The Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado ( la, Archidioecesis Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado) is a

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in the

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in the Marche region of central

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. The current archbishop is Giovanni Tani, appointed in June 2011. It was previously a

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. Its

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is a

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and minor World Heritage site: Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, in

Urbino Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of F ...

. It has two co-cathedrals, both former cathedrals of absorbed diocese whose title was also adopted: another minor basilica, the Basilica Concattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo, dedicated to the archangel Saint Michael, in

Sant’Angelo in Vado Sant'Angelo in Vado is a ''comune'' (municipality), site of Ancient Tifernum Metaurense and former bishopric in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the central Italian Adriatic region Marche. Geography It is located about west of Ancona and abo ...

, and the Concattedrale di S. Cristoforo Martire, dedicated to the protomartyr Saint Christopher, in

Urbania Urbania is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region of Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro, next to the river Metauro. Urbania borders the following municipalities: Ac ...

History

is the ancient ''Urbinum Mataurense'', a Roman ''

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''. Urbino was held by the

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from the late 5th century, but was captured by

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(538). Under Pepin the Short it became part of the

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. Circa 590 it was established as Diocese of Urbino, on reassigned territory from the suppressed

Diocese of Sant'Angelo in Vado The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant’Angelo in Vado is a suppressed diocese in Italy which is now part of the Archdiocese of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado. First Diocese Around 450 a bishopric was established as the Diocese of Sant� ...

. * On 1401.03.08 it lost territory to establish the

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* On 1563.07.07 it was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Urbino by Pope Pius IV, initially with six suffragan sees:

Diocese of Cagli The diocese of Cagli e Pergola was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Marche, central Italy, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino. Up until 1563 it was under the direct supervision of the Roman pontiff. In that year, the diocese of ...

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Diocese of Pesaro The Archdiocese of Pesaro ( la, Archidioecesis Pisaurensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at Pesaro was elevated in status to archiepiscopal see in 2000. Its suffragans are the Diocese of Fano-Fossombro ...

diocese of Fossombrone The Italian Catholic diocese of Fossombrone existed in the province of Pesaro and Urbino until 1986, when it was united into the diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Urbino.

, Diocese of Montefeltro and

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; later were added : diocese of S. Angelo in Vado and Diocese of Pergola. * On 1636.10.20 it lost territory to its suffragan Diocese of Sant'Angelo in Vado * On 1986.09.30 it was renamed as Archdiocese of Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado/Urbinaten(sis)–Urbanien(sis)–Sancti Angeli in Vado (Latin), having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Urbania and Sant'Angelo in Vado, whose titles its adopted, turning its cathedral into co-cathedrals. * In 2000 the archdiocese lost its status as

, becoming part of the

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Bishops of Urbino

''Erected: 6th Century''
''Latin Name: Urbinatensis'' * the first known bishop of Urbino, Leontius, whom Pope

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gave the diocese of Rimini (592). * Theodoricus (1021 – death 1049), who transferred the cathedral within the city (the ancient cathedral was outside) * Teuzone (1050–?) * Blessed Mainardo (1056 – death 1088) * Pietro (1088–?) * Guido (1145–?), died 1146 * Giso (1162 – death 1192) * Ugo Brandi (1192 – death 1203) * Vivio (1204 – death 1213) * Ranieri (1214–?) * Oddone (1220 – death 1242) * Pietro (1242 – death 1258) * Guido Brancaleoni (1259 – death 1283) * Egidio (1285 – death 1309); in his time, Blessed Pelnigotto, a Franciscan Tertiary, and Blessed Clare of Rimini lived in the city. * Giacomo,

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(O.F.M.) (1309 – death 1317) * Alessandro Guidi (1317 – death 1340) * Marco Rognoni, O.F.M. (1342 – 1347) =? Marco Boncioni, (1342), theologian. * Bartolomeo Carusi, O.F.M. (1347 – 1349), theologian. * Francesco Brancaleoni (1350.05.02 – death 1370), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1342.07.18 – 1350.05.02) * Guglielmo da Urbino, O.F.M. (1373.03.30 – 1379.01.15); previously Bishop of Narni (Italy) (1367.04.12 – 1373.03.30); later ''uncanonical Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1379.01.15 – ?) * Francesco, O.F.M. (1379 – 1379); under him the hermitage of the Gerolamini on Monte Cesana was established; *Oddone Colonna (1380), later Pope Martin V; * Giacomo Balardi Arrigoni, O.P. (11 Dec 1424 – 12 Sep 1435 Died) * Antonio Altan San Vito (10 Feb 1436 – 1450 Died) ''(in Latin)'' * Latino Orsini (23 Dec 1450 – 11 Sep 1452 Resigned) * Andrea Veroli (11 Sep 1452 – 26 May 1463 Appointed,

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) * Girolamo Staccoli (29 May 1463 – 1468) * Giovanni Battista Mellini (27 April 1468 – 24 Jul 1478 Died) * Lazarus Racanelli, O.P. (14 August 1478 – 1484 Died) * Filippo Contorni (20 Sep 1484 – 16 April 1491 Died) * Giampietro Arrivabene (1491–1504), learned writer and restorer of discipline; *

Gabriele de' Gabrielli Gabriele de' Gabrielli (1445–1511) (called the Cardinal of Urbino) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Gabriele de' Gabrielli was a member of the Gabrielli family. He was born in Fano in 1445. During the pontificat ...

