Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina
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The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina, (Lat:Praenestinus), is a Roman Catholic suburbicarian diocese
Suburbicarian diocese
The seven suburbicarian dioceses are Roman Catholic dioceses located in the vicinity of Rome, whose bishops form the highest-ranking order of Cardinals, the Cardinal Bishops....

 centered on the comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

 of Palestrina
Palestrina
Palestrina is an ancient city and comune with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. 35 km east of Rome...

 in Italy.

The current Bishop of Palestrina is Domenico Sigalini, who on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, was also appointed by Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
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 to be the general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action
Catholic Action
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.

History

During the 17th century, the comune of Palestrina was the family territory of a number of Italian noble families including the Barberini
Barberini
The Barberini are a family of the Italian nobility that rose to prominence in 17th century Rome. Their influence peaked with the election of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini to the papal throne in 1623, as Pope Urban VIII...

, Colonna and d'Este families (which regularly intermarried). Members of these families are represented throughout the list of diocese Bishop
Bishop
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s, especially between 1600 and 1800. Barberini Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions...

 appointed a number of relatives and close supporters to the Palestrina diocese and governmental positions.

To 1000

  • Andreas 771-778
  • Contantinus 826
  • Leone 925-933
  • Teophylactus 963
  • Stefan 988
  • Peter 996-1027

1000-1200

  • Johannes I 1036-1039
  • Johannes II 1044
    • Raniero 1058 (pseudocardinal)
  • Bruno 1059-1060
  • Bernhard 1061-1065
  • Loperto 1066-1069
  • vacant 1069-1073
  • Uberto Belmonte 1073-1082
  • Berardo (?) ca.1092 (?)
    • Ugone Candido 1089-1099 (pseudocardinal)
  • Milone 1095/98-1104
  • vacant 1104-1107
  • Cuno of Praeneste
    Cuno of Praeneste
    Cuno of Praeneste was a German Cardinal and papal legate, an influential diplomatic figure of the early 12th century, active in France and Germany....

     1107-1122
  • Guillaume Praenestinus 1123-1137
    • Johannes 1130-1134 (pseudocardinal)
  • Étienne de Châlons 1139-1144
  • Guarino Foscari 1144-1158
  • Giulio I 1158-1164
  • vacant 1164-1176
    • Vibiano 1168-1173 (pseudocardinal)
  • Manfredo de Lavagna 1176-1178
  • vacant 1178-1179
  • Benerede 1179-1180
  • Paolo Scolari
    Pope Clement III
    Pope Clement III , born Paulino Scolari, was elected Pope on December 19, 1187 and reigned until his death.-Cardinal:...

     1180-1187
  • vacant 1188-1191
  • Giovanni III da Anagni 1190-1196
  • vacant 1196-1200

1200-1400

  • Guy I de Pare 1200-1204
  • Guido Papareschi 1206-1221
  • Guido II Pierleoni 1221-1228
  • Giacomo Pecoraria 1231-1244
  • Stephan Vancza 1251-1270
  • Vicedominus de Vicedominis 1273-1276
  • Erard de Lessines 1278
  • Girolamo I Masci
    Pope Nicholas IV
    Pope Nicholas IV , born Girolamo Masci, was Pope from February 22, 1288 to April 4, 1292. A Franciscan friar, he had been legate to the Greeks under Pope Gregory X in 1272, succeeded Bonaventure as Minister General of his religious order in 1274, was made Cardinal Priest of Santa Prassede and...

     1281-1288, later Pope Nicholas IV
  • Bernardo V Berardi di Cagli 1288-1291
  • Simon I Beaulieu 1294-1297
  • Teodorico Raineri 1299-1306
  • Pierre III de la Chapelle Taillefer 1306-1312
  • Guillaume II de Mandagot 1312-1321
  • Pierre IV Despres 1322-1361 (Pierre des Prés, Peter de Pratis)
  • Raymond de Canillac 1361-1373
  • Simon Langham 1373-1376
  • Jean du Cros
    Jean du Cros
    Jean du Cros was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Limoges in France .He was made cardinal-priest of SS. Nereo e Achilleo on 30 May 1371 by his uncle, Pope Gregory XI. Then, he became grand penitentiary and cardinal-bishop of Palestrina...

     1377-1378 (in the obedience of Avignon until 1383)
  • Francesco Moricotti Prignani
    Francesco Moricotti Prignani
    Francesco Moricotti Prignani was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. A cardinal-nephew, he was created Cardinal in 1378 by his uncle Pope Urban VI....

