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Genoa, Italy, Archdiocese of

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Founded in the 3century as the diocese of Genoa. Elevated to an archdiocese of March 20, 1133. Suffragan dioceses include

• Albenga-Imperia
• Chiavari
• La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato
• Savona-Noli
• Tortona
• Ventimiglia-San Remo

Notable bishops include

• Blessed James of Voragine
• Blessed Tommaso Reggio
• Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani
• Saint Birinus
• Saint Syrus of Genoa
• Saint Valentine of Genoa
• Agostino Maria Salvago (1559 - 1567)
• Airaldo Guaraco
• Alessandro Centurione (1591 - 1596)
• Andrea Caron † (29 Apr 1912Appointed - 22Jan 1915 Resigned)
• Andrea della Torre (1368 - 1377)
• Andreas Charvaz † (27 Sep 1852Appointed - 18 Oct 1870 Died)
• Angelo Bagnasco, (August 29, 2006-incumbent)
• Antonio Sauli (1586 - 1591)
• Bartolomeo de' Maroni (1321 - 1335)
• Bernardo de' Arimondi (1276 - 1287)
• Bertrando Bessaduri (1349 - 1358)
• Boniface (1188 - 1203)
• Cardinal Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti † (16 Jan 1925 Appointed - 13Mar 1938 Died)
• Cipriano Pallavicino (1567 - 1586)
• Dino de' Tusci (1336 - 1342)
• Diogenes (4th century)
• Dionigi Tettamanzi (April 20, 1995-July 11, 2002)
• Domenico de' Marini (1616 - 1635)
• Edoardo Pulciano † (16 Nov 1901Appointed - 25 Dec 1911Died)
• Francesco Sidoli † (1924Appointed - 18 Dec 1924Died)
• Gerolamo Sauli (1550 - 1559)
• Giacomo III Fieschi (1383 - 1400)
• Giacomo Imperiale (1439 - 1452)
• Giacomo Peloso da Santa Vittoria (1342 - 1349)
• Giambattista Spínola (Sr.) † (10 Nov 1664Appointed - 17 Mark 1681Resigned)
• Giorgio Costa (1495 - 1496)
• Giorgio Fieschi (1436 - 1439)
• Giosuè Signori † (21Nov 1921Appointed - 25 Nov 1923Died)
• Giovanni Battista Spínola (1664 - 1681)
• Giovanni Battista Spínola (1694 - 1705)
• Giovanni Canestri (July 6, 1987-April 20, 1995)
• Giovanni de' Rossi (1239 - 1252)
• Giovanni Lercari † (10 Jul 1767 Appointed - 18 Mark 1802Died)
• Giovanni Maria Sforza (1498 - 1520)
• Giulio Vincenzo Gentile (1681 - 1694)
• Giuseppe Maria Saporiti † (2Dec 1743Appointed - 14Apr 1767 Died)
• Giuseppe Siri † (May 14, 1946 Appointed - 6 Jul 1987 Retired)
• Giuseppe Spina † (May 24, 1802Appointed - 13Dec 1816 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.P. † (5 Jul 1830 Appointed - 3Sep 1831Died)
• Gualtiero da Vezzano (1253 - 1274)
• Guido Scetten (1358 - 1368)
• Innocenzo Cybo (1520 - 1550)
• Lanfranco Sacco (1377 - 1382)
• Lorenzo Fieschi † (May 18, 1705 Appointed - 25 Jun 1706 Installed, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace)
• Ludovico Gavotti † (22Jan 1915 Appointed - 23Dec 1918 Died)
• Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Lambruschini, B. † (3Sep 1819 Ordained Bishop - 26 Jun 1830 Resigned)
• Matteo Rivarola (1596 - 1600)
• Nicolò Maria de' Franchi (1726 - 1746)
• Opizzino Fieschi (1288 - 1292)
• Orazio Spínola † (20 Dec 1600 Appointed - 24Jun 1616 Died)
• Ottone II Ghiglini (1203 - 1239)
• Paolo Campofregoso (1453 - 1495)
• Paolo Campofregoso (1496 - 1498)
• Peitro Boetto, S.J. † (17 Mark 1938 Appointed - 31Jan 1946 Died)
• Pietro (o Pietronzino) de' Giorgi (1433 - 1436)
• Pietro Boetto, S.J. (March 17, 1938-January 31, 1946)
• Pileo de' Marini (1400 - 1433)
• Placido Maria Tadini, O.C.D. † (28 Oct 1831Appointed - 22Nov 1847 Died)
• Porchetto Spinola (1299 - 1321)
• Romulus of Genoa
• Saint Salonius
• Salvatore Magnasco † (27 Oct 1871Appointed - 12Jan 1892Died)
• Siro de' Porcello (1133 - 1163)
• Stefano Durazzo (1635 - 1664)
• Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B. (December 10, 2002-September 15, 2006)
• Ugone della Volta (1163 - 1188)

See also

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• archdiocese of Genoa
• Google map
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• patron saints