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ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona has his seat in

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History

Sources?

The ''

Carmen Pipinianum The ''Versus de Verona'', also ''Carmen Pipinianum'' or ''Rhythmus Pipinianus'' (''Ritmo Pipiniano''), was a medieval Latin poetic encomium on the city of Verona, composed during the Carolingian Renaissance, between 795 and 806. It was modeled on ...

'' (''Pippin's Song'') is a 9th century heroic poem, which includes a description of Verona and its churches, and gives a list of the first eight bishops:

St. Euprepius Saint Euprepius of Verona (''Euprepus, Puprepis''), is venerated as the first bishop of Verona. Not much is known of his life beyond the fact that his name was Greek language, Greek (from the Greek words , "well," and , "adapted, suited"), which is ...

, Dimidrianus (Demetrianus), Simplicius, Proculus, Saturninus, Lucilius (Lucillus, Lucius), Gricinus, and

Saint Zeno Zeno of Verona ( it, Zenone da Verona; about 300 – 371 or 380) was either an early Christian Bishop of Verona or a martyr. He is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Orthodox Church. Life and historicity According to a Veronese au ...

. Less important are the three fragments of the so-called ''Velo di Classe'', now believed to be the altar cover from San Firmo e Rustico in Verona, the ''pianeta'' ( chasuble) of Classe in

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, on which are represented not only the bishops of Verona, but also other saints and bishops of other dioceses venerated at Verona in the ninth century. These liturgical textiles, are not, of course, historical documents, but devotional aids.

Early bishops

It was once believed that S. Euprepius was a disciple of S. Peter the Apostle, a fact inscribed on the façade of the Church of S. Proculo in Verona. The sixth bishop, Lucilius, attended the Council of Sardica in 347, which indicates that there is a problem with the list of bishops, with the dates, or with both. Since S. Zeno had been the eighth bishop, the episcopacy of Euprepius, and therefore of the erection of the see, must be placed not in the mid-third century, before the temporary peace given to the Church under Emperor Gallienus (260), but rather a generation later, under the first period of the reign of

Diocletian Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...

, when the Church enjoyed peace. In the same "Carmen", mention is made of

St. Firmus and St. Rusticus Saints Firmus and Rusticus ( it, San Fermo e San Rustico) (died c. 290 AD) are venerated as two martyrs of Verona. Their unreliable ''Acts'' state that Firmus and Rusticus, kinsmen, were prominent citizens of Bergamo. They were martyred at Vero ...

, martyred at Verona, probably under

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. Other evidence indicates that Firmus was killed at Carthage, c. 251–253, and that Rusticus was killed at Lambaesis (Africa) c. 259. Zeno is called a martyr in the "Carmen" and is placed in the time of Gallienus (c. 260). At any rate the existence of a distinguished S. Zeno, Bishop of Verona, a contemporary of St. Ambrose of Milan (c. 340–397), and author of a series of religious discourses, is historically attested, so as the ancient documents know but one bishop of that name, it must be concluded that, as early as the ninth century, the legend had corrupted chronology. For the rest, we know from the sermons of Saint Zeno of Verona how deeply paganism was still rooted in Verona in his time, particularly in the country districts. In the second half of the 6th century, other bishops, Solatius and Junior, following the other bishops of the province of Ravenna, joined the schism of the Three Chapters. Bishop Rotaldus imposed community life on the cathedral Canons (806) and reorganised the education of the clergy. In 813, however, he surrendered control of the Canons of the cathedral of Verona to the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Aquileia. Among the masters of his school, the Archdeacon

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(c. 776–c. 844) was known for his knowledge of the

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and

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, although the Italian historian Cristina La Rocca demonstrates this claim to be a twelfth century fabrication. Pacificus apparently supported the revolt of Bernardus, son of Pippin, against the Emperor Louis the Pious in 817, and was confined to the monastery of Nonantola for the rest of his life. Nottingus (840) was the first Italian bishop to denounce the heretic Godescalcus de Orbais. In 876, Bishop Adelardus (c. 875–911) found himself in trouble with the pope. On 2 November, he was summoned to appear before a papal synod to answer charges of oppressing the monastery of Nonantula by 30 November, or if that proved impossible, by 25 December. By another letter Pope John VIII reminded Adelardus that he had warned him several times through ''missi'' and bishops not to harass the monastery. Then, in accordance with a decision of the synod, he ordered Adelardus not to employ the property of Nonantula for his own purposes. Finally, on 17 April 877, Pope John announced to the Emperor

