The Archdiocese of Pesaro ( la, Archidioecesis Pisaurensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche ...

was elevated in status to

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in 2000. Its

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s are the

Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola The Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola ( la, Dioecesis Fanensis-Forosemproniensis-Calliensis-Pergulana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy, created in 1986, when the historical Diocese of Fano was united to the Diocese ...

and the

Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

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The first bishop, Florentius, is said to have governed this see in the middle of the second century, while the bishop, Decentius, according to tradition, suffered martyrdom under

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 ...

. Bishop Heradianus was at the

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in 343.Benigni, Umberto. "Diocese of Pesaro." The Catholic Encyclopedia
Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 31 May 2021 Other bishops were: * Germanus, who went with Cresconius di Todi to Constantinople in 497 as legate of Pope Anastasius II; *Felix, whom

Gregory the Great Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregoria ...

brought to trial; *Maximus (649); *Benenatus, a legate to the

Sixth General Council The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, as well by certain other Western Churches, met in 680–681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretical a ...

(680); *Stabilinus (769); *Adelberto (998), founder of the monastery of S. Tommaso in Folgia, where

Pope Clement II Pope Clement II ( la, Clemens II; born Suidger von Morsleben; died 9 October 1047), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1046 until his death in 1047. He was the first in a series of reform-minded popes ...

died in 1047; *Pietro (1070), who was deposed, being a partisan of the schism of

Frederick Barbarossa Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt ...

; *Bartolomeo (1218); *Omodio (1346); *Biagio Geminelli (1354); *Leale Malatesta (1370); *Cardinal Antonio Casini (1406); *

Paris de Grassis Paris de Grassis (also Paride de' Grassi, c. 1470 – 10 June 1528) was the master of ceremonies to Pope Julius II and Pope Leo X. He joined the Office of Ceremonies in May 1504 as a participating ceremonialist, progressed to role of president ...

(1513–28) *

Giacomo Simoneta Giacomo Simonetta (1475–1539) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Giacomo was born in Milan, the son of Giovanni and his second wife Catarina Barbavara, daughter of Marcolino Barbavara. He studied law in Milan. In ...

(1528–1535) *

Ludovico Simoneta Ludovico Simoneta (c, 1500–1568) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Simoneta was born in Milan ca. 1500, the son of Palatine Count Alessandro Simoneta and Antonia Castiglioni. He was the nephew of Cardinal Giacom ...

(1537–1561) *Giulio Simonetti (1560), was at the

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, and founded the seminary; *Gian Lucido Palombara (1658), consecrated the new cathedral; *Umberto Radicati (1742); *Cardinal

Gennaro Antonio de' Simoni Januarius ( ; la, Ianuarius; Neapolitan and it, Gennaro), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later ...

(1775); *Andrea Mastai-Ferretti (1806). *Ottavio Zollio (1822–1824) *Felice Bezzi (1824–1828) *Filippo Monacelli (1828–1839) *Francesco Canali (1839–1846) *Giovanni Carlo Gentili (1847–1854) ** ''Vacant See (1854–1856)'' *Clemente Fares (1856–1896) *Carlo Bonaiuti (1896–1904) *Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M.Cap. (1904–1916) *

Bonaventura Porta Bonaventura Porta (October 21, 1866 – December 15, 1953) was the Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro from his appointment by Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin: ''Benedictus XV''; it, Bened ...

(1917–1952) *

Luigi Carlo Borromeo Luigi Carlo Borromeo (26 October 1893 – 4 July 1975) was the Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro from his appointment by Pope Pius XII on 28 December 1952 until his death on 4 July 1975. Biography Born in Graffignana in ...

(1952–1975) *

Gaetano Michetti Gaetano Michetti (3 March 1922 – 13 December 2007) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro in Italy. Appointed by Pope John XXIII in July 1975, he served until 3 January 1998. Biography Born in Corridonia in 1922, Michetti ...

(1975–1998) *

Angelo Bagnasco Angelo Bagnasco (; born 14 January 1943) is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017 and was elevated to the rank of ...

(1998–2003 * Piero Coccia (28 February 2004 – 12 March 2022)

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