Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua
The Diocese of Mantua is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected in 804, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Constantinople, and two cardinals.
The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cathedral of S. Pietro Apostolo; Mantua also contains the Basilica of Sant'Andrea. The last Bishop of Mantua iss Gianmarco Busca, appointed by Pope Francis on June 3, 2016. The bishops emeriti are Egidio Caporello and Roberto Busti. In 2013 there is one priest in the diocese for every 1,660 Catholics.
List of bishops of Mantova since 1238
| Bishop | Start date | End date | ||
| Giacomo da Castell'Arquato | 1238 | Appointed | December 1251 | Appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
| Martin de Puzalerio | 1252 | Appointed | 24 July 1268 | Died |
| Antonio Uberti | 14 November 1390 | Appointed | 1417 | Died |
| Giovanni degli Uberti | 16 February 1418 | Appointed | 1428 | Died |
| Matteo Boniperti, O.P. | 21 May 1428 | Appointed | 24 August 1444 | Died |
| Galeazzo Cavriani | 11 September 1444 | Appointed | 16 July 1466 | Died |
| Francesco Gonzaga | 20 August 1466 | Appointed | 21 October 1483 | Died |
| Sigismondo Gonzaga | 10 February 1511 | Appointed | 10 May 1521 | Resigned |
| Ercole Gonzaga | 10 May 1521 | Appointed | 2 March 1563 | Died |
| Federico Gonzaga | 4 June 1563 | Appointed | 21 February 1565 | Died |
| Francesco Gonzaga | 15 May 1565 | Appointed | 6 January 1566 | Died |
| Gregorio Boldrini, O.P. | 7 February 1567 | Appointed | 2 November 1574 | Died |
| Marco Fedele Gonzaga | 28 November 1574 | Appointed | 8 September 1583 | Died |
| Alessandro Andreasi | 14 November 1583 | Appointed | 23 March 1593 | Died |
| Francesco Gonzaga, O.F.M. | 30 April 1593 | Appointed | 2 March 1620 | Died |
| Vincenzo Agnello Suardi | 2 March 1620 | Succeeded | September 1644 | Died |
| Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. | 5 February 1646 | Appointed | 23 June 1669 | Died |
| Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga | 23 February 1671 | Appointed | 1673 | Died |
| Joannes Lucidus Cataneo | 12 March 1674 | Appointed | February 1685 | Died |
| Enrico Vialardi, B. | 3 March 1687 | Appointed | 6 December 1711 | Died |
| Alessandro Arrigoni | 30 January 1713 | Appointed | 13 August 1718 | Died |
| Antonio Guidi di Bagno | 26 April 1719 | Appointed | 21 December 1761 | Died |
| Juan Portugal de la Puebla | 29 March 1762 | Appointed | 17 January 1770 | Resigned |
| Giovanni Battista de Pergen | 29 January 1770 | Appointed | 12 November 1807 | Died |
| Giuseppe Maria Bozzi | 16 May 1823 | Appointed | 14 December 1833 | Died |
| Giovanni Battista Bellé | 24 July 1835 | Confirmed | 30 June 1844 | Died |
| Giovanni Corti | 12 April 1847 | Confirmed | 12 December 1868 | Died |
| Pietro Rota | 27 October 1871 | Appointed | 3 May 1879 | Retired |
| Giovanni Maria Berengo | 12 May 1879 | Appointed | 10 November 1884 | Appointed Archbishop of Udine |
| Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto | 10 November 1884 | Appointed | 15 June 1893 | Appointed Patriarch of Venezia, later Pope Pius X |
| Paolo Carlo Francesco Origo | 18 March 1895 | Appointed | 13 November 1928 | Died |
| Domenico Menna | 16 November 1928 | Appointed | 8 September 1954 | Retired |
| Antonio Poma | 8 September 1954 | Appointed | 16 July 1967 | Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna |
| Carlo Ferrari | 19 October 1967 | Appointed | 28 June 1986 | Retired |
| Egidio Caporello | 28 June 1986 | Appointed | 13 July 2007 | Retired |
| Roberto Busti | 13 July 2007 | Appointed | 3 June 2016 | Retired |
| Gianmarco Busca | 3 June 2016 | Appointed |