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that he had excommunicated Adelardus. Pope John then wrote to the clergy of Verona that he had excommunicated Adelardus until he should come to the Papal Court and give adequate explanations for his conduct. He was restored to the papal good graces quickly, and was in attendance at Pope John VIII's council of Ravenna in November 877. Ratherius (932–968), a

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and a distinguished author, was thrice driven from his see, in 952, 955, and 968, by usurpers, among whom was Manasses of Arles. After the third expulsion, he resigned and took refuge in the monastery of Lobbia, where he died in 974. He also fostered learning in the cathedral school. Joannes (1027) was distinguished for sanctity and learning. Bishop Bruno (1073), who wrote some interpretations of Scripture, was killed by one of his chaplains.

Barbarossa, the popes, and Verona

In the time of Bishop Ognibene (1157–1185), a distinguished canonist, Pope Lucius III visited Verona. During his stay, and the stay of his successor, the episcopal palace was used as the papal residence, and the bishop of Verona had to find quarters at the church of S. Giorgio. Pope Lucius had been driven out of Rome by his own Romans, because he had opposed the Romans in their war against Tusculum. He was searching for heretics in the north, by which he meant those who denied the temporal or spiritual sovereignty of the pope, and was eager for a meeting with the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. The pope arrived in Verona on 22 July 1184, but Frederick was detained in Germany by festivities surrounding the coronation of his son Henry as king. They finally met in late October, and held a series of acrimonious meetings. Finally they held a synod in Verona on 4 November 1184, denouncing various heresies, including the Paterini, the Cathari, the Humiliati of Lyon, the Passagini, the Josephini, and the Arnaldisti (by which he meant the Romans who rejected papal temporal power), and ordering their uprooting. Lucius III issued the Papal Bull " Ad Abolendam" on the same day. Pope Lucius died, still in residence in Verona, on 25 November 1185, and was buried in the cathedral. The cardinals met immediately after the burial of Lucius III, and unanimously selected as his successor Cardinal Umberto Crivelli, the Archbishop of Milan, "a violent and unyielding spirit, and a strong opponent of Frederick." He chose the name

Urban III Pope Urban III ( la, Urbanus III; died 20 October 1187), born Uberto Crivelli, reigned from 25 November 1185 to his death in 1187. Early career Crivelli was born in Cuggiono, Italy as the son of Guala Crivelli and had four brothers: Pietro, D ...

, and he spent nearly all of his brief pontificate with the Papal Court at Verona, besieged by Frederick with unbelievable fury. Anyone heading for Verona to appeal to the pope was subject to imprisonment, torture, and execution. Urban finally escaped from Verona at the end of September 1187, but died at Ferrara on 20 October 1187.

Frederick II, Ezzolino de Romano, and Verona

In 1229, the cities of the Marches, as well as Verona, revolted against the authority of

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in favor of the Emperor Frederick II. The result was an intensified struggle between the

Ghibellines The Guelphs and Ghibellines (, , ; it, guelfi e ghibellini ) were factions supporting the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, respectively, in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy. During the 12th and 13th centuries, rivalr ...

(supporters of the Empire) and the Guelphs (supporters of the Papacy). In 1232, Frederick visited Verona, and, seeing that some cities of the Marche of Vicentino were collaborating with the Lombard League, the Ezzolino family entered into a firm alliance with Frederick, and obtained control over most of the lower Po valley. When Frederick died in 1250, Ezzolino became the leader of the entire Ghibelline party in the Po valley. Bishops Jacopo da Breganza (1225–1254) and Gerardo Cossadocca (1255–1259), who stood with the Papacy, were exiled by the Imperial Vicar, Ezzelino III da Romano. In February 1258, Ezzolino rounded up and executed a dozen and more citizens and nobles of Verona, who had been conspiring against him. In the summer, Archbishop

