Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Archdiocese of Milan is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It has long maintained its own rite: the Ambrosian rite

Ambrosian Rite

Ambrosian Rite, also called the Milanese Rite, is a Catholic liturgical Western Rite. The rite is named after Saint Ambrose, a bishop of Milan in the fourth century...

. It is led by the Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

who serves as metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...

to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia

The Diocese of Pavia is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan. The diocese has produced one Pope and Patriarch of Venice, and three cardinals....

, and Vigevano

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vigevano

The Italian Catholic diocese of Vigevano lies almost entirely in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy. It has existed since 1530. The diocese is suffragan of the archdiocese of Milan, having in the past been suffragan of the archdiocese of Vercelli.-History:...

.

The Church in Milan was established in the 1st century as a small diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

; according to legend by the Apostle Barnabas

Barnabas

Barnabas , born Joseph, was an Early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. In terms of culture and background, he was a Hellenised Jew, specifically a Levite. Named an apostle in , he and Saint Paul undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts...

on his way from Rome back to Cyprus. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century.

Seminaries

The Seminary

Seminary

A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...

of the archdiocese has the principal see in Venegono Inferiore

Venegono Inferiore

Venegono Inferiore is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Varese...

.
The minor seminary

Minor seminary

A minor seminary is a secondary boarding school created for the specific purpose of enrolling teenage boys who have expressed interest in becoming priests. They are generally Roman Catholic institutions, and designed to prepare boys both academically and spiritually for vocations to the priesthood...

is located in Seveso

Seveso

Seveso is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based around the furniture industry....

Bishops and archbishops

A list of the bishops and archbishops of Milan is engraved in plaque in the South nave of the Cathedral of Milan, but such list contains some historical errors. The data here below follow the work of Eugenio Cazzani.

St Apostle Barnabas, 1st-century (his coming to Milan is probably legendary)
St Anathalon
Anathalon
Anathalon was the first recorded Bishop of Milan and lived at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on September 25 in Milan...
St Caius
Caius (bishop of Milan)
Caius was Bishop of Milan in early 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on September 27.-Life:...
St Castricianus
Castritian
Castritian was Bishop of Milan in mid 3rd-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 1.-Life:...
St Calimerus (about 270 - 280)
St Monas (283-313?)
St Mirocles
Mirocles (bishop of Milan)
Mirocles was Bishop of Milan from before 313 to c. 316. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on December 3.-Life:...

(313-316?)
St Maternus (316-328?)
St Protasius
Protasius (bishop of Milan)
Protasius was Archbishop of Milan from 328 to c. 343. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on November 24.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life of Protasius...

(328-343?)
St Eustorgius I
Eustorgius I
Eustorgius I was Archbishop of Milan from 343 to about 349. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is September 18.-Life:...

(343-349?)
St Dionysius
Dionysius (bishop of Milan)
Dionysius was Archbishop of Milan from 349 to 355. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches and his feast day is on May 25.-Life:...

(349-355)
- Auxentius (355-374), Arian
  Arian
  Arian may refer to:* Arius, a Christian presbyter in the 3rd and 4th century* a given name in different cultures: Aria, Aryan or Arian...
  
  , considered an intruder by the Catholic Church
St Ambrose
Ambrose
Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose , was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original doctors of the Church.-Political career:Ambrose was born into a Roman Christian family between about...

(374-397)
St Simplician
Simplician
Simplician or Simplicianus was Archbishop of Milan from 397 to 400 . He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is August 14.-Life:...

(397-400)
St Venerius
Venerius (bishop of Milan)
Venerius was Archbishop of Milan from 400 to 408. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is May 4.-Life:...

(400-408)
St Marolus
Marolus
Marolus was Archbishop of Milan from 408 to 423. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is April 23.-Life:According to the writings of Ennodius, bishop of Pavia in early 6th-century, Marolus was born on the banks of the Tigris in Mesopotamia. Probably due to the...

(408-423)
St Martinianus
Martinianus (bishop of Milan)
Martinianus was Archbishop of Milan from 423 to 435. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is January 2.-Life:A tradition associates Martinianus with the Roman family of the Hosii...

(423-435)
St Glycerius
Saint Glycerius
Glycerius was Archbishop of Milan from 436 to 438. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is September 20.-Life:...

