Roman Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza
The diocese of Montepulciano - Chiusi- Pienza (Latin: Dioecesis Montis Politiani - Clusinus - Pientinus, Italian: Diocese of Montepulciano - Chiusi- Pienza) is located in Italy Roman Catholic diocese based in Montepulciano.
History
The diocese of Montepulciano - Chiusi- Pienza was posted on November 10, 1561 by Pope Pius IV with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiarum utilitatem erected as a diocese of Montepulciano cessions of territory of the Diocese of Arezzo.
On 30 September 1986 the diocese of Montepulciano was annexed by the Congregation for Bishops with the decree Instantibus votis the Diocese of Chiusi- Pienza. The diocese of Montepulciano - Chiusi- Pienza is the Archdiocese of Siena - Colle di Val d' Elsa - Montalcino is a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Montepulciano
- Spinello Benci, 1562-1596
- Sinolfo Benci, 1597-1599
- Sallustio Tarugi, 1600-1607, then Archbishop of Pisa
- Roberto Ubaldini, 1607-1623
- Alexandre della Stufa, 1623-1640
- Talento de ' Talenti, 1640-1651
- Marcello Cervini, 1652-1663
- Antonio Cervini, 1663-1706
- Callisto Lodigeri OSM, 1707-1710
- Francesco Maria Arrighi, 1710-1726
- Antonio Maria Vantini, 1727-1746
- Pio Magnoni, 1747-1755
- Pietro Maria Franzesi, 1757-1798
- Pellegrino Maria Carletti, 1802-1827
- Ippolito Niccolai, 1829-1832
- Pietro Saggioli, 1834-1839
- Claudio Samuelli, 1843-1854
- Luigi Maria Paoletti, 1857-1890
- Felice Gialdini, 1890-1898
- Giuseppe Batignani, 1898-1933
- Emilio Giorgi, 1933-1964
- Alberto Giglioli, 1975-1986
Bishops of Montepulciano - Chiusi- Pienza
- Alberto Giglioli, 1986-2000
- Rodolfo Cetoloni OFM, 2000-2013, then bishop of Grosseto
- Stefano Manetti, since 2014