The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina, (Lat:Diocesis Praenestina), is a Roman Catholic suburbicarian diocese centered on the comune of Palestrina in Italy.
The current Bishop of Palestrina is Domenico Sigalini, who from 3 November 2010, until 5 April 2014, was also appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action.
Palestrina was looted in 1473.
During the 17th century, the comune of Palestrina was the family territory of a number of Italian noble families including the Barberini, Colonna and d'Este families (which regularly intermarried). Members of these families are represented throughout the list of diocese Bishops, especially between 1600 and 1800. Barberini Pope Urban VIII appointed a number of relatives and close supporters to the Palestrina diocese and governmental positions.
Maurus (558)Andreas 771-778Contantinus 826Leone 925-933Teophylactus 963Stefan 988Peter 996-1027Johannes I 1036-1039Johannes II 1044Raniero 1058 (pseudocardinal, created by antipope *?)Bruno 1059-1060Bernhard 1061-1065Loperto 1066-1069vacant 1069-1073Uberto Belmonte 1073-1082[Berardo (?) ca.1092 (?)]Ugone Candido 1089-1099 (pseudocardinal)Milone 1095/98-1104vacant 1104-1107Cuno of Praeneste 1107-1122Guillaume Praenestinus 1123-1137Johannes 1130-1134 (pseudocardinal)Étienne de Châlons 1139-1144Guarino Foscari 1144-1158Giulio I 1158-1164vacant 1164-1176Vibiano 1168-1173 (pseudocardinal)Manfredo de Lavagna 1176-1178vacant 1178-1179Benerede 1179-1180Paolo Scolari 1180-1187vacant 1188-1191Giovanni III da Anagni 1190-1196vacant 1196-1200Guy de Paré, O.Cist. 1200-1204Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici 1602-1605 (Bishop of Albano 1600-1602)Agostino Valeri 1605-1606Ascanio Colonna 1606-1608Antonio Maria Galli 1608-1611, 20 (Bishop of Frascati 1605-1608, of Porto 1611-1615 and of Ostia and Velletri 1615-1620)Gregorio Petrocchini 1611-1612Benedetto Giustiniani 1612-1615, (Bishop of Sabina 1615-1620 and of Porto 1620-1621)Francesco Maria Del Monte 1615-1621, (Bishop of Porto 1621-1623 and of Ostia and Velletri 1623-1625)Ottavio Bandini 1621-1624, (Bishop of Porto 1624-1626 and of Ostia and Velletri 1626-1629)Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto 1624-1626, (Bishop of Albano 1626-1627 and of Frascati 1627-1629)Domenico Ginnasi 1626-1629, (Bishop of Porto 1629-1630 and of Ostia 1630-1639)Marcello Lante della Rovere 1629, (Bishop of Frascati 1629-1639, of Porto 1639-1641 and of Ostia 1641-1652)Pier Paolo Crescenzi 1629-1641, † 1645 (Bishop of Porto 1641-1645)Guido Bentivoglio 1641-1644Alfonso de la Cueva Albuquerque 1644-1655Bernardino Spada 1655-1661 (Bishop of Albano 1646-1652, of Frascati 1652 and of Sabina 1652-1655)Antonio Barberini 1661-1671 (Bishop of Frascati 1655-1661)Rinaldo d'Este 1671-1672Cesare Facchinetti 1672-1679, † 1683 (Bishop of Porto 1679-1680 and of Ostia and Velletri 1680-1683)Alderano Cybo 1679-1680, † 1700 (Bishop of Frascati 1680-1683, of Porto 1683-1687 and of Ostia and Velletri 1687-1700)Lorenzo Raggi 1680-1687Antonio Bichi 1687-1691Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni 1691-1698 (Bishop of Sabina 1689-1691)Luis Manuel Fernando Portocarrero 1698-1709Fabrizio Spada 1710-1717Francesco del Giudice 1717-1721Francesco Barberini 1721-1726, (Bishop of Ostia and Velletri 1726-1738)Tommaso Ruffo 1726-1738, † 1753 (Bishop of Porto 1738-1740 and of Ostia and Velletri 1740-1753)Giorgio Spinola 1738-1739Giovanni Battista Altieri 1739-1740Vincenzo Petra 1740-1747Antonio Xaverio Gentilis 1747-1753Giuseppe Spinelli 1753-1759, † 1763 (Bishop of Porto 1759-1761 and of Ostia and Velletri 1761-1763)Federico Marcello Lante 1759-1763, † 1773 (Bishop of Porto 1763-1773)Giovanni Francesco II Stoppani 1763-1774Girolamo III Spinola 1775-1784Marcantonio Colonna 1784-1793Leonardo Antonelli 1794-1800, † 1811 (Bishop of Porto 1800-1807 and of Ostia and Velletri 1807-1811)Alessandro Mattei 1800-1809, † 1820 (Bishop of Porto 1809-1814 and of Ostia and Velletri 1814-1820)Aurelio Roverella 1809-1812Diego Inigo Caracciolo di Martini 1814-1820Giuseppe Spina 1820-1828Francesco Bertazzoli 1828-1830Carlo Maria Pedicini 1830-1840, † 1843 (Bishop of Porto 1840-1843)Vincenzo Macchi 1840-1844, † 1860 (Bishop of Porto 1844-1847 and of Ostia and Velletri 1847-1860)Castruccio Castracane degli Anteliminelli 1844-1852Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso 1852-1870, † 1877-1878 (Bishop of Porto 1871-1877, and of Ostia and Velletri 1877-1878)Carlo Sacconi 1870-1878, † 1889 (Bishop of Porto 1878-1884 and of Ostia and Velletri 1884-1889)Antonino de Luca 1878-1883Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano 1884-1889, † 1913 (Bishop of Porto 1889-1896 and of Ostia and Velletri 1896-1913)Angelo Bianchi 1889-1897Camillo Mazzella 1897-1900Vincenzo Vannutelli 1900-1930 (Bishop of Ostia 1915-1930)Luigi Sincero 1933-1936Angelo Dolci 1936-1939Carlo Salotti 1939-1947Benedetto Aloisi Masella 1948-1970Carlo Confalonieri 1972-1986 (Bishop of Ostia 1977-1986)Bernardin Gantin 1986-2008 (Bishop of Ostia 1993-2002)José Saraiva Martins (2009-current)Like all dioceses in this category, for historical reasons it has had, since 1960, an incumbent diocesan bishop with ordinary powers but also has assigned to it as an honorary high ranking dignity one of the six cardinals in the Order of Cardinal Bishops. The Cardinal Bishop has no powers with regard to the government of the diocese.
The diocesan bishops have been:
Pietro Severi (1966–1975)Renato Spallanzani (1975–1986)Pietro Garlato (1986–1991)Vittorio Tomassetti (1992–1997)Eduardo Davino (1997–2005)Domenico Sigalini (2005–current)
