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Osimo Osimo is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche region of Italy, in the province of Ancona. The municipality covers a hilly area located approximately south of the port city of Ancona and the Adriatic Sea. , Osimo had a total population of 35,037. ...

Cingoli Cingoli is a town and ''comune'' of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII. History The town occupies the site of the ancient ''Cingulum'', a town of Picen ...

was a

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diocese in

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. It was founded in 1725 from a merger of the

Diocese of Osimo The Diocese of Osimo was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy. It was founded in the seventh century and in 1725 merged with the Diocese of Cingoli to form the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli.Diocese of Cingoli. In 1986 it merged with the

Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino The Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy founded in 1586 from a merger of the Diocese of Macerata and the Diocese of Tolentino. In 1986 it became the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia The Dioce ...

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and the Diocese of San Severino to form the

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Bishops

Diocese of Osimo

''Latin Name: Auximana''
''Erected: 7th Century'' * Giambattista Sinibaldi, (1515–1547 Died) * Cipriano Senili, (1547–1551 Died) *

Bernardino de Cupis (bishop) Bernardino de Cupis was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Osimo (1551–1574). ''(in Latin)''

, (1551–1574 Resigned) * Cornelio Firmano, (1574–1588 Died) * Teodosio Fiorenzi, (1588–1591 Died) * Antonio Maria Gallo, (1591–1620 Died) * Agostino Galamini, (1620–1639 Died) * Girolamo Verospi, (1642–1652 Died) * Lodovico Betti, (1652–1655 Died) *

Antonio Bichi Antonio Bichi (1614–1691) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography He was born in Siena to Onorata Mignanelli and Fermano Bichi. Antonio's maternal uncle was Pope Alexander VII, who named him cardinal ''in pectore'' by 1657.Opizio Pallavicini, (1691–1700 Died) *

Michelangelo dei Conti Pope Innocent XIII ( la, Innocentius XIII; it, Innocenzo XIII; 13 May 1655 – 7 March 1724), born as Michelangelo dei Conti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 May 1721 to his death in March 1724. He is ...

, (1709–1712 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania) *

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, (1714–1724 Died) *

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, (1724–1726 Resigned)

Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli

''United: 19 August 1725 with the Diocese of Cingoli''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See'' *

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, (1728–1729 Died) * Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, (1729–1734 Died) * Giacomo Lanfredini, (1734–1740 Resigned) * Pompeo Compagnoni, (1740–1774 Died) * Guido Calcagnini, (1776–1807 Died) * Giovanni Castiglione (cardinal, 1714–1815), (1808–1815 Died) * Carlo Andrea Pelagallo, (1815–1822 Died) *

Ercole Dandini The male first name Ercole, Italian version of Hercules, can refer to: People * Ercole (name), list of people with the name House of D'Este *Ercole I d'Este (1431–1505), Duke of Ferrara * Ercole II d'Este (1508–1559), Duke of Ferrara, Modena ...

, (1823–1824 Resigned) * Timoteo Maria Ascensi, (1827–1828 Died) * Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti, (1828–1838 Died) *

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (10 October 1779 – 12 August 1856) was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Biography He was ordained a priest on 1 January 1803. appointed him Titular Bishop of Ephesus on 2 October 1826 and ordained a bishop on 2 ...

, (1839–1856 Died) * Giovanni Brunelli, (1856–1861 Died) * Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi, (1863–1871 Resigned) * Michele Seri-Molini, (1871–1888 Died) *

Egidio Mauri Egidio Mauri (9 December 1828 – 13 March 1896) was an Italian cardinal, since 1893 Archbishop of Ferrara, member of the Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is ...

, O.P., (1888–1893 Appointed,

Archbishop of Ferrara The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio ( la, Archidioecesis Ferrariensis-Comaclensis) has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Comacchio was combined with the historical archdiocese of Ferrara. It is a suffragan of the archdioce ...

) *

Giovanni Battista Scotti 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 ...

, (1894–5 Dec 1916 Died) * Pacifico Fiorani, (1917–1924 Died) * Monalduzio Leopardi, (1926–1944 Died) *

Domenico Brizi Domenico is an Italian given name for males and may refer to: People * Domenico Alfani, Italian painter * Domenico Allegri, Italian composer * Domenico Alvaro, Italian mobster * Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter * Domenico Auria, Italian archit ...

, (1945–1964 Died)

Diocese of Osimo

''Latin Name: Auximana''
''25 January 1985: The former Diocese of Cingoli was split from the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli and united with the

Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino The Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy founded in 1586 from a merger of the Diocese of Macerata and the Diocese of Tolentino. In 1986 it became the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia References ...

, the

, and the Diocese of San Severino (-Treia) to form the

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Carlo Maccari Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

, (1972–1986 Appointed,

Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...

) ''United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Ancona to form the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

References

External links

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