Diocese of

Pitigliano – Sovana – Orbetello

Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Siena – Colle di Val d’Elsa – Montalcino

Patron Saint: S. Massimiliano, S. Gregorio VII

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History

700: Established as Diocese of Sovana – Pitigliano / Soanen(sis) – Pitilianen(sis) (Latin)
1981.03.25: Renamed as Diocese of Sovana – Pitigliano-Orbetello / Soanen(sis) – Pitilianen(sis) – Urbetellien(sis) (Latin)
1986.09.30: Renamed as Diocese of Pitigliano – Sovana – Orbetello / Pitilianen(sis) – Soanen(sis) – Urbetellien(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo, Pitigliano, Grosseto, Toscana
Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (S. Biagio), Orbetello, Grosseto, Toscana
Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo, Sovana, Grosseto, Toscana

Present Prelates

Bishop: Bishop Mario Meini (62) (1996.07.13 – ...)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Pitigliano – Sovana – Orbetello (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Meini (62)
(1996.07.13 – ...)

Born:	1946.11.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.09.07

Bishop of Pitigliano – Sovana – Orbetello (Italy) (1996.07.13 – ...)

Bishop Giacomo Babini (80)
(1991.12.07 – 1996.07.13)

Born:	1929.02.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.09.19

Auxiliary Bishop of Arezzo – Cortona – Sansepolcro (Italy) (1987.07.25 – 1991.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania (1987.07.25 – 1991.12.07)

Bishop of Pitigliano – Sovana – Orbetello (Italy) (1991.12.07 – 1996.07.13)

Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (1996.07.13 – 2001.11.17)

Bishop Eugenio Binini (74)
(1983.12.03 – 1991.07.20)

Born:	1934.12.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.01.06

Bishop of Pitigliano – Sovana – Orbetello (Italy) (1983.12.03 – 1991.07.20)

Bishop of Massa Carrara – Pontremoli (Italy) (1991.07.20 – ...)

Bishops of Sovana – Pitigliano-Orbetello (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni D’Ascenzi (89)
(1981.03.25 – 1983.04.11)

Born:	1920.01.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.12.07

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1975.10.07 – 1981.03.25)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano-Orbetello (Italy) (1981.03.25 – 1983.04.11)

Bishop of Arezzo (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Sansepolcro (Italy) (1983.04.11 – 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Arezzo – Cortona – Sansepolcro (Italy) (1986.09.30 – 1996.06.08)

Bishops of Sovana – Pitigliano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni D’Ascenzi (89)
(1975.10.07 – 1981.03.25)

(see above)

Bishop Primo Gasbarri
(Apostolic Administrator 1970 – 1975.10.22)

Bishop Luigi Pirelli
(1963.08.14 – 1964.08.14)

Born:	1895.01.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1918.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.04.27
Died:	1964.08.14 († 69)

Bishop of Andria (Italy) (1952.02.26 – 1957.01.08)

Titular Bishop of Lysias (1957.01.08 – 1963.08.14)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1963.08.14 – 1964.08.14)

Archbishop Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. (萬九樓)
(1952.05.10 – 1963.07.13)

Born:	1893.09.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1920.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.10.23
Died:	1967.06.26 († 73)

Vicar Apostolic of Xi’anfu 西安府 (China) (1932.06.14 – 1946.04.11)

Titular Bishop of Zapara (1932.06.14 – 1946.04.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Xi’an 西安 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1952.05.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1952.05.10 – 1963.07.13)

Bishop Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P.
(1932.06.24 – 1952.02.14)

Born:	1885.09.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1908.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.08.21
Died:	1981.02.20 († 95)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1932.06.24 – 1952.02.14)

Bishop of Teramo e Atri (Italy) (1952.02.14 – 1967.02.22)

Titular Bishop of Amiternum (1967.02.22 – 1976.01.06)

Bishop Gustavo Matteoni (later Archbishop)
(1924.04.29 – 1932.03.03)

Born:	1887.10.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1934.11.17 († 47)

Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (1920.03.08 – 1924.04.29)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1924.04.29 – 1932.03.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1932.03.03 – 1932.09.29)

Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia (1932.03.03 – 1932.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1932.09.29 – 1934.11.17)

Bishop Riccardo Carlesi
(1916.07.08 – 1923.05.23)

Born:	1869.12.04 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1932.01.09 († 62)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1916.07.08 – 1923.05.23)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1923.05.23 – 1932.01.09)

Bishop Michele Cardella, C.P.
(1896.11.30 – 1916.02.06)

Born:	1845.10.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1916.02.06 († 70)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1896.11.30 – 1916.02.06)

Bishop Metello Bichi (later Cardinal)
(1596.01.15 – 1606)

Born:	1541 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1596.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1596.02.18
Created Cardinal:	1611.08.17
Died:	1619.06.14 († 78)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1596.01.15 – 1606)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1611.09.12 – 1619.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1612.12.17 – 1615)

Cardinal Alfonso Petrucci
(1510.10.01 – 1513.07.27)

Born:	1491 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1511.03.10
Resigned from Cardinalate:	1517.06.22
Died:	1517.07.16 († 26)

Bishop of Sovana – Pitigliano (Italy) (1510.10.01 – 1513.07.27)

Bishop of Massa Marittima (Italy) (1511 – 1517.06.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Teodoro pro hac vice Title (1511.03.17 – 1517.06.22)

Past Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adelmo Tacconi (1970.04.23 – 1975)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Renato Spallanzani (1967 – 1970)

as of 2009.06.30