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, who was also papal Legate, and bishop-elect Cossadoca, organized an expedition of Brescians, Modenese, and Veronese exiles, against Ezzolino's force of 300 soldiers, which was in Cremona; they expected to keep it from returning to Verona. Ezzolino met them at Torcella and soundly defeated them. The archbishop and the bishop-elect were among those captured and imprisoned, on 28 August 1258. The next day Ezzolino entered Brescia. During military operations in September 1259, however, Ezzolino was wounded, captured, and imprisoned, where he died on 27 September 1259. In September 1260, Mastino della Scala (Scaliger) was elected Podestà of Verona, but when he was not reelected, he had himself elected Captain of the People in 1262, and from that point, following the example of Ezzolino, he was Lord of Verona. Bishop-elect Cossadoca died shortly thereafter. His successor, Manfred Roberti, a Canon of Padua, was appointed by Pope Alexander IV on 15 January 1260. He fell into the hands of the Ghibellines in 1264, and was imprisoned for two years, only being liberated because of the intervention of

Pope Clement IV Pope Clement IV ( la, Clemens IV; 23 November 1190 – 29 November 1268), born Gui Foucois ( la, Guido Falcodius; french: Guy de Foulques or ') and also known as Guy le Gros ( French for "Guy the Fat"; it, Guido il Grosso), was bishop of Le P ...

and the King of Aragon. He died in Reggo Emilia on 5 December 1268, less than a week after Pope Clement himself. Clement's death brought on the longest papal vacancy in history, two years and nine months, during which Verona suffered a schism between two would-be bishops. Bishop Bartolommeo della Scala (1336–1338), a Benedictine who had been Abbot of S. Zeno, was the victim of malicious reports by Azzo da Corregio to the bishop's own nephew Mastino, Lord of Verona, which induced Mastino, who saw treason, to slay the bishop with his own hand on 27 August 1338. The news was immediately brought to Avignon to

Pope Benedict XII Pope Benedict XII ( la, Benedictus XII, french: Benoît XII; 1285 – 25 April 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope. Benedict was a careful p ...

, who promptly excommunicated Mastino and all the people of Verona. The people begged Mastino to seek forgiveness from the pope, and, upon receiving a report from Patriarch Bertrandus of Aquileia, Pope Benedict relented. However, severe penances were imposed by the pope, as he detailed in a letter of 25 September 1338 to Bishop Gottifredus of Mantua, who was charged with seeing that the penances were carried out. These began with a humiliating procession of the bareheaded Mastino to the cathedral, hearing Mass, and then solemnly begging the Canons to pardon his outrage. He was also required to endow six chaplaincies in the cathedral, for priests to say daily masses for the dead bishop. Each year, on the anniversary of the murder, he was to give new clothes to twenty-four poor persons. On every Friday of the year, and on the vigil of every festival of the Virgin Mary, he was to feed two poor people. At the next levy of soldiers for the crusade, he was to provide and supply twenty-four armed men. As far as the city of Verona was concerned,

removed permanently the right of the Canons and clergy to elect the bishop, a right they had enjoyed for two and a half centuries, reserving that right to the Holy See. Pietro della Scala reformed the lives of the clergy and tried unsuccessfully to bring the Canons under his own jurisdiction instead of that of the Patriarch of Aquileia; it was not until the death of the last Patriarch of Aquileia that the Bishop of Verona acquired rights over his own Canons. When the Visconti dynasty obtained possession of Verona, Pietro was banished. Francesco Condulmer (1439–1453), the nephew of Pope Eugenius IV, founded the college of acolytes to add to the beauty of public worship and to form a learned and pious clergy; the school still exists. This institution was necessary because, with the establishment of the University of Verona, the cathedral school had been suppressed, and the young clerics who attended the university were at that time dispensed from officiating in church functions: the acolytes of the new college were obliged both to study and to attend ecclesiastical functions.

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also did much for the reform of the diocese. Cardinal Giovanni Michiel (1471) restored the cathedral and the episcopal palace. Agostino Valier (1565) was a cardinal. During the episcopate of Giovanni Bragadin, on 6 July 1751, the Patriarchate of Aquileia was suppressed, and the cathedral Chapter of Verona, which had been under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate since 813, was returned by

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to the jurisdiction of the bishops of Verona; he also laid down rules for the government of the diocese. Giovanni Andrea Avogadro (1790–1805), who had been a Jesuit before the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV, abdicated the see of Verona in 1805, to return to the

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Councils and Synods

On 23 November 995, a provincial council was held by the Patriarch John of Aquileia to decide the ownership of several churches which were claimed by Bishop Obertus of Verona. In 1014,

