Roman Catholic Diocese of Osimo
The Diocese of Osimo was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy.
It was founded in the seventh century and in 1725 merged with the Diocese of Cingoli to form the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli.[1][2]
It was contained within the Papal States.[3]
Ordinaries
    
    Diocese of Osimo
    
Erected: 7th Century
Latin Name: Auximanus
- Giambattista Sinibaldi (Joannes Baptista de Sinibaldis) (13 Jun 1515 – 9 Apr 1547 Died)[4]
 - Cipriano Senili (Cyprianis Senili) (13 May 1547 – 19 Jul 1551 Died)[4]
 - Bernardino de Cupis (bishop) (24 Aug 1551 – 1574 Resigned)[4]
 - Cornelio Firmano (9 Jan 1574 – 5 Jul 1588 Died)[4]
 - Teodosio Fiorenzi (Theodosius Florentinus) (27 Jul 1588 – 19 May 1591 Died)[4]
 - Antonio Maria Gallo (19 Jul 1591 – 30 Mar 1620 Died)[4]
 - Agostino Galamini, O.P. (29 Apr 1620 – 6 Sep 1639 Died)
 - Girolamo Verospi (10 Feb 1642 – 5 Jan 1652 Died)
 - Lodovico Betti (1 Jul 1652 – 1655 Died)
 - Antonio Bichi (6 Mar 1656 – 21 Feb 1691 Died)
 - Opizio Pallavicini (8 Aug 1691 – 11 Feb 1700 Died)
 - Michelangelo dei Conti (28 Jan 1709 – 1 Aug 1712 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania)
 - Orazio Filippo Spada (17 Jan 1714 – 28 Jun 1724 Died)
 - Agostino Pipia, O.P. (20 Dec 1724 – Jan 1726 Resigned)
 
Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli
    
19 August 1725: United with the Diocese of Cingoli
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
- Pier Secondo Radicati de Cocconato (12 Apr 1728 – 1 Dec 1729 Died)
 - Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, O.P. (23 Dec 1729 – 10 Mar 1734 Died)
 - Giacomo Lanfredini (27 Mar 1734 – 15 Sep 1740 Resigned)
 - Pompeo Compagnoni (16 Sep 1740 – 25 Jul 1774 Died)
 - Guido Calcagnini (20 May 1776 – 27 Aug 1807 Died)
 - Giovanni Castiglione (11 Jan 1808 – 9 Jan 1815 Died)
 - Carlo Andrea Pelagallo (18 Dec 1815 – 6 Sep 1822 Died)
 - Ercole Dandini (10 Mar 1823 – 23 May 1824 Resigned)
 - Timoteo Maria (Antonio) Ascensi, O.C.D. (21 May 1827 – 6 Dec 1828 Died)
 - Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti (15 Dec 1828 – 14 Nov 1838 Died)
 - Giovanni Soglia Ceroni (18 Feb 1839 – 4 Jun 1848 Appointed, Secretary of State)
 - Giovanni Brunelli (18 Sep 1856 – 21 Feb 1861 Died)
 - Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi (21 Dec 1863 – 20 Nov 1871 Resigned)
 - Michele Seri-Molini (24 Nov 1871 – 13 Apr 1888 Died)
 - Egidio Mauri, O.P. (1 Jun 1888 – 12 Jun 1893 Appointed, Archbishop of Ferrara)
 - Giovanni Battista Scotti (18 May 1894 – 5 Dec 1916 Died)
 - Pacifico Fiorani (12 May 1917 – 22 Jun 1924 Died)
 - Monalduzio Leopardi (20 Dec 1926 – 17 May 1944 Died)
 - Domenico Brizi (22 Jan 1945 – 11 Feb 1964 Died)
 - Carlo Maccari (28 Sep 1972 – 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo)
 
Diocese of Osimo
    
25 January 1985: The former Diocese of Cingoli was split from the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli and united with the Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, the Diocese of Recanati, and the Diocese of San Severino (-Treia) to form the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia.
30 September 1986: the Diocese of Osimo was united with the Archdiocese of Ancona to form the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016
 - "Diocese of Osimo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016
 - "Osimo". Catholic Encyclopedia.
 - Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 125. (in Latin)
 
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