(27 Mar 1504 – 5 Nov 1511 Died) ''(in Latin)'' * Antonio Trombetta (7 Nov 1511 – 1514 Resigned) * Domenico Grimani (29 May 1514 – 17 July 1523 Resigned) * Giacomo Narducci (17 Jul 1523 – 14 Jan 1540 Died) *

Dionisio Laurerio Dionisio Laurerio (1497–1542) (also known as ''fra Dionisio da Benevento'' and as the Cardinal of San Marcello) was an Italian Roman Catholic cleric who was the superior general of the Servite Order from 1535 to 1542, a cardinal from 1539, and a ...

, O.S.M. (13 Feb 1540 – 17 Sep 1542 Died) * Cardinal Gregorio Cortese (Giovanni Andrea Cortese), O.S.B. (6 Nov 1542 – 21 Sep 1548 Died) * Giulio della Rovere (24 Sep 1548 – 18 Nov 1551 Appointed, Administrator of Novara) * Felice Tiranni (18 Nov 1551 – 1 Feb 1578 Died), reformer of religious life.

Archbishops of Urbino

''Elevated: 7 July 1563''
''Latin Name: Urbinatensis'' * Antonio Giannotti da Montagnana (11 Aug 1578 – 1597 Died), in 1578 opened the archdiocesan seminary ''Catholic Encyclopedia' article
/ref> * Giuseppe Ferrerio (1597 – 16 March 1610 Died) * Benedetto Ala (5 May 1610 – 27 April 1620 Died) *

Ottavio Accoramboni Ottavio Accoramboni (1549 – 23 May 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Urbino (1621–1623), Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1614–1620), and Bishop of Fossombrone (1579–1610). Biography Ottavio Accoramboni was born ...

(17 May 1621 – 1623 Resigned) *

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(Santorio) (20 Nov 1623 – 4 Aug 1635 Died) * Antonio Santacroce (9 June 1636 – 1639 Resigned) *

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(16 Nov 1643 – Feb 1646 Died) *

Ascanio Maffei Ascanio Maffei (died 1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Urbino (1646–1659). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Ascanio Maffei was born in Rome, Italy. On 25 Jun 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as ...

(25 June 1646 – Oct 1659 Died), restored many churches * Giacomo de Angelis (20 Sep 1660 – 1667 Resigned) * Callisto Puccinelli, O.S.M. (16 March 1667 – 12 April 1675 Died) * Giambattista Candiotti (9 Sep 1675 – Sep 1684 Died) * Antonio Francesco Roberti (10 Sep 1685 – 26 Jan 1701 Died) *Antonio Francesco Sanvitale (6 May 1709 – 17 Dec 1714 Died) *Giovanni Tommaso Maria Marelli, C.O. (7 Dec 1716 – 23 Feb 1739), next

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of Imola) *Antonio Guglielmi (22 June 1739 – 5 Feb 1766 Died) *Domenico Monti (14 April 1766 – 8 Sep 1787 Died) *Spiridione Berioli (17 Dec 1787 – 19 April 1819 Died) *Ignazio Ranaldi, C.O. (23 Aug 1819 – 2 Jan 1827 Died), restored the discipline of the seminary and the religious orders. *Giangrisostomo Dondini, C.R.L. (21 May 1827 – 10 Nov 1832 Died) *Giovanni Niccolò Tanari (Tanara) (17 Dec 1832 – 24 Nov 1845), next

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) *Alessandro Angeloni (16 April 1846 – 5 August 1881 Died) *Antonio Maria Pettinari, O.F.M. (18 Nov 1881 – 27 July 1885 Resigned) *Carlo Maria Borgognini (15 Jan 1886 – 24 May 1889), next

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) *Nicodario Vampa (30 Dec 1889 – 27 Sep 1903 Died) *Giovanni Maria Giuseppe Santarelli (12 Oct 1904 – 24 Sep 1908 Died) *Ciro Pontecorvi,

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(29 April 1909 – 26 June 1911 Died) *Giacomo Ghio (28 March 1912 – 20 Oct 1931 Resigned) *Antonio Tani (1 May 1932 – 31 Dec 1952 Resigned) *Anacleto Cazzaniga (12 Jan 1953 – 23 May 1977 Retired) *Ugo Donato Bianchi (23 May 1977 – 4 April 1999 Died)

Archbishops of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado

''United: 30 September 1986 with the Archdiocese of Urbino''
''Latin Name: Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado''
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pesaro (no longer a metropolitan see)'' *Francesco Marinelli (11 March 2000 – 24 June 2011 Retired) *Giovanni Tani (24 June 2011 – ...)

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