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
Web links
- Diocesi storica di Colle di Val d'Elsa. Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino , accessed on May 15, 2019 (Italian).
- Entry on diocese Colle di Val d'Elsa on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 15, 2019.