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and the Emperor Henry I held a synod at Verona to decide issues which were being litigated between the Patriarch of Grado and the Patriarch of Aquileia. Councils of Verona worthy of note are those of 4 November 1184, at which pope Lucius III presided, in the presence of the Emperor

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, and 1276, against the

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Patarenes, who were somewhat numerous in the Veronese territory, even among the clergy. Bishop Giovanni Matteo Giberti (1524–1543) held a diocesan synod, the enactments of which were published in 1589, under the direction of Cardinal Augustino Valerio. Bishop Marco Giustiniani (1631–1649) held two diocesan synods, one in 1633 and the other in 1636. Bishop Sebastiano Pisani (seniore) (1653–1668) held a diocesan synod in Verona in 1655. Bishop Sebastiano Pisani (iuniore) (1668–1690) held two diocesan synods, in 1675 and 1685. A diocesan synod was held in November 1782 by Bishop , O.S.B. (1772–1789)

Religious Orders

The Congregation of the

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was founded at Verona, on 4 November 1816. The

Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bold text The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus ( la, Missionarii Comboniani Cordis Iesu), abbreviated MCCJ, also known as the Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, or the Verona Fathers, and originally called the Sons of the Sacred ...

, founded on 1 June 1867 by

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, have their mother-house and their college for the

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n missions in Verona.

Suffragan

The diocese was a

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first of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, then, from 6 July 1751, of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine The Archdiocese of Udine ( la, Archidioecesis Utinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The see was established in 1751 when the Patriarchal see of Aquileia was divided. From 1818 to 184 ...

. The violent expansionist military policies of the French Revolutionary Republic brought confusion and dislocation to the Po Valley. From 1797 to 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte's Cisalpine Republic and its successor from 1802 to 1805, the so-called Italian Republic, brought the French occupation right up to the western bank of the Adige River, bringing the loss to Verona of everything to the west. Their successor, the

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(1805–1814) gobbled up Verona itself, and transformed its territory into a French-style "department", called the Adige, with Verona as its capital. Following the redistribution of European territories at the

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, the Papacy faced the difficult task of restoring and restructuring the Church in various territories, according to the wishes of their rulers. Verona was in the territory which had been handed over to Austria, and therefore a Concordat had to be negotiated with the government of the Emperor Francis. One of the requirements of the Austrian government was the elimination of several metropolitanates and the suppression of a number of bishoprics which were no longer viable due to the bad climate (malaria and cholera) and the impoverishment of the dioceses due to migration and industrialization; it was expected that this would be done to the benefit of the Patriarchate of Venice.

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, therefore, issued the bull "De Salute Dominici Gregis" on 1 May 1818, embodying the conclusions of arduous negotiations. Caprularum (Caorle) and Torcella were suppressed and their territories assigned to the Patriarchate of Venice; Belluno and Feltre were united under a single bishop, ''aeque personaliter'', and assigned to Venice; the metropolitan archbishopric of Udine was abolished and its bishop made suffragan to Venice. Padua and Verona became suffragans of Venice, and in a complex rearrangement of diocesan boundaries, Verona lost the parish of Santa Maria de Cinto to the diocese of Padua.

Bishops of Verona

to 1200

Euprepius of Verona Saint Euprepius of Verona (''Euprepus, Puprepis''), is venerated as the first bishop of Verona. Not much is known of his life beyond the fact that his name was Greek (from the Greek words , "well," and , "adapted, suited"), which is considered evi ...

:... *Lucilius (attested 342–356) :... *Zeno (4th cent.) :... *Syagrius (c. 380) :... *Petronius (c. 410) :... *Servusdei (attested 502) :... *Valens (attested 531) :... *Solacius (c. 571–577) :... *Junior (attested 589–591) :... *Dominicus (between 712 and 744) :... *Anno (attested 750–774) :... *Eginus (resigned 799) *Rotaldus (c. 799–c. 840) *Notting (840–844) *Landericus (attested 847) *Billongus *Audo *Astulfus (attested 866) *Adelardus (c. 876–914) *Notker (915–928) *Hilduinus, O.S.B. (928–931) * Ratherius (931-934 and 962-968) * Manasses of Arles (935–946) :... * Hildericus (attested 987–988) * Othbertus (attested 992–1008) * Hiltprandus (attested 1013–1014) * Joannes (attested 1016–1037) * Walter (1037–1055) * Dietpold (Theobaldus) (1055–1061?) * Adalbero (attested 1063–1068) * Huswardus (Usuardo) (attested 1071–1072?) * Bruno (1072–1076?) * Sigebodo 1080–1094 * Valbruno 1094–1095 * Valfredo 1095–1101 * Ezelone 1101 * Bertoldus (attested 1102–1107) * ? Zufetus (1109–1111) * Ubertus 1111 * Sigifredus 1113–? * Bernardo 1119–1135 * Tebaldo 1135–1157 * Ognibene 1157–1185 * Riprandus (1185–1188) * Adelardus (1188–1214)

