Diocese of Colle di Val d'Elsa

The diocese of Colle di Val d'Elsa ( Latin ) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy with its seat in Colle di Val d'Elsa , which existed from 1592 to 1986.

It was founded on June 5, 1592 by Clement VIII and was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Florence as a suffragan . On September 30, 1986 it was merged with the Archdiocese of Siena and the Diocese of Montalcino to form the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .

Bishops of Colle di Val d'Elsa

The following people were bishops of Colle di Val d'Elsa:

Usimbardo Usimbardi (1592-1612)
Cosimo della Gherardesca (1613–1633)
Tommaso Salviati (1634–1638), then Bishop of Arezzo
Roberto Strozzi (1638–1645), then Bishop of Fiesole
Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi (1645–1681)
Pietro Pietra (Petria) OSB (1681–1703)
Domenico Ballati-Nerli OSB (1704–1748)
Benedetto Gaetani (1749–1754)
Domenico Gaetano Novellucci (1755–1757)
Bartolomeo Felice Guelfi Camaiani (1758–1772)
Ranieri Mancini (1773–1776), then Bishop of Fiesole
Aloisio Buonamici (1776–1782), then Bishop of Volterra
Niccolò Sciarelli (1782–1801)
Raimondo Luigi Vecchietti (1801-1805)
Niccolò Laparelli (1805–1807), then Bishop of Cortona
Marcello Maria Benci (1807-1810)
vacancy
Giuseppe Stanislao Gentili (1815-1833)
Attilio Fiascaini (1834–1843), then Bishop of Arezzo
Giuseppe Chiaromanni (1847–1869)
Giovanni Pierallini (1871–1876), then Archbishop of Siena
Marcello Mazzanti (1876–1885), then Bishop of Pistoia e Prato
Luigi Traversi (1885-1891)
Alessandro Toti (1891–1903)
Massimiliano Novelli (1903-1921)
Giovanni Andrea Masera (1921-1926)
Ludovico Ferretti OP (1927-1930)
Francesco Niccoli (1932-1965)
Ismaele Mario Castellano OP (1975–1986), then Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino