Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence

Archdiocese of Florence
Archidioecesis Florentinus
Facade of Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
Location
Country  Italy
Ecclesiastical province Florence
Statistics
Area 2,205 km2 (851 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
853,500
846,000 (99.1%)
Parishes 314
Information
Rite Roman
Established 1st Century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Giuseppe Betori
Emeritus Bishops Ennio Antonelli
Map
Website
www.diocesifirenze.it

The Archdiocese of Florence (Latin: Archidioecesis Florentina) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.[1][2] Traditionally founded in the 1st century, it was elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on May 10, 1419, by Pope Martin V. Its mother church is the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, which has as its pastor the Archbishop of Florence. Since September 2008 Giuseppe Betori is the Archbishop; the former Archbishop, Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, was named President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Episcopal Ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Florence

  • Felix (313)
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  • Mauritius ( –550)
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  • Reparatus (684)
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  • Alibrando (Hildebrand) (11th century)
  • Gérard de Bourgogne † (Jan 1045 Appointed – 6 Dec 1058 Elected Pope)
  • Angelo Acciaiuoli, O.P. † (26 Jun 1342 Appointed – 18 Mar 1355 Appointed Bishop of Monte Cassino)
  • Pietro Corsini † (1 Sep 1363 Appointed – 7 Jun 1370 Appointed Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso)
  • Angelo Acciaioli † ( 1383 Appointed – 20 Nov 1385 Appointed Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso)
  • Alamanno Adimari † (13 Dec 1400 Appointed – 16 Nov 1401 Appointed Archbishop of Taranto)
  • Francesco Zabarella (1410 – 17 June 1411)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Florence

  • Amerigo Corsini (1411–1434)
  • Giovanni Vitelleschi † (12 Oct 1435 Appointed – 9 Aug 1437 Appointed Administrator of Trogir (Traù)
  • Ludovico Trevisano (Scarampi Mezzarota) † (6 Aug 1437 Appointed – 18 Dec 1439 Appointed Patriarch of Aquileia)
  • Bartolomeo Zabarella † (18 Dec 1439 Appointed – 21 Dec 1445 Died)
  • St. Antonio Forcilioni, O.P. † (10 Jan 1446 Appointed – 2 May 1459 Died)
  • Orlando Bonarli † (16 Jun 1459 Appointed – 1461 Died)
  • Giovanni Neroni Diotisalvi † (22 Mar 1462 Appointed – 1473 Died)
  • Pietro Riario, O.F.M. Conv. † (20 Jul 1473 Appointed – 3 Jan 1474 Died)
  • Rinaldo Orsini † (28 Jan 1474 Appointed – )
  • Cosimo de' Pazzi † (5 Jul 1508 Appointed – 8 Apr 1513 Died)
  • Giulio de’ Medici † (9 May 1513 Appointed – 19 Nov 1523 Elected Pope)
  • Niccolò Ridolfi † (11 Jan 1524 Appointed – 11 Oct 1532 Resigned)
  • Andrea Buondelmonti (1532–1542)
  • Niccolò Ridolfi, second term (1453–1548)
  • Antonio Altoviti † (25 May 1548 Appointed – 28 Dec 1573 Died)
  • Alessandro Ottaviano de’ Medici † (15 Jan 1574 Appointed – 1 Apr 1605 Elected Pope)
  • Alessandro Marzi de’ Medici † (27 Jun 1605 Appointed – 13 Aug 1630 Died)
  • Cosimo de' Bardi † (9 Sep 1630 Appointed – 18 Apr 1631 Died)
  • Pietro Niccolini † (7 Jun 1632 Appointed – 1 Dec 1651 Died)
  • Francesco Nerli (seniore) † (16 Dec 1652 Appointed – 6 Nov 1670 Died)
  • Francesco Nerli (iuniore) † (22 Dec 1670 Appointed – 31 Dec 1682 Resigned)
  • Giacomo Antonio Morigia, B. † (15 Feb 1683 Appointed – 23 Oct 1699 Resigned)
  • Leone Strozzi, O.S.B. † (21 Jun 1700 Appointed – 4 Oct 1703 Died)
  • Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca † (12 Nov 1703 Appointed – 21 Sep 1721 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria Martelli † (2 Mar 1722 Appointed – 10 Feb 1740 Resigned)
  • Francesco Gaetano Incontri † (29 May 1741 Appointed – 25 Mar 1781 Died)
  • Antonio Martini † (25 Jun 1781 Appointed – 31 Dec 1809 Died)
  • Pietro Francesco Morali † (15 Mar 1815 Appointed – 29 Sep 1826 Died)
  • Ferdinando Minucci † (28 Jan 1828 Appointed – 2 Jul 1856 Died)
  • Giovacchino Limberti † (3 Aug 1857 Appointed – 27 Oct 1874 Died)
  • Eugenio Cecconi † (21 Dec 1874 Appointed – 15 Jun 1888 Died)
  • Agostino Bausa, O.P. † (11 Feb 1889 Appointed – 15 Apr 1899 Died)
  • Alfonso Mistrangelo, Sch. P. † (19 Jun 1899 Appointed – 7 Nov 1930 Died)
  • Elia Dalla Costa † (19 Dec 1931 Appointed – 22 Dec 1961 Died)
  • Ermenegildo Florit † (9 Mar 1962 Succeeded – 3 Jun 1977 Retired)
  • Giovanni Benelli † (3 Jun 1977 Appointed – 26 Oct 1982 Died)
  • Silvano Piovanelli † (18 Mar 1983 Appointed – 21 Mar 2001 Retired)
  • Ennio Antonelli (21 Mar 2001 Appointed – 7 Jun 2008 Appointed President of the Pontifical Council for the Family)
  • Giuseppe Betori (8 Sep 2008 Appointed – Present)

References

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Firenze {Florence}" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Firenze" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016

Sources

  • GCatholic.org
  • Catholic Hierarchy
  • Davies, Gerald Stanley (1916). Renascence: The Sculptured Tombs of the Fifteenth Century in Rome, with Chapters on the Previous Centuries from 1100. E. P. Dutton.

Coordinates: 43°47′00″N 11°15′00″E / 43.7833°N 11.2500°E / 43.7833; 11.2500


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