1200 to 1500

* Norandinus (1214–1224) * Albertus (1224–1225) *

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(1225–1254) *

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(1255–1259) *

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(1260–1268) * Aleardino (not possessed) (1268) *

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(1268–1270) :''Sede vacante'' (1270–1276) * Temidius (1275–1277) * Bartolomeo 1277–1290 * Pietro della Scala (1291–1295) * Buonincontro (1295–1298) * Teobaldo 1298–1331 * Nicolò 1331–1336 *

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(1336–1338) :''Sede vacante'' (1338–1343) *

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1343–1348 *

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1348–1349 * Giovanni di Naso 1349–1350 * Pietro Della Scala 1350–1387 * Adelardo 1387–1388 * Giacomo Rossi (1388–1406) *

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(1406–1409 Resigned) *

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(1438–1453) *

(1453–1471) *Cardinal

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(1471–1503)

1500 to 1800

*Cardinal

Marco Cornaro Marco Cornaro (c. 1286 – 13 January 1368), also known as Marco Corner, was the 59th doge of Venice, ruling between 1365 and 1368. His brief reign saw the loss of Venetian territory to Genoa and the Ottoman Empire, though Venice was to enjoy eco ...

(1503–1524) ''Administrator'' *

Giovanni Matteo Giberti Gian Matteo Giberti (20 September 1495 – 30 December 1543) was an Italian diplomat, Bishop of Verona. Biography Born at Palermo, he was the natural son of Francesco Giberti, a Genoese naval captain. In 1513 he was admitted to the household of C ...

(1524–1543) * Pietro Lippomano (1544–1548) *

Luigi Lippomano Luigi Lippomano (also Alvise, or Aloisio, in Latin Aloisius Lipomanus) (1496, Venice – 15 August 1559, Rome) was an Italian bishop and hagiographer. Life Luigi Lippomano was the illegitimate son of Venetian patrician Bartolo Lippomano, who det ...

(1548–1558) * Agostino Lippomano (20 Jul 1558 – 16 Jul 1560 Died) *

Girolamo Trevisani Girolamo is an Italian variant of the name Hieronymus. Its English equivalent is Jerome. It may refer to: * Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576), Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler * Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 – after ...

, O.P. (15 Jan 1561 – 2 Sep 1562 Died) *Cardinal

Bernardo Navagero Bernardo Navagero (Venice 1507 – 13 April 1565 Verona) was a Venetian ambassador and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Life Venetian patrician, son of Gianluigi Navagero and Lucrezia Agostini, he studied at the University of Padua. He ma ...

(1562–1565) ''Administrator'' * Agostino Valier (Valeri, Valieri) (15 May 1565 – 23 May 1606 Died) * Alberto Valier (1606 – 1 Sep 1630 Died) * Marco Giustiniani (1631–1649) :''Sede vacante'' (1649–1653) *

Sebastiano Pisani (seniore) Sebastiano Pisani (1606–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Thessalonica'' (1669–1670), Bishop of Verona (1653–1668) and Bishop of Ceneda (1639–1653). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''

(1653–1668 Resigned) * Sebastiano Pisani (iuniore) (1668–1690) *

Pietro Leoni Pietro Leoni (1 January 1909 – 26 July 1995) was an Italian priest of the Society of Jesus and the Russian Greek Catholic Church. His memoir of surviving the Gulag, ''Spio dei Vaticano'', was published after his return to the West. Early life ...

(26 Nov 1691 – 17 Dec 1697 Died) *

Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo (29 April 1658 at Venice – 1730) was an Italian cardinal and nephew of Saint Gregorio Barbarigo (1625–97). Biography Born to a patrician family of Venice on 29 April 1658, Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo was the ...

