Bishop of Ravenna

This page is a list of Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1947 of the Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia, which in 1985 became styled the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The earlier bishops were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna.

Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th century)

St. Apollinaris, traditionally 1st century and legendarily appointed to the episcopate by Peter the Apostle himself, but dates are uncertain; may instead belong to the 2nd century
St. Adheritus, 2nd century
St. Eleuchadius, died, but chronology uncertain
St. Marcian, or Marcianus — died c. 127; feast day May 22
St. Calocerus
St. Proculus
St. Probus I died 175
St. Dathus
St. Liberius I
St. Agapitus
St. Marcellinus,
St. Severus
St. Liberius II
St. Probus II
Florentius
Liberius III
St. Ursus, who built the Basilica Ursiana, the original Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord
John Angeloptes, "the Angel-seer" –433. Revered as a saint, feast day 27 November. In his Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, Andreas Agnellus, dates Angeloptes' episcopate to late in the 5th century, conflating details of his life with John II, whom he designates "John I".
St. Peter Chrysologus
Neon,
Exuperantius
John II
Peter II
Aurelian
Ecclesius, or — started construction of the city's Basilica of San Vitale and is represented there in the apse mosaic
St. Ursicinus — ordered the construction of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Victor — features on monograms on the capitals in the Basilica of San Vitale

Maximianus of Ravenna — Ravenna's 28th bishop, he was its first archbishop. The Throne of Maximian, a Justinian Byzantine-style cathedra, was made for him.
Agnellus
Peter III the Elder, Petrus Senior or Pietro III
John III the Roman, or Giovanni III
Mariniano

Martin
Petronax
George
Deusdedit
John VIII or Giovanni VIII, excommunicated 861 by Pope Nicholas I, later reconciled
Romano di Calcinaria
Deusdedit

Leo II
Frederick
Ethelbert
Arnold of Saxony
Heribert
Gebeardo Tedesco, Gebeardo da Eichstätt formerly the canon of the cathedral of Eichstätt in his homeland, Bavaria
Witgero
Hunfredus
John Henry
, later the Antipope Clement III

Niccolò Fieschi
Urbano Fieschi
Pietro de Accolti de Aretio – appointed 25 June 1524, resigned December 1524
Benedetto de Accolti the Younger – appointed 17 August 1524, died in office 21 September 1549
Ranuccio Farnese
Giulio della Rovere – appointed 1566, died in office 3 September 1578
Cristoforo Boncampagni

Pietro Aldobrandini – appointed 1604, died in office 10 February 1621
Luigi Capponi – appointed 3 March 1621, resigned 18 September 1645
Luca Torreggiani –
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni – appointed 19 May 1670, resigned 19 February 1674
Fabio Guinigi
Raimondo Ferretti

Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini – appointed 3 July 1826, died in office 2 April 1859
Enrico Orfei – appointed 23 March 1860, died in office 22 December 1870
Vincenzo Moretti – appointed 27 October 1871, resigned 22 September 1879
Giacomo Cattani – appointed 22 September 1879, died in office 14 February 1887
Sebastiano Galeati – appointed 23 May 1887, died in office 25 January 1901

Agostino Gaetano Riboldi – appointed 15 April 1901, died in office 25 April 1902
St. Guido Maria Conforti – appointed 9 June 1902, resigned 12 October 1904. Conforti was canonised in 2011
Pasquale Morganti – appointed 14 November 1904, died in office 18 December 1921
Antonio Lega – succeeded 18 December 1921, died in office 16 November 1946

Giacomo Lercaro – in office from 31 January 1947 to 19 April 1952, when appointed Archbishop of Bologna
Egidio Negrin – in office from May 1952 until appointed Archbishop of Treviso in April 1956
Salvatore Baldassarri – appointed 3 May 1956, resigned November 1975