Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan

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The Archdiocese of Milan is a Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has long maintained its own rite: the Ambrosian rite. It is led by the Archbishop of Milan who serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, and Vigevano.

The Church in Milan was established in the 1st century as a small diocese. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century.

Seminaries

The Seminary of the archidiocese has the principal see in Venegono. The minor seminary is located in Seveso

Bishops and Archbishops

St. Barnabas (ca.50-55(?))
St. Anathalone (ca. 53(?))
St. Caius (61-85(?))
vacant
St. Castricianus (97-138(?))
St. Calimerus ((138-191(?))
vacant
St. Mona (283-313(?))
St. Mirocles (313-316(?))
St. Maternus (316-328)
St. Protasius Algisi (328-343(+1))
St. Eustorgius I (344(-1)-ca.350
St. Dionysius Mariani (ca.350-355)
Auxentius (355(-6) -374)
St. Ambrose (374-397)
St. Simplicianus Soresini (397-400)
St. Venerius Oldrati (400-408)
St. Marolo (408-423)
St. Martinianus Osio (423-435)
St. Glycerius (436-438)
St. Lazarus Beccardi (438-449)
St. Eusebius Pagani (449-462)
St. Gerontius Bescapè (462-465)
St. Benignus Bossi (465-472)
St. Senator Settala (472-475)
St. Theodorus I de' Medici (475-490)
St. Laurentius I Litta (490-512)
St. Eustorgius II (512-518)
St. Magnus de' Trincheri (518-530)
St. Dacius Agliati (530-552)
Vitale de' Cittadini (552-555)
Frontone (556-566)
St. Ausanus Crivelli (566-567)
St. Honoratus Castiglioni (568-572)
Laurentius II (573-592)
Constantius de' Cittadini (593-600)
Deodatus (601-629)
Asterius (630-640)
Forte (641-643)
St. Giovan I Bono (649-660)
St. Antonino Fontana (660-661)
St. Maurisilio (661-662)
St. Ampelio (667-672)
St. Mansueto Savelli (672-681)
St. Benedetto I Crespi (681-725)
Theodorus II (725-739)
St. Natale (740-741)
Arifred (741-742)
Stabile (742-744)
Leto Marcellino (745-759)
Tommaso Grassi (759-783)
Pietro I Oldrati (784-801)
vacant
Odelperto (803-813)
St. Anselmo I Biglia (813-818)
St. Buono Castiglioni (818-822)
Angilberto I (822-823)
Angilberto II Pusterla (824-859)
Tadone (860-868)
Ansperto Confalonieri da Biassono (868-881)
Anselmo II Capra (882-896)
Landolfo I Grassi (896-899)
Andrea da Carcano (899-906)
Aicone Oldrati (906-918)
Gariberto di Besana (918-921)
Lamperto (921-931)
Elduin (931-936)
Arderico Cotta (936-948)
Adelmano (948-953)
Valperto de' Medici (953-970)
Arnolfo I (970-974)
Gotofredo (974-979)
Landolfo II da Carcano (980-998)
Arnolfo II da Arsago (998-1018)
Ariberto da Intimiano (1018-1045)
St. Guido da Velate (1045-1069, died 1071)
Attone (1070-1075)

Gotifredo da Castiglione (1070-1075) (antibishop)

Tebaldo da Castiglione (1075-1080)
vacant
Anselmo III da Rho (1086-1093)
Arnolfo III (1093-1097)
Anselmo IV da Bovisio (1097-1101)
Grossolano (1102-1112)
Giordano da Clivio (1112-1120)
Olrico da Corte (1120-1126)
Anselmo V della Pusterla (1126-1135)
St. Bernardo (1135)
Robaldo (1135-1145)
Umberto I da Pirovano (1146-1166)
St. Galdino della Sala (1166-1176)
Algisio da Pirovano (1176-1185)
Umberto II. Crivelli (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)
vacant
Giovanni II Visconti (1342-1354)
Roberto Visconti (1354-1361)
Guglielmo II 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 (1520-1550)
Giovan Angelo Arcimboldi (1550-1555)
Filippo II Archinti (1556-1558)
vacant
St. Carlo Borromeo (February 8, 1560-November 3, 1584)
Gaspare Visconti (1584-1595)
Federico I Borromeo (1595-1631)
Cesare Monti (1632-1650)
Alfonso 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 Pozzobonello (1743-1783)
Filippo Maria Visconti (1784-1801)
Giovanni Battista Caprara (1802-1810)
vacant
Carlo Gaetano II, Graf von Gaisruck (1816-1846)
Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1847-1859)
Paolo Angelo Ballerini (1859-1867)
Luigi Nazari di Calabiana (1867-1893)
Andrea Cardinal Ferrari (May 21, 1894-February 2, 1921)
Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (June 13, 1921-1922), elected Pope Pius XI
Eugenio Tosi (1922-1929)
Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. (June 26, 1929-August 30, 1954)
Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (November 1, 1954-1963), elected Pope Paul VI
Giovanni Colombo (1963-1979)
Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini (December 29, 1979-June 11, 2002)
Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi (2002-present)

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