Roman Catholic Diocese of Città della Pieve
The former Italian Catholic Diocese of Città della Pieve, in Umbria, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.History
is a city of obscure origin in the province of Perugia. It certainly was an episcopal see in the eleventh century, since in 1099 the bishop was expelled by the Ghibellines. Later Pope Paschal II united it with the Diocese of Chiusi.
Pope Clement VIII re-established it as a separate see, immediately subject to the Holy See, in 1601, the first bishop being Fabrizio Paolucci of the Counts of Cabulo. In 1642, while Giovanni Battista Carcarasio was bishop, the city was sacked by the German soldiers of the Duke of Parma.
The cathedral, dedicated to Sts. Gervasius and Protasius, is said to have been erected at the exhortation of St. Ambrose.Ordinaries
- Fabrizio Paolucci
- Celso Zani, O.F.M.
- Sebastiano Ricci
- Giovanni Battista Carcarasio
- Riginaldo Lucarini, O.P.
- Carlo Francesco Muti
- Fausto Guidotti
- Francesco Maria Alberici
- Ascanio Argelati
- Gaetano Fraccagnani
- Virgilio Giannotti
- Ippolito Graziadei
- Angelo Maria Venizza
- Giovanni Evangelista Stefanini
- Tommaso Mancini
- Francesco Maria Gazzoli
- Filippo Angelico Becchetti, O.P.
- Bonaventura Carenzi, O.F.M. Conv.
- Pier Camillo de Carolis
- Giulio Mami
- Giuseppe Maria Severa
- Emidio Foschini
- Paolo Gregori
- Giovanni Tacci Porcelli
- Domenico Fanucchi
- Giuseppe Angelucci
- Ezio Barbieri
- Ferdinando Lambruschini
- Cesare Pagani
United: 30 September 1986 with the Archdiocese of Perugia to form the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve