, CardinalGiuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II). After fruitless negotiations he laid siege to the city, but Vitelli did not surrender until he learned that the command of the army had been given to Duke Federigo of Urbino. The following year Vitelli tried unsuccessfully to recapture the city; fear of Cesare Borgia alone induced him to desist.
Erected: 7th Century
Radulphus (bishop of Città di Castello) , O.S.A. (8 Mar 1441 Appointed - )
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Giovanni Gianderoni, O.S.A. (4 Jul 1460 - 15 Jul 1475 Appointed, Bishop of Massa Marittima)
Bartolomeo Maraschi (15 Jul 1475 - Sep 1487 Died)
Giovanni Battista Lagni (27 Sep 1487 - 18 Jan 1493 Appointed, Archbishop of Rossano)
Nicola Ippoliti (13 Jan 1493 - 10 Jan 1498 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ariano)
Ventura Bufalini (18 Jan 1498 - 17 Apr 1499 Appointed, Bishop of Terni)
Giulio Vitelli (17 Apr 1499 - 4 Aug 1503 Resigned)
Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte (4 Aug 1503 - 6 Feb 1506 Appointed, Archbishop of Manfredonia)
Achille Grassi (14 Feb 1506 - 1515 Resigned)
Baldassarre Caetano de Grassi (1515 - 17 Feb 1535 Resigned)
Marino Grimani (19 Apr 1534 - 4 Mar 1539 Resigned)
Alessandro Stefano Filodori, O.P. (5 Mar 1539 - 1554 Resigned)
Vitellozzo Vitelli (20 Mar 1554 - 1560 Resigned)
Costantino Bonelli (7 Feb 1560 - 4 Apr 1572 Died)
Antimo Marchesani (2 Jun 1572 - 27 Oct 1581 Died)
Ludovico Bentivoglio (26 Nov 1581 - 19 Sep 1602 Died)
Valeriano Muti (15 Nov 1602 - 19 Mar 1610 Died)
Luca Semproni (26 Apr 1610 - 15 Jan 1616 Died)
Evangelista Tornioli, O.S.B. (23 Mar 1616 - 27 Nov 1630 Died)
Cesare Raccagna (5 Jul 1632 - 24 Dec 1646 Died)
Francesco Boccapaduli (6 May 1647 - 1 Oct 1672 Resigned)
Giuseppe Maria Sebastiani, O.C.D. (3 Oct 1672 - 15 Oct 1689 Died)
Giuseppe Musotti (17 Apr 1690 - 1692 Resigned)
Luca Antonio Eustachi (9 Mar 1693 - 4 Nov 1715 Died)
Alessandro Francesco Codebò (8 Jun 1716 - 30 Apr 1733 Died)
Ottavio Gasparini (20 Jan 1734 - 12 Sep 1749 Died)
Giovanni Battista Lattanzi (23 Feb 1750 - 23 Feb 1782 Resigned)
Pietro Boscarini (23 Sep 1782 - 9 Sep 1801 Died)
Paolo Bartoli (23 Dec 1801 - 19 Jan 1810 Died)
Francesco Antonio Mondelli (26 Sep 1814 - 2 Mar 1825 Died)
Giovanni Alessandro Muzi (19 Dec 1825 - 30 Nov 1849 Died)
Letterio Turchi (20 May 1850 - 8 Nov 1861 Died)
Paolo Antonio Micaleff (Micallef), O.S.A. (21 Dec 1863 - 27 Oct 1871 Appointed, Archbishop of Pisa)
Giuseppe Moreschi (24 Nov 1871 - 9 Nov 1887 Died)
Domenico Fegatelli (1 Jun 1888 - 1 Jun 1891 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
Dario Mattei-Gentili (1 Jun 1891 - 29 Nov 1895 Appointed, Archbishop of Perugia)
Aristide Golfieri (29 Nov 1895 - 1 May 1909 Died)
Giustino Sanchini (12 Jul 1909 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Carlo Liviero (8 Jan 1910 - 7 Jul 1932 Died)
Maurizio Francesco Crotti, O.F.M. Cap. (20 Mar 1933 - 25 Jul 1934 Died)
Filippo Maria Cipriani (29 Sep 1934 - 8 Oct 1956 Died)
Luigi Cicuttini (30 Nov 1956 - 7 Sep 1966 Resigned)
Cesare Pagani (22 Jan 1972 - 21 Nov 1981 Appointed, Archbishop of Perugia)
Carlo Urru (21 Apr 1982 - 7 Feb 1991 Retired)
Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. (7 Feb 1991 - 16 Jun 2007 Retired)
Domenico Cancian, F.A.M. (16 Jun 2007 - )