     1385-1394
    • Gui de Maillesec 1384-1412
  • Angelo Afflicti 1395-1401 (administrator)

1400-1600

  • Oddo Colonna 1401-1405 (administrator)
  • Antonio I Gaetani 1405-1409, † 1412 (Bishop of Porto 1409-1412)
  • Angelo de Anna de Summaripa 1412-1428
  • vacant 1428-1431
  • Hugues de Lusignan 1431-1436, † 1442 (Bishop of Frascati 1436-1442)
  • vacant 1436-1444
  • Giovanni IV Tagliacotio 1444-1449
  • Giorgio de Flisco 1449-1455
  • vacant 1455-1460
  • Juan de Torquemada
    Juan de Torquemada (Cardinal)
    Juan de Torquemada , or rather Johannes de Turrecremata, Spanish ecclesiastic, was born at Valladolid, and was educated in that city....

     1460-1463, † 1468 (Bishop of Albano c. 1464 and Bishop of Sabina 1463-1468)
  • vacant 1463-1465
  • Alain de Cotivy 1465-1472, † 1474 (also Bishop of Sabina 1472-1474)
  • Angelo Capranica 1472-1478
  • Marco Balbo 1478-1491
  • Jean Balue
    Jean Balue
    Jean Balue was a French cardinal and minister of Louis XI.He was born of very humble parentage at Angle in Poitou, and was first patronized by the bishop of Poitiers. In 1461 he became vicar-general of the bishop of Angers. His activity, cunning and mastery of intrigue gained him the appreciation...

     1491 (Bishop of Albano 1483-1491)
  • Giovanni VII Micheli 1491-1492, † 1503 (Bishop of Albano 1491, Bishop of Porto 1492-1503)
  • Girolamo II Basso della Rovere 1492-1503, † 1507 (Bishop of Sabina 1503-1507)
  • Lorenzo Cybo de Mari
    Lorenzo Cybo de Mari
    Lorenzo Cybo de Mari was an Italian Catholic cardinal. He was archbishop of Benevento.Born in Genoa, de Mari was an illegitimate child. According to some sources his paternity was attributed to Domenico de Mari, patrician of Genoa, brother of Teodorina and uncle of Maurizio Cybo. Now it looks...

     1503 (Bishop of Albano 1501-1503, Bishop of Frascati 1503)
  • Antonio Pallavicino 1503-1507 (Bishop of Frascati 1503-1505)
  • Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
    Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
    Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal. He has been called one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’....

     1507-1508, † 1509 (Bishop of Frascati 1505-1507, Bishop of Sabina 1508-1509)
  • Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal
    Bernardino López de Carvajal
    Bernardino López de Carvajal was a Spanish Cardinal.He was a nephew of Cardinal Juan Carvajal, and advanced rapidly in the ecclesiastical career at Rome, whither he came during the pontificate of Pope Sixtus IV...

     1508-1509 (Bishop of Frascati 1507-1509, of Sabina 1509-1521 and of Ostia and Velletri 1521-1523)
  • Guillaume Briçonnet
    Guillaume Briçonnet (Cardinal)
    Guillaume Briçonnet was a French Cardinal.-Life:He was a younger son of Jean Briçonnet, Lord of Varennes, in Touraine, Secretary to the king and collector-general of Customs...

     1509-1511 (Bishop of Albano 1507-1508 and of Frascati 1509-1510)
  • Marco II Vigerio 1511-1516
  • Francesco II Soderini 1516-1523 (Bishop of Albano 1516-1517, of Porto 1523 and of Ostia and Velletri 1523-1524)
  • Alessandro Farnese
    Pope Paul III
    Pope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation...

     1523
  • Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1523-1524 (Bishop of Albano 1521-1523 and of Sabina 1524)
  • Pietro V Accolti 1524, † 1532 (Bishop of Albano 1623-1524 and of Sabina 1524-1532)
  • Marco Cornaro 1524
  • Lorenzo Pucci
    Lorenzo Pucci
    Lorenzo Pucci was an Italian cardinal and bishop from the Florentine Pucci family. His brother Roberto Pucci and his nephew Antonio Pucci also became cardinals.-Biography:Pucci was born in Florence....

     1524-1531 (Bishop of Albano 1524)
  • Giovanni Piccolomini
    Giovanni Piccolomini
    Giovanni Piccolomini was an Italian papal legate and Cardinal. He was a nephew of Pope Pius III.He was archbishop of Siena in 1503, bishop of Sitten 1522, bishop of Aquila 1523, bishop of Albano in 1524, bishop of Palestrina in 1531, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1533, bishop of Ostia in 1535....

