The Italian Catholic Diocese of Lodi (Latin: Dioecesis Laudensis) has existed since the fourth century, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. In 2013 in the diocese of Lodi there was one priest for every 1,337 Catholics.
Under Diocletian, according to the local legend, 4000 Christians with their bishop, whose name is unknown, were burned alive in their church. St. Bassianus, the patron of the city of Lodi, was certainly bishop in 378.
Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Laudensis Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Milan
Bassianus (378-413).Titianus (474), whose relics were discovered in 1640;Venantianus, a contemporary of Gregory the Great;Olderico (1024);Alberico di Merlino (1160);Alberto Quadrelli (1168);Jaques de Cereto, O. Cist. (1217 - )......Leone Palatini (1318), peacemaker between the Guelphs and Ghibellines;Paolo Cadamosto (1354), legate of Pope Urban VI in Hungary;Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni, O.P. (26 Feb 1407 - 10 Jan 1418 Appointed, Bishop of Trieste)Gerardo Landriani (15 Mar 1419 - 6 Mar 1437 Appointed, Bishop of Como) CardinalAntonio Bernieri (bishop) (7 Jun 1435 - 29 May 1456 Died)Carlo Pallavicino (21 Jun 1456 - 1497 Died)Ottaviano Maria Sforza (27 Oct 1497 - 1499 Resigned)Gerolamo Sansoni (19 Nov 1519 - 1536 Died)Giacomo Simonetta (4 Aug 1536 - 20 Jun 1537 Resigned)Giovanni Simonetta (20 Jun 1537 - 1556 Died)Gianantonio Capizucchi (5 Jul 1557 - 28 Jan 1569 Died)Antonio Scarampi (9 Mar 1569 - 30 Jul 1576 Died)Gerolamo Federici (6 Aug 1576 - 8 Dec 1579 Died)Ludovico Taverna (1579 - 1616 Died)Michelangelo Seghizzi, O.P. (13 Jun 1616 - Mar 1625 Died)Clemente Gera (21 May 1625 - 23 Nov 1643 Died)Pietro Vidoni (Sr.) (13 Jul 1644 - 16 Jun 1669 Resigned)Serafino Corio, C.R. (15 Jul 1669 - 21 Apr 1671 Died)Giovanni Battista Rabbia, C.R. (28 Sep 1671 - 19 Jan 1672 Died)Bartolomeo Menatti (11 Sep 1673 - 15 Mar 1702 Died)Ortensio Visconti (12 Jun 1702 - 13 Jun 1725 Died)Carlo Ambrogio Mezzabarba (23 Jul 1725 - 7 Dec 1741 Died)Giuseppe Gallarati (18 Apr 1742 - 14 Apr 1765 Resigned)Salvatore Andriani, B. (22 Apr 1765 - 1 Apr 1784 Died)Gianantonio Della Beretta (14 Feb 1785 - 16 Feb 1816 Died)Alessandro Maria Pagani (27 Sep 1819 - 27 Jun 1835 Died)Gaetano Benaglia (2 Oct 1837 - 13 Jun 1868 Died)Domenico Maria Gelmini (24 Nov 1871 - 25 Jan 1888 Died)Giovanni Battista Rota (1 Jun 1888 - 24 Feb 1913 Died)Pietro Zanolini (8 Jul 1913 - 6 Dec 1923 Died)Ludovico Antomelli, O.F.M. (24 Mar 1924 - 19 Jun 1927 Died)Pietro Calchi Novati (8 Jul 1927 - 11 Jun 1952 Died)Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti, O.C.D. (11 Nov 1952 - 24 May 1972 Died)Giulio Oggioni (28 Sep 1972 - 20 May 1977 Appointed, Bishop of Bergamo)Paolo Magnani (27 Jul 1977 - 19 Nov 1988 Appointed, Bishop of Treviso)Giacomo Capuzzi (7 Mar 1989 - 14 Nov 2005 Retired)Giuseppe Merisi (14 Nov 2005 - 26 Aug 2014 Retired)Maurizio Malvestiti (26 Aug 2014 - )The diocese has 406 parishes, all in the Lombardy region: 386 in the Province of Lodi, 12 in the Province of Milan, 6 in the Province of Cremona and 2 in the Province of Pavia.
Ciseri, Alessandro (1732). Giardino istorico lodigiano, o sia Istoria sacro-profana della città di Lodi, e suo distretto (in Italian). Milano: Giuseppe Marelli. Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia Volume XII (Venice, 1857)Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. 
