Archdiocese of Catania

ARCHDIOCESE OF CATANIA (Archidioecesis Catanensis)

Country : Italy
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1st century as Diocese of Catania
Suppressed during Arab rule of Sicily
Re-established 1092
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1859

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Arms of Bishops

Pedro Serra (1396-1397)
Giovanni de Primis (1447-1449, administrator)
Giuliano della Rovere (1473-1474)
Giovanni Andrea Gatto (1475-1479)
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Francisco Desprats (1498-1500)
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Diego Ramírez de Guzmán (1500-1508)
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Jaime de Conchillos (1505-1512)
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Gaspar Ponz (1513-1520)
Pompeo Colonna (1523-1524, administrator)
Marino Ascanio Caracciolo (1524)
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Scipione Caracciolo (1524-1529)
Marino Ascanio Caracciolo (1529-1530)
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Ludovico Caracciolo (1530-1536)
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Nicola Maria Caracciolo (1537-1568)
Antonino Faraone (1569-1572)
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Juan Orozco de Arce (1574-1576)
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Juan Corrionero (1589-1592)
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Gian Domenico Rebiba (1595-1604)
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Juan Ruiz Villoslada (1605-1609)
Bonaventura Secusio (1609-1618)
Juan Torres de Osorio (1619-1624)
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Innocenzo Massimo (1624-1633)
Ottavio Branciforte (1638-1646)
Marco Antonio Gussio (1660-1660)
Camillo Astalli-Pamphilj (1661-1663)
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Michelangelo Bonadies (1665-1686)
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Andrea Riggio (1693-1717)
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Juan Álvaro Cienfuegos Villazón (1721-1725)
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Raimundo Rubí (1727-1729)
Pietro Galletti (1729-1757)
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Salvatore Ventimiglia (1757-1773)
Corrado Maria Deodati de Moncada (1773-1813)
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Gabriel Maria Gravina (1816-1817)
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Domenico Orlando (1823-1839)
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Felice Regano (1839-1861)

Arms of Archbishops

Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet (1867-1894)
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè (1895-1928)
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Emilio Ferrais (1928-1930)
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Carmelo Patané ((1930-1952)
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Guido Luigi Bentivoglio (1952-1974)
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Domenico Picchinenna (1974-1988)
Luigi Bommarito (1988-2002)
Salvatore Gristina (2002-2022)
Luigi Renna (2022-present)

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