     1531-1533, † 1537 (Bishop of Albano 1524-1531, of Porto 1533-1535 and of Ostia and Velletri 1535-1537)
  • Andrea della Valle
    Andrea della Valle
    Cardinal Andrea della Valle was an Italian clergyman and art collector.Of an ancient family of Roman nobles whose family tomb is in Santa Maria in Aracoeli, he was elected bishop of Crotone in 1496. In 1503-05 he directed the Apostolic Chancery, and served as Apostolic secretary during the...

     1533-1534 (Bishop of Albano 1533)
  • Bonifacio Ferreri 1534-1535, † 1543 (Bishop of Albano 1533-1534, of Sabina 1535-1537 and of Porto 1537-1543)
  • Lorenzo II Campeggio 1535-1537, † 1539 (Bishop of Albano 1534-1535 and of Sabina 1537-1539)
  • Antonio Sanseverino 1537-1539, † 1543 (Bishop of Sabina 1539-1543 and of Porto 1543)
  • Giovanni Vincenzo Caraffa 1539-1541
  • Alessandro II Cesarini 1541-1542
  • Francesco III Cornaro
    Francesco Cornaro (cardinal)
    Francesco Cornaro was an Italian cardinal.He was born in Venice. He was made cardinal on 20 December 1527 by Pope Clement VII in his fourth consistorium...

     1542-1543
  • Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1543-1550
  • François Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme 1550-1557
  • Federigo Cesi 1557-1562, † 1564
  • Giovanni Morone
    Giovanni Morone
    Giovanni Morone was an Italian cardinal. He was named Bishop of Modena in 1529 and was created Cardinal in 1542 by Pope Paul III...

     1562-1564, † 1580 (Bishop of Albano 1560-1561, of Sabina 1561-1562, of Frascati 1562, 1564–1565, of Porto 1565-1570 and of Ostia and Velletri 1570-1580)
  • Cristoforo Madruzzo
    Cristoforo Madruzzo
    thumb|200px|Portrait of Cristoforo Madruzzo by [[Titian]] .[[Museu de Arte de São Paulo]], [[São Paulo]].Cristoforo Madruzzo was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman. His brother Eriprando was a mercenary captain who fought in the Italian Wars.-Biography:Madruzzo was born on July 5,...

     1564-1570, † 1578 (Bishop of Albano 1561-1562, of Sabina 1562-1564 and of Porto 1570-1578)
  • Otto Truchsess von Waldburg 1570-1573 (Bishop of Albano 1562-1570 and Sabina 1570)
  • Giulio della Rovere
    Giulio della Rovere
    Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere was an Italian Catholic Cardinal of the della Rovere family....

     1573-1578 (Bishop of Albano 1570 and of Sabina 1570-1573)
  • Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
    Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni
    Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni was an Italian Cardinal, created in 1560, and papal legate. He was a cousin of Pope Pius IV, or nephew or uncle.He was bishop of Foligno in 1557 and bishop of Novara in 1560...

     1578-1583, † 1591 (Bishop of Frascati 1583-1587, of Sabina 1578, of Porto 1587-1589 and of Ostia and Velletri 1589-1591)
  • Giovanni Francesco I Gambara 1583-1587 (Bishop of Albano 1580-1583)
  • Marco Antonio Colonna 1587-1597
  • Giulio Antonio Santori 1597-1602

1600-1800

  • Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici 1602-1605 (Bishop of Albano 1600-1602)
  • Agostino Valeri 1605-1606
  • Ascanio Colonna 1606-1608
  • Antonio Maria Galli 1608-1611, † 1620 (Bishop of Frascati 1605-1608, of Porto 1611-1615 and of Ostia and Velletri 1615-1620)
  • Gregorio Petrocchini de Montelbero 1611-1612
  • Benedetto Giustiniani
    Benedetto Giustiniani
    Benedetto Giustiniani was an Italian clergyman who was made a cardinal in the consistory of 16 November 1586 by Pope Sixtus V....

     1612-1615, † 1621 (Bishop of Sabina 1615-1620 and of Porto 1620-1621)
  • Francesco Maria Del Monte
    Francesco Maria Del Monte
    Francesco Maria Del Monte, full name Francesco Maria Bourbon Del Monte Santa Maria, was an Italian Cardinal, diplomat and connoisseur of the arts...

