List of the bishops of Messina
The following people were bishops or archbishops of the Diocese or Archdiocese of Messina (from 1986 Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela ) in Sicily in Italy :
Bishops of Messina
- Bacchilo I (41)
- Barchirio (68)
- Eleuterius (121)
- Alexander I (154)
- Raimond
- Capitone (313)
- Alexander II (347)
- Evagrio (363)
- Bacchilo II (381)
- John I (451)
- Giustiniano (483)
(All names listed up to this point are not documented)
- Eucarpus I (501)
- Peregrino I (514)
- Eucarpus II (558)
- Felix I (591-595)
- Donus (595-603)
- Guglielmo I (603)
- Isidoro (610)
- Peregrinus II (649)
- Benedict (679-680)
- Gaudiosus (787)
- Gregory (869-870)
- Philip (879-880)
- Ippolito (968)
- Robert I (1081–1096 in Troina, 1096–1105 in Messina and Troina)
- William II (1120)
Archbishops and Metropolitans of Messina
- Hugo (1130–1136)
- Heinrich (1137-38)
- Gerard (1142–1144)
- Arnald
- Robert III (1151–1161)
- Nicholas I (1166–1179)
- Richard Palmer (1183–1195)
- Berardus (1196-1231)
- Landone (1236)
- Giovanni Colonna (1255)
- Tommaso D'Agni Lentini (1262)
- Bartolomeo Pignatelli (1266-1272)
- Rainaldus of Lentini (1274)
- Francesco Fontana (1288)
- Raimondo d'Aquino
- Raniero II. Lentini (1288-1304)
- Guidotto de Abbiate (1304-1333)
- Pietro I.
- Federico de Guercis (1333-1342)
- Raimando de Pezzolis (1342-1348)
- Giodano Curti (1348)
- Pietro II Porta (1349-1351)
- Anzalone Bonsignore (1351-1354)
- Guglielmo Monstrio (1355-1362)
- Dionisio da Murcia (1363-1380)
- Paolo Zuccaro (1380-1387)
- Maffioli Lampugnano (1387–?)
- Filippo Crispo (1392-1402)
- Pietro Budano (1403–?)
- Tommaso Crisafi (1408-1426)
- Archida Ventimiglia (1426)
- Bartolomeo Gattiglia (1426-1446)
- Pietro III (1446-1448)
- Cardinal Antonio Cerdano (1448-1449)
- Giacomo Porcio (1449)
- Cardinal Andrea Amodeo (1449-1450)
- Giacomo Tedesco (1450–1473)
- Lorenzo Crisafi (1473)
- Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (1473–1474)
- Giacomo da Santa Lucia (1474–1480)
- Pietro de Luna (1480–1482)
- Martino Ponz (1493-1500)
- Martino Garcia (1500–1502)
- Pietro Bellorado, OSB (1502–1509)
- Cardinal Pietro Isvaglies (1510-1511)
- Bernardino da Bologna (1512-1513)
- Antonio la Legname (1514–1537)
- Cardinal Innocenzo Cibo (1538–1550)
- Cardinal Giovanni Andrea Mercurio (1550-1560)
- Cardinal Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete (1560–1564) (also Archbishop of Salerno)
- Antonio Cancellaro (1564-1568)
- Giovanni Retana (1569–1582)
- Antonio Lombardo (1585–1597)
- Francesco Velardo de la Cuencha (1599–1604)
- Bonaventure Secusio (1605–1609)
- Pietro Ruiz de Valdevexo (1609-1617)
- Andrea Mastrillo (1618-1624)
- Cardinal Giandomenico Spinola (1624-1626)
- Biagio Proto de Rossi (1626-1646)
- Simone Carafa O. Teat. (1647–1676)
- Giuseppe Cicala (1678–1685)
- Francesco Alavarez (1686–1698)
- Giuseppe Migliaccio (1698–1729)
- Tomás Viadl y de Nin, O. Cist. (1730–1743)
- Tommaso Moncada (1743–1762)
- Gabriele Maria Di Blasi e Gambacorta OSB (1764–1767)
- Giovanni Maria Spinelli (1767-1770)
- Corrado Deodato Moncada (1770–1771)
- Scipione Ardoino Alcontres (1771–1778)
- Nicola Cifaglione (1778-1780)
- Francesco Paolo Perremuto (1790–1791)
- Gaetano Maria Garrasi, OESA (1798–1817)
- Antonio Maria Trigona Grimaldi (1817-1819)
- Cardinal Francesco di Paola Villadecani (1823–1861)
- Luigi Natoli (1867-1875)
- Cardinal Giuseppe Guarino (1875-1897)
- Letterio D'Arrigo Ramondini (1898–1922)
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Angelo Paino (1923–1963) Coadjutor Archbishop and Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
- Guido Tonetti (1950–1957) Coadjutor Archbishop and Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon
- Francesco Fasola (1963-1977)
- Ignazio Cannavò (1977–1986, from 1976 also Bishop of Lipari and from 1977 Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela)
Archbishops and Metropolitans of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
- Ignazio Cannavò (1986-1997)
- Giovanni Marra (1997-2006)
- Calogero La Piana SDS (2007-2015)
- Giovanni Accolla (since 2016)
Remarks
- ↑ The first archbishop recognized by Rome was Nicolaus.