(1698–1714) *

Marco Gradenigo Marco Gradenigo was a 13th-century Venetian nobleman, senior provincial administrator in the Venetian overseas empire and a military commander. He was involved in three major conflicts: the War of the Euboeote Succession, where Gradenigo organized ...

(1714–1725) *

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(1725–1732) * Giovanni Bragadino (Bragadin) (1733–1758) *Nicolò Antonio Giustiniani, O.S.B. (1759–1772) *, O.S.B. (1772–1789) *

Giovanni Andrea Avogadro Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

, S.J. (1790–1805 Resigned)

since 1800

:''Sede vacante'' (1805–1807) *

Innocenzo Maria Liruti Innocenzo is a male given name of Latin origin. Notable people with this name include: *Innocenzo da Berzo (1844–1890), Roman Catholic priest *Innocenzo Bonelli (), Captain Regent of San Marino *Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri (1566–1610), Rom ...

, O.S.B. (1807–1827) *

Giuseppe Grasser Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...

(1828–1839) *

Pietro Aurelio Mutti Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...

, O.S.B. (1840–1852) * Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato (15 Mar 1852 – 27 Sep 1852 Confirmed Archbishop of Udine) *

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(27 Sep 1852 – 29 Jan 1853) * Benedetto Riccabona de Reinchenfels (7 Apr 1854 – 22 Mar 1861 Confirmed Bishop of Trento) *

Luigi di Canossa Luigi di Canossa SJ (20 April 1809 – 12 March 1900) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Verona from 1861 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1877. Biography Born in Verona, he wa ...

(30 Sep 1861 – 12 Mar 1900) *

Bartolomeo Bacilieri Bartolomeo Bacilieri (28 March 1842 – 14 February 1923) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Verona from 1900 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1901. Biography Bartolomeo Bacil ...

(12 Mar 1900 – 14 Feb 1923) *

Girolamo Cardinale Girolamo is an Italian language, Italian variant of the name Hieronymus. Its English language, English equivalent is Jerome (given name), Jerome. It may refer to: * Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576), Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, ast ...

(25 May 1923 – 26 Dec 1954) *

Andrea Pangrazio Andrea Pangrazio (1 September 1909 – 2 June 2005) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He belonged to the Pangrazio family of Asiago. He became Archbishop of Gorizia. Life On 3 July 1932 Pangrazio became an ordained priest of Padova, Ita ...

as Apostolic Administrator 1954 – 1955 *

Giovanni Urbani Giovanni Urbani (26 March 1900 – 17 September 1969) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Venice from 1958 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. He was considered to be ov ...

(14 Apr 1955 – 11 Nov 1958 Appointed Patriarch of Venice) *

Giuseppe Carraro Giuseppe Carraro (26 June 1899 – 30 December 1980) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Verona from 1958 until his retirement in 1978. He also served as the Bishop of Vittorio Veneto until his transferral to the see ...

(15 Dec 1958 – 18 May 1978 Retired) *

Giuseppe Amari Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...

(15 Mar 1978 – 30 Jun 1992 Retired) *

Attilio Nicora Attilio Nicora (16 March 1937 – 22 April 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the administration of the Roman Curia as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 2002 ...

(30 Jun 1992 – 18 Sep 1997 Resigned) *

Flavio Roberto Carraro Flavio Roberto Carraro (3 February 1932 – 17 June 2022) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. Carraro was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepol ...

, O.F.M. Cap. (25 Jul 1998 – 8 May 2007 Retired) *

Giuseppe Zenti Giuseppe Zenti (born 7 March 1947) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Bishop of Verona since 2007. Zenti was born in San Martino Buon Albergo in the province of Verona on 7 March 1947. He studied for the priesthood at t ...

(8 May 2007 – )CV of Bishop Zenti: Diocesi di Verona
"Il Vescovo: S. E. Mgr. Giuseppe Zenti"
retrieved 18 July 2020.

References

Books

Episcopal lists

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Studies

* any documents published* * * *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1923). ''Italia Pontificia'
Vol. VII:l Venetiae et Histria, Pars I: Provincia Aquileiensis
Berlin: Weidmann, pp. 212–304. (in Latin). *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
'. Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 919–934. *Rossi, Maria Clara (2003)
''Governare una Chiesa. Vescovi e clero a Verona nella prima metà del Trecento''
Verona: Cierre. *Schwartz, Gerhard (1907)
''Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern: mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122''
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. pp. 62–70. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Diocese Of Verona Verona