     1615-1621, † 1625 (Bishop of Porto 1621-1623 and of Ostia and Velletri 1623-1625)
  • Ottavio Bandini 1621-1624, † 1629 (Bishop of Porto 1624-1626 and of Ostia and Velletri 1626-1629)
  • Andrea III Baroni Peretti Montalto 1624-1626, † 1629 (Bishop of Albano 1626-1627 and of Frascati 1627-1629)
  • Domenico Ginnasi 1626-1629, † 1639 (Bishop of Porto 1629-1630 and of Ostia 1630-1639)
  • Marcello Lante della Rovere
    Marcello Lante della Rovere
    Marcello Lante della Rovere was an Italian people Catholic Cardinal appointed Dean and Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals.-Family and early life:...

     1629, † 1652 (Bishop of Frascati 1629-1639, of Porto 1639-1641 and of Ostia 1641-1652)
  • Pier Paolo Crescenzi
    Pier Paolo Crescenzi
    Pier Paolo Crescenzi was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.Crescenzi was born in 1572, the son of Virgilio Crescenzi, Baron of Montorio, and Costanza, of the Marquises of Drago. He was the brother of artist Giovanni Battista Crescenzi...

     1629-1641, † 1645 (Bishop of Porto 1641-1645)
  • Guido Bentivoglio 1641-1644
  • Alfonso de la Cueva Albuquerque 1644-1655
  • Bernardino Spada 1655-1661 (Bishop of Albano 1646-1652, of Frascati 1652 and of Sabina 1652-1655)
  • Antonio Barberini
    Antonio Barberini
    Antonio Barberini was an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts and a prominent member of the House of Barberini. As one of the cardinal-nephews of Pope Urban VIII and a supporter of France, he played a significant role at a number of the papal...

     1661-1671 (Bishop of Frascati 1655-1661)
  • Rinaldo d'Este 1671-1672
  • Cesare Facchinetti
    Cesare Facchinetti
    Cesare Facchinetti was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.Facchinetti was born 17 September 1608 in Bologna. He was the son of Ludovico Facchinetti and Violante da Correggio...

     1672-1679, † 1683 (Bishop of Porto 1679-1680 and of Ostia and Velletri 1680-1683)
  • Alderano Cybo
    Alderano Cybo
    thumb|250 px|Cardinal Alderano CyboAlderano Cybo was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.-Biography:Cybo was born 16 July 1613 in Genoa and went to Rome at an early age as prelate to Pope Urban VIII....

     1679-1680, † 1700 (Bishop of Frascati 1680-1683, of Porto 1683-1687 and of Ostia and Velletri 1687-1700)
  • Lorenzo III Raggi 1680-1687
  • Antonio IV Bichi 1687-1691
  • Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
    Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
    thumb|Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni.Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Clement X.-Biography:...

     1691-1698 (Bishop of Sabina 1689-1691)
  • Luis Manuel Fernando Portocarrero 1698-1709
  • Fabrizio Spada
    Fabrizio Spada
    Fabrizio Spada was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and served as Secretary of State under Pope Innocent XII.-Life:...

     1710-1717
  • Francesco IV del Giudice 1717-1721 (Bishop of Frascati 1721-1724 and of Ostia and Velletri 1724-1725)
  • Francesco Barberini 1721-1726, † 1738 (Bishop of Ostia and Velletri 1726-1738)
  • Tommaso Ruffo
    Tommaso Ruffo
    Tommaso Ruffo was an Italian archbishop of Ferrara and Cardinal.-Life:He was born in Naples, son of Carlo Ruffo, 3rd Duke of Bagnara. He was educated at La Sapienza University, becoming a doctor of canon and civil law...

     1726-1738, † 1753 (Bishop of Porto 1738-1740 and of Ostia and Velletri 1740-1753)
  • Giorgio II Spinola 1738-1739
  • Giovanni Battista Altieri 1739-1740
  • Vincenzo I Petra 1740-1747
  • Antonio Xaverio Gentilis 1747-1753
  • Giuseppe Spinelli
    Giuseppe Spinelli
    Giuseppe Spinelli was an Italian Cardinal. He was a prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples....

     1753-1759, † 1763 (Bishop of Porto 1759-1761 and of Ostia and Velletri 1761-1763)
  • Federico Marcello Lante 1759-1763, † 1773 (Bishop of Porto 1763-1773)
  • Giovanni Francesco II Stoppani 1763-1774
  • Girolamo III Spinola 1775-1784
  • Marcantonio Colonna 1784-1793
  • Leonardo Antonelli
    Leonardo Antonelli
    Leonardo Antonelli was an Italian Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.A native of Senigallia, Antonelli was the nephew of Cardinal Nicolò Maria Antonelli...

     1794-1800, † 1811 (Bishop of Porto 1800-1807 and of Ostia and Velletri 1807-1811)

From 1800

  • Alessandro Mattei
    Alessandro Mattei
    Alessandro Mattei was an Italian Cardinal, and a significant figure in papal diplomacy of the Napoleonic period. He was from the Roman aristocratic House of Mattei.He became Archbishop of Ferrara in 1777, and was created cardinal in 1779....

     1800-1809, † 1820 (Bishop of Porto 1809-1814 and of Ostia and Velletri 1814-1820)
  • Aurelio Roverella 1809-1812
  • Diego Inigo Caracciolo di Martini 1814-1820
  • Giuseppe Spina 1820-1828
  • Francesco Bertazzoli 1828-1830
  • Carlo Maria Pedicini 1830-1840, † 1843 (Bishop of Porto 1840-1843)
  • Vincenzo Macchi
    Vincenzo Macchi
    -Career:Born on 31 August 1770 in Capodimonte in the Papal States, he studied in Montefiascone and in Rome and was ordained a priest in 1794. In 1801 he gained his doctorate in utroque iure and was posted to the papal Nunciature in Lisbon, where he was active in the years 1801-1816...

     1840-1844, † 1860 (Bishop of Porto 1844-1847 and of Ostia and Velletri 1847-1860)
  • Castruccio Castracane degli Anteliminelli 1844-1852
  • Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso 1852-1870, † 1877-1878 (Bishop of Porto 1871-1877, and of Ostia and Velletri 1877-1878)
  • Carlo Sacconi
    Carlo Sacconi
    Carlo Sacconi J.U.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Dean of the College of Cardinals.Carlo Sacconi was born in Montalto...

     1870-1878, † 1889 (Bishop of Porto 1878-1884 and of Ostia and Velletri 1884-1889)
  • Antonino de Luca 1878-1883
  • Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
    Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
    Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano was a cardinal of the Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century. He was Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 1896 until his death.He was educated in Turin and became a priest in 1851...

     1884-1889, † 1913 (Bishop of Porto 1889-1896 and of Ostia and Velletri 1896-1913)
  • Angelo Bianchi 1889-1897
  • Camillo Mazzella
    Camillo Mazzella
    Camillo Mazzella was an Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal.He was born at Vitulano, near Benevento, and died in Rome....

     1897-1900
  • Vincenzo Vannutelli 1900-1930 (Bishop of Ostia 1915-1930)
  • Luigi Sincero
    Luigi Sincero
    Luigi Sincero was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law and Secretary of Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches, the title of Prefect held by the Popes from 1917 until 1967.He was born in Trino...

     1933-1936
  • Angelo Dolci
    Angelo Dolci
    Angelo Maria Dolci was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal and former Nuncio.-Biography:Dolci was born in Civitella di Agliano and was ordained on 5 June 1890....

     1936-1939
  • Carlo Salotti
    Carlo Salotti
    Carlo Salotti was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of the Congregation of Rites from 1938 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in pectore in 1933.-Biography:...

     1939-1947
  • Benedetto Aloisi Masella
    Benedetto Aloisi Masella
    Benedetto Aloisi Masella was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as Chamberlain of the Roman Church from 1958 until his death...

     1948-1970
  • Carlo Confalonieri 1972-1986 (Bishop of Ostia 1977-1986)
  • Bernardin Gantin 1986-2008 (Bishop of Ostia 1993-2002)
  • José Saraiva Martins (from 2009)


Post 1960

Like all dioceses in this category, for historical reasons it has had, since 1960, an incumbent residential bishop with ordinary powers but also has assigned to it as an honorary high ranking dignity one of the six cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
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s in the Order of Cardinal Bishops. The Cardinal Bishop has no powers with regard to the government of the diocese.

The residential bishops have been:
  • Pietro Severi (1966–1975)
  • Renato Spallanzani (1975–1986)
  • Pietro Garlato (1986–1991)
  • Vittorio Tomassetti
    Vittorio Tomassetti
    Vittorio Tomassetti was the Italian Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola. He was ordained a priest on August 23, 1953, and was later ordained a bishop on June 28, 1992, as the bishop of Palestrina, Italy.-External links:**...

     (1992–1997)
  • Eduardo Davino
    Eduardo Davino
    Eduardo Davino was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palestrina, Italy.Ordained to the priesthood in 1952, he was ordained a bishop in 1993. Davino was appointed bishop of the Palestrina Diocese in 1997 and retired in 2005 Bishop Dabino died on January 20th of 2011.-Notes:...

     (1997–2005)
  • Domenico Sigalini (2005–present )
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