Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina


The Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina is a Latin suburbicarian diocese centered on the comune of Palestrina in Italy.
The current bishop of Palestrina is Mauro Parmeggiani, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 19 February 2019. Prior to his appointment, he had served as Apostolic Administrator following the resignation of his predecessor, Bishop Emeritus Domenico Sigalini, on 31 July 2017 due to age.

History

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. 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.
Palestrina is one of the six suburbicarian dioceses of Rome, each traditionally assigned to a cardinal as titular bishop. Although this is a high-ranking position—one of only six in the Order of Cardinal Bishops—since 1972, the title has been purely honorary. The governance of the diocese is now entrusted to a residential bishop, as ordained in the Motu Proprio "Suburbicariis Sedibus" and the cardinal bishop no longer exercises actual authority over its administration.

Bishops

To 1000

  • Maurus
  • Sergio
  • Venanzio 732
  • Gregorio 761–767
  • Andrea 769–773
  • Contantinus 826
  • Leone 914–928
  • Teofilo 963 – before 988
  • Stefan 988
  • Peter 996–1015

    1001–1200

  • Johannes I 1036–1039
  • Johannes II 1044
  • *Raniero 1058
  • Bruno 1059–1060
  • Bernhard 1061–1065
  • Loperto 1066–1069
  • vacant 1069–1073
  • Uberto Belmonte 1073–1082
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  • *Ugone Candido 1089–1099
  • Milone 1095/98–1104
  • vacant 1104–1107
  • Cuno of Praeneste 1107–1122
  • Guillaume Praenestinus 1123–1137
  • *Johannes 1130–1134
  • Étienne de Châlons 1139–1144
  • Guarino Foscari 1144–1158
  • Giulio I 1158–1164
  • vacant 1164–1176
  • *Vibiano 1168–1173
  • Manfredo de Lavagna 1176–1178
  • vacant 1178–1179
  • Benerede 1179–1180
  • Paolo Scolari 1180–1187
  • vacant 1188–1191
  • Giovanni III da Anagni 1190–1196
  • vacant 1196–1200
  • Guy de Paré, O.Cist. 1200–1204

    1201–1400

  • Guido Papareschi 1206–1221
  • Guido II Pierleoni 1221–1228
  • Giacomo di Pecorari, O.Cist. 1231–1244
  • Stephen Báncsa 1251–1270
  • Vicedominus de Vicedominis 1273–1276
  • Erard de Lézinnes 1278–1279
  • Girolamo I Masci 1281–1288, later Pope Nicholas IV
  • Bernardo V Berardi di Cagli 1288–1291
  • Simon I Beaulieu 1294–1297
  • Teodorico Raineri 1299–1306
  • Pierre III de la Chapelle Taillefer 1306–1312
  • Guillaume II de Mandagot 1312–1321
  • Pierre IV Despres 1322–1361
  • Raymond de Canillac 1361–1373
  • Simon Langham 1373–1376
  • Jean du Cros 1377–1378
  • Francesco Moricotti Prignani 1380–1394
  • Gui de Malsec 1384–1412
  • *Angelo Afflicti 1395–1401

    1401–1600

  • Oddo Colonna 1401–1405
  • Antonio I Gaetani 1405–1409, † 1412
  • Angelo de Sommariva, O.S.B.Cam. 1412–1428
  • vacant 1428–1431
  • Hugues de Lusignan 1431–1436, † 1442
  • vacant 1436–1444
  • Giovanni IV Tagliacotio 1444–1449
  • Giorgio de Flisco 1449–1455
  • vacant 1455–1460
  • Juan de Torquemada 1460–1463, † 1468
  • vacant 1463–1465
  • Alain de Cotivy 1465–1472, † 1474
  • Angelo Capranica 1472–1478
  • Marco Balbo 1478–1491
  • Jean Balue 1491
  • Giovanni VII Micheli 1491–1492, † 1503
  • Girolamo Basso della Rovere 1492–1503, † 1507
  • Lorenzo Cybo de Mari 1503
  • Antonio Pallavicini Gentili 1503–1507
  • Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio 1507–1508, † 1509
  • Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal 1508–1509
  • Guillaume Briçonnet 1509–1511
  • Marco Vigerio, O.Min. 1511–1516.
  • Francesco II Soderini 1516–1523
  • Alessandro Farnese 1523
  • Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1523–1524
  • Pietro Accolti 1524, † 1532
  • Marco Cornaro 1524
  • Lorenzo Pucci 1524–1531
  • Giovanni Piccolomini 1531–1533, † 1537
  • Andrea della Valle 1533–1534
  • Bonifacio Ferreri 1534–1535, † 1543
  • Lorenzo Campeggio 1535–1537, † 1539
  • Antonio Sanseverino 1537–1539, † 1543
  • Giovanni Vincenzo Caraffa 1539–1541
  • Alessandro Cesarini 1541–1542
  • Francesco III Cornaro 1542–1543
  • Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1543–1550
  • François Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme 1550–1557
  • Federigo Cesi 1557–1562, † 1564
  • Giovanni Morone 1562–1564, † 1580
  • Cristoforo Madruzzo 1564–1570, † 1578
  • Otto Truchsess von Waldburg 1570–1573
  • Giulio della Rovere 1573–1578
  • Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni 1578–1583, † 1591
  • Giovanni Francesco Gambara 1583–1587
  • Marco Antonio Colonna 1587–1597
  • Giulio Antonio Santori 1597–1602

    1601–1800

  • Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici 1602–1605
  • Agostino Valeri 1605–1606
  • Ascanio Colonna 1606–1608
  • Antonio Maria Galli 1608–1611, 20
  • Gregorio Petrocchini 1611–1612
  • Benedetto Giustiniani 1612–1615,
  • Francesco Maria Del Monte 1615–1621,
  • Ottavio Bandini 1621–1624,
  • Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto 1624–1626,
  • Domenico Ginnasi 1626–1629,
  • Marcello Lante della Rovere 1629,
  • Pier Paolo Crescenzi 1629–1641, † 1645
  • Guido Bentivoglio 1641–1644
  • Alfonso de la Cueva Albuquerque 1644–1655
  • Bernardino Spada 1655–1661
  • Antonio Barberini 1661–1671
  • Rinaldo d'Este 1671–1672
  • Cesare Facchinetti 1672–1679, † 1683
  • Alderano Cybo 1679–1680, † 1700
  • Lorenzo Raggi 1680–1687
  • Antonio Bichi 1687–1691
  • Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni 1691–1698
  • Luis Manuel Fernando Portocarrero 1698–1709
  • Fabrizio Spada 1710–1717
  • Francesco del Giudice 1717–1721
  • Francesco Barberini 1721–1726,
  • Tommaso Ruffo 1726–1738, † 1753
  • Giorgio Spinola 1738–1739
  • Giovanni Battista Altieri 1739–1740
  • Vincenzo Petra 1740–1747
  • Antonio Saverio Gentili 1747–1753
  • Giuseppe Spinelli 1753–1759, † 1763
  • Federico Marcello Lante 1759–1763, † 1773
  • Giovanni Francesco II Stoppani 1763–1774
  • Girolamo III Spinola 1775–1784
  • Marcantonio Colonna 1784–1793
  • Leonardo Antonelli 1794–1800, † 1811
  • Alessandro Mattei 1800–1809, † 1820

    1801–2000

  • Aurelio Roverella 1809–1812
  • Diego Innico Caracciolo di Martina 1814–1820
  • Giuseppe Spina 1820–1828
  • Francesco Bertazzoli 1828–1830
  • Carlo Maria Pedicini 1830–1840, † 1843
  • Vincenzo Macchi 1840–1844, † 1860
  • Castruccio Castracane degli Anteliminelli 1844–1852
  • Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso 1852–1870, † 1877–1878
  • Carlo Sacconi 1870–1878, † 1889
  • Antonino de Luca 1878–1883
  • Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano 1884–1889, † 1913
  • Angelo Bianchi 1889–1897
  • Camillo Mazzella 1897–1900
  • Vincenzo Vannutelli 1900–1930
  • Luigi Sincero 1933–1936
  • Angelo Dolci 1936–1939
  • Carlo Salotti 1939–1947
  • Benedetto Aloisi Masella 1948–1970

    Cardinal-Bishops of the Title of Palestrina

Since 1961

  • Carlo Confalonieri 1972–1986
  • Bernardin Gantin 1986–2008
  • José Saraiva Martins

    Bishops of Palestrina (post 1961)

Like the other five suburbicarian dioceses, the Diocese of Palestrina has had, since 1966, a diocesan bishop with ordinary powers, in addition to the titular cardinal bishop. The diocesan bishops have been:
  • Pietro Severi
  • Renato Spallanzani
  • Pietro Garlato
  • Vittorio Tomassetti
  • Eduardo Davino
  • Domenico Sigalini
  • Mauro Parmeggiani