The Italian Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli ( la, Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis) in

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, was historically the Diocese of Savona, from the tenth century. In 1820 the Diocese of Noli was united to the Diocese of Savona. It is a

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of the

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History

Bishops

*Bernardus (992) *Joannes (999) *Ardeman (1014) *Antellinus (Ancellinus (1028) *Brixianus (1046) *Amicus (1049) *Giordano of Savona (1080) *Grossolanus (1098–1109) (promoted to Milan) *Guglielmo (1110) *Ottaviano of Pavia (1119–1128) *Guido *Ambrosius

1200 to 1400

*Albertus de Novara (1221–1230) *Henricus (1230–ca. 1239) *Bonifatius *Conradus de Ancisa *Rufinus Colombo (died September 1287) *Henricus de Ponzono (1289– ? ) *Gregorius *Gualterius (1303) *Jacobus de Caradengo de Niella (attested 1305, 1311) *Federicus Cibo (1317–1342) *Gerardus de Vasconibus de Pergamo, O.E.S.A. (1342–1355) * Antonius Manfredi de Saluciis (1355–1376) (promoted to Milan) *Dominicus de Lagneto (1376–1384) *Antonius de Viale (1386–1394) (appointed by Urban VI of the Roman Obedience) *Joannes Grimaldi (1394–1405)

1400 to 1600

*Philippus Ogerii,

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(1405–1411) *Petrus Spinola,

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(1411–1413) ; ... *

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(1466–1472 Appointed,

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) * Giuliano della Rovere (1499–1502 Appointed, Administrator of Vercelli) *

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(1502–1504 Resigned) *

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(1504 Appointed – ) *

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(1508–1516 Resigned) *

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(1516–1528 Died) :*''

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, Administrator (1528–1537 Died)'' *

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(1537–1545 Died) *

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(1546–1562 Resigned) *

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(1564–1576 Resigned) *

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(1576–1581 Appointed,

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) * Domenico Grimaldi (1581–1584 Appointed, Bishop of Cavaillon) *

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(1584–1587 Resigned) *

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(1587–1624 Resigned)

1600 to 1800

*Francesco Maria Spinola, O.Theat. (1624–1664) ; ... *

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(1664–1682 Died) * Vincenzo Maria Durazzo, C.R. (1683–1722 Died) *

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(1722–1755 Died) * Ottavio Maria de Mari (15 December 1755 – 27 March 1776) * Dominico Maria Gentile (29 January 1776 – 20 September 1804)

since 1800

*Vincenzo Maria Maggiolo (1804–1820) *Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.S.D. (1820–5 July 1830) (transferred to Genoa) *Agostino Maria Demari (1833–1840) *Alessandro Ottaviano Ricardi di Netro (1842–22 February 1867) (transferred to Turin) *Giovanni Battista Cerruti (22 February 1867–21 Mar 1879) *Giuseppe Boraggini (12 May 1879 – 30 April 1897) *Giuseppe Salvatore Scatti (15 February 1898 – 30 June 1926) *Pasquale Righetti (20 December 1926 – 7 July 1948) *Giovanni Battista Parodi (14 September 1948 – 15 Jul 1974) *Franco Sibilla (15 July 1974 – 8 September 1980) (transferred to Asti) *Giulio Sanguineti (15 December 1980 – 7 December 1989) (transferred to La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato) *Roberto Amadei (21 April 1990 – 21 November 1991) (transferred to Bergamo) *Dante Lafranconi (7 December 1991 – 8 September 2001) (transferred to Cremona) * Domenico Calcagno (25 January 2002 – 7 July 2007 transferred to Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See) *Vittorio Lupi (30 November 2007 – )

Parishes

Of the 71 parishes 68 lie within the

Province of Savona The province of Savona ( it, provincia di Savona; Ligurian: ''provinsa de Sann-a'') is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Savona, which has a population of 61,219 inhabitants. The province has a total populatio ...

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. The remaining three are in the neighbouring commune of

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, also in Liguria.Source for parishes: . In 2014 there was one Catholic priest for every 1,600 Catholics.

References

Books

Reference works

* p. 821-823. (Use with caution; obsolete) * p. 433-434. (in Latin) * p. 229. * pp. 291–292. * p. 305. * p. 344. * p. 367.

Studies

* * * *Kehr, Paul Fridolin, ''Italia Pontificia,
Vol. VI: Liguria sive Provincia Mediolanensis
' (Berlin: Weidemann), pp. 353–357. (in Latin). * {{authority control Savona-Noli Province of Genoa Province of Savona Savona-Noli