(436-438)
St Lazarus
Lazarus (bishop of Milan)
Lazarus was Archbishop of Milan from 438 to 449. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is February 11.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Lazarus, a part that he had a stern appearance and he probably studied in Milan...

(438-449)
St Eusebius (449-462)
St Gerontius
Gerontius (bishop of Milan)
Gerontius was Archbishop of Milan from 462 to 465. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is May 5.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Gerontius. He was a pupil of the previous bishop Eusebius who suggested his name as his successor...

(462-465)
St Benignus
Benignus (bishop of Milan)
Benignus was Archbishop of Milan from 465 to 472. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is September 20.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Benignus. He was probably born to a noble family of Milan and he studied in Rome...

(465-472)
St Senator
Senator (bishop of Milan)
Senator of Milan or Senator of Settala was Archbishop of Milan from 472 to 475. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is May 28.-Life:...

(472-475)
St Theodorus I
Theodorus I (bishop of Milan)
Theodorus I was Archbishop of Milan from 475 to 490. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is July 27.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Theodorus...

(475-490)
St Lawrence I
Lawrence I (bishop of Milan)
Lawrence I was Archbishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is July 25.-Life:Most of the information we have about this bishop are due to the writings of Ennodius, bishop of Pavia , who was a relative of his and his secretary...

(490-512)
St Eustorgius II
Eustorgius II
Eustorgius II was Archbishop of Milan from c. 511 to 518. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is June 6.-Life:...

(512-518)
St Magnus
Magnus (bishop of Milan)
Magnus was Archbishop of Milan from 518 to c. 530. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church.-Life:Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Magnus...

(518-530?)
St Dacius (530-552)
Vitale (552-556)
St Ausanus (556-559?)
St Honoratus (560-571?)
Frontone (571-573?)
Lawrence II (573-592)
Constantius (593-600)
Deodatus (601-628)
Asterius (629-639)
Forte (639-641)
St John I Bono (641-669)
St Antonino (669-671)
St Maurilio (671)
St Ampelio (671-676)
St Mansueto (676-685)
St Benedetto I Crespi (685-732)
Theodorus II (732-746)
St Natale (746-747)
Arifred (747-748)
Stabile (748-750)
Leto (751-755)
Tommaso (755-783)
Peter (784-803)
Odelperto (803-813)
St Anselm I(bishop of Milan) (813-818)
St Buono (818-822)
Angilbert I (822-823)
Angilberto II Pusterla (824-859)
Tadone (860-868)
Ansperto Confalonieri of Biassono (868-881)
Anselmo II Capra
Anselm II, Archbishop of Milan
Anselm II Capra was the Archbishop of Milan from 882 until his death. He was the leader of the West Frankish party against the East Frankish in the Italian politics of his day. He opposed Berengar of Friuli and supported crowning the Frank Guy III of Spoleto as King of Italy after the deposition...

(882-896)
Landulf I (896-899)
Andrea of Canciano (899-906)
Aicone (906-918)
Gariberto of Besana (918-921)
Lambert (921-931)
Elduin (931-936)
Arderico (936-948)
Adelman (948-953)
Walpert (953-970)
Arnulf I (970-974)
Gotofredo I
Gotofredo I, Archbishop of Milan
Gotofredo I was the Archbishop of Milan from 974 until his death.Gotofredo first appears as Gotefredus clericus ac notarius of Archbishop Walpert in July 962, when he was at San Salvatore di Tolla nel Piacento...

(974-979)
Landulf II of Carcano (980-998)
Arnolfo II da Arsago
Arnulf II, Archbishop of Milan
Arnulf II was Archbishop of Milan from 998 to 1018.He descended from the noble family of Arsago, being the son of Dagibert of Arsago...

(998-1018)
Ariberto da Intimiano (1018-1045)
St Guido da Velate
Guido da Velate
Guido da Velate was the Archbishop of Milan from 1045 until his death, though he had simoniacally abdicated in 1067...

(1045-1069)
Attone (1070-1075)
Gotofredo II da Castiglione
Gotofredo da Castiglione
Gotofredo da Castiglione was an Italian antibishop appointed by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor to the office of Bishop of Milan. This began the Investiture Controversy, whereby Pope St...

(1070-1075), antibishop
Tebaldo da Castiglione (1075-1080)
Anselmo III da Rho
Anselm III, Archbishop of Milan
Anselm III was the archbishop of Milan from his consecration on 1 July 1086 to his death on 4 December 1093. He reestablished order in the Ambrosian see after more than a decade of fighting between the pataria and the religious authorities and confusion over the succession to the bishopric.Anslem...

(1086-1093)
Arnolfo III
Arnulf III, Archbishop of Milan
Arnulf III was the Archbishop of Milan from his election 6 December 1093 to his death in 1097. He succeeded Anselm III only two days after his death...

(1093-1097)
Anselmo IV da Bovisio
Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
Anselm IV was the Archbishop of Milan from 3 November 1097 to his death on 30 September 1101. He was a close friend of Pope Urban II and prominent in the Crusade of 1101, whose Lombard contingent he led and on which he died.According to Galvano Fiamma, he was born in Bovisio, the son of a valvassor...

(1097-1101)
Grossolano (1102-1112)
Giordano da Clivio
Jordan, Archbishop of Milan
Jordan was the Archbishop of Milan from 1 January 1112 to his death on 4 October 1120. Born in Clivio, he entered the church of Milan young and was ordained a subdeacon while serving under the Archbishop Grossolano.-Jordan replaces Grossolano:...

(1112-1120)
Olrico da Corte (1120-1126)
Anselmo V della Pusterla
Anselm V, Archbishop of Milan
Anselmo della Pusterla was the Archbishop of Milan, as Anselm V, from 30 June 1126 to his deposition early in 1135. He died on 14 August 1136.Like most young Milanese of his day, Anselm went to France for his education...

(1126-1135)
Robaldo (1135-1145)
Umberto I da Pirovano (1146-1166)
St Galdino della Sala (1166-1176)
Algisio da Pirovano (1176-1185)
Umberto II Crivelli
Pope Urban III
Pope Urban III , born Uberto Crivelli, was Pope from 1185 to 1187. He was made cardinal and archbishop of Milan by Pope Lucius III, whom he succeeded on November 25, 1185...

(1185-1187)
Milone da Cardano (1187-1195)
Umberto III da Terzago (1195-1196)
Filippo I da Lampugnano (1196-1206)
Umberto IV da Pirovano (1206-1211)
Gerardo da Sessa (1211-1212)
Enrico I da Settala (1213-1230)
Guglielmo I da Rizolio (1230-1241)
Leon da Perego (1241-1257)
Ottone Visconti (1262-1295)
Ruffino da Frisseto (1295-1296)
Francesco I da Parma (1296-1308)
Cassone Torriani (1308-1317)
Aicardo da Intimiano (1317-1339)
Giovanni II Visconti (1342-1354)
Roberto Visconti (1354-1361)
Guglielmo II della Pusterla (1361-1370)
Simon da Borsano (1370-1380)
Antonio de' Saluzzi (1380-1401)
Pietro II di Candia (1402-1410)
Francesco II Crippa (1409-1414)
Bartolommeo Capra (1414-1433)
Francesco III Piccolpasso (1433-1443)
Enrico II Rampini (1443-1450)
Giovanni III Visconti (1450-1453)
Nicolò Amidano (1453-1454)
Timoteo Maffei (1454)

Modern archbishops since 1454

Gabriele Sforza (1454-1457)
Carlo I da Forlì (1457-1461)
Stefano Nardini (1461-1484)
Giovan IV Arcimboldi (1484-1488)
Guido Antonio Arcimboldi (1488-1497)
Ottaviano Arcimboldi (1497)
Ippolito I d'Este (1497-1520)
Ippolito II d'Este
Ippolito II d'Este
Ippolito d'Este was an Italian cardinal and statesman. He was a member of the House of Este, and nephew of the other Ippolito d'Este, also a cardinal.-Biography:...

(1520-1550)
Giovan Angelo Arcimboldi (1550-1555)
Filippo II Archinti (1556-1558)
vacant
St. Carlo Borromeo (February 8, 1560-November 3, 1584)
Gaspare Visconti
Gaspare Visconti
Gaspare Visconti was a XVI Century prelate and the Archbishop of Milan from 1584-1595.-Life:Born in the noble family of Visconti, in November 1585 he was named by pope Pope Sixtus V bishop of Novara but in the following days after the death of Carlo Borromeo he was transferred to the matropolitan...

(1584-1595)
Federico I Borromeo
Federico Borromeo
Federico Borromeo was an Italian ecclesiastic, cardinal and archbishop of Milan.-Biography:Federico Borromeo was born in Milan as the second son of Giulio Cesare Borromeo, Count of Arona, and Margherita Trivulzio...

(1595-1631)
Cesare Monti
Cesare Monti
thumb|Cardinal Cesare MontiCesare Monti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal who served as Patriarch of Antioch and Archbishop of Milan.-Early life:...

(1632-1650)
Alfonso Litta
Alfonso Litta
Alfonso Michele Litta was an Italian cardinal, an archbishop of Milan and Papal governor of the Marches.-See also:* Litta...

(1652-1679)
Federico II Visconti (1681-1693)
Federico III Caccia (1693-1699)
Giuseppe I Archinti (1699-1712)
Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1712-1737)
Carlo Gaetano I Stampa (1737-1742)
Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli
Giuseppe Pozzobonelli
- Life :Pozzobonelli was born in Milan, which at the time was part of Duchy of Milan and under Spanish rule. Pozzobonelli was the son of a noble family, and lost his mother during childhood. He was educated by the Jesuits and he received his degree in law at Pavia university...

(1743-1783)
Filippo Maria Visconti (1784-1801)
Giovanni Battista Caprara
Giovanni Battista Caprara
Giovanni Battista Caprara was an Italian statesman and cardinal, legate of Pius VII in France,concluded the Concordat of 1801.-Life:...

(1802-1810)
vacant
Carlo Gaetano II, Graf von Gaisruck (1816-1846)
Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli
Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli
Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli was a nineteenth century prelate named Archbishop of Milan by Pope Pius IX .- Life :Born in Bergamo in a noble family he was ordained priest in 1818 then in 1846 became Bishop of Cremona. In the summer of 1847 pope Pius IX named him Archbishop of Milan at the time of THE...

(1847-1859)
Paolo Angelo Ballerini
Paolo Angelo Ballerini
Paolo Angelo Ballerini was an Italian prelate who was named by Pope Pius IX archbishop of Milan.- Life :Born in Milan at the time part of the Kingdom of Italy.In 1837 he was ordained priest for his native archdiocese then in December 1857 he was named vicar general of the archdiocese, in the...

(1859-1867)
Luigi Nazari di Calabiana
Luigi Nazari di Calabiana
Luigi Nazari di Calabiana was an Italian churchman and politician: a senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Archbishop of Milan.- Bishop of Casale and Senator :...

(1867-1893)
Andrea Ferrari
Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Andrea Carlo Ferrari was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Milan.Andrea Ferrari was born in Lalatta, Parma. He was educated at the Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1873 in Parma...

(May 21, 1894 - February 2, 1921)
Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...

(June 13, 1921-1922), elected Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...
Eugenio Tosi
Eugenio Tosi
Eugenio Tosi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Milan from 1922 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1922.-Biography:...

(1922-1929)
Ildefonso Schuster, O.S.B. (June 26, 1929 - August 30, 1954)
Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...

(November 1, 1954 - 1963), elected Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
Giovanni Colombo (August 10, 1963 - December 29,1979)
Carlo Maria Martini
Carlo Maria Martini
Carlo Maria Martini, SJ is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2002, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983.-Early life and education:...

, SJ (December 29, 1979 - June 11, 2002)
Dionigi Tettamanzi (July 11, 2002 - June 28, 2011)
Angelo Scola (June 28, 2011 - present)

Parishes

The 1104 parishes all fall within the region of Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

. They are divided between the Province of Bergamo

Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

, the Province of Como

Province of Como

The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...

, the Province of Lecco

Province of Lecco

The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes...

, the Province of Milan

Province of Milan

The Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...

, the Province of Pavia

Province of Pavia

The Province of Pavia is a province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Pavia is the capital.It has an area of 2,965 km², and a total population of 493,753...

, and the Province of Varese

Province of Varese

The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese but its largest city is Busto Arsizio....

Seminaries

Bishops and archbishops

Modern archbishops since 1454

Parishes

See also