The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiastical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in

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. It is one of the seven

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. The incumbent Bishop is cardinal

Giovanni Battista Re Giovanni Battista Re (born 30 January 1934) is an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church whose service has been primarily in the Roman Curia. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001. He was prefect of the Congregation for Bishops ...

. Since 1150, its bishop has been the

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, Its

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is Basilica di Sant'Aurea. From 1105 to 1914, the diocese was merged with the Suburbicarian Diocese of

Velletri Velletri (; la, Velitrae; xvo, Velester) is an Italian ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, approximately 40 km to the southeast of the city centre, located in the Alban Hills, in the region of Lazio, central Italy. Neighbouring comm ...

. In 1962, the Diocese of Ostia was brought under the direct administration of the

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Bishops

Bishops of Ostia (-1057)

* aximus (259):... *Maximus (313) *Florentius (366) :''...'' *Bonus (487). *Bellator (499) *Aristus (502) :... *Amabile (649) :... *Andrea(s) (680) :... *Sissinio 732 – before 745 *Theodorus (745) