Roman Catholic Diocese of Pescia

History

The diocese of Pescia was built on April 15, 1519 by Pope Leo X as Territorialprälatur Pescia. The Territorialprälatur Pescia was born on March 17, 1727 by Pope Benedict XIII. raised to the bishopric and the Holy See under the direct. The seminary of the diocese of Pescia was built in 1784.

On 1 August 1856 the diocese of Pescia was by Pope Pius IX. primum the Archdiocese of Pisa assumed with the Apostolic Constitution Ubi suffragan.

Bishops of Pescia

• Bartolomeo Pucci Franceschi, 1728-1737
• Francesco Gaetano Incontri, 1738-1741, then Archbishop of Florence
• Donato Maria Arcangeli, 1742-1772
• Francesco Vincenti, 1773-1803
• Giulio Rossi, 1804-1833
• Giovanni Battista Rossi, 1835-1837, then Bishop of Pistoia - Prato
• Vincenzo Menchi, 1839-1843, then Bishop of Fiesole
• Pietro Niccolò Forti, 1847-1854
• Giovanni Antonio Benini, 1855-1896
• Giulio Matteoli, 1897-1898, then Bishop of Livorno
• Donato Velluti Zati di San Clemente, 1898-1907
• Giulio Serafini, 1907, then titular Bishop of Lampsacus
• Angelo Simonetti, 1907-1950
• Dino Luigi Romoli OP, 1951-1977
• Giovanni Bianchi, 1977-1993
• Giovanni De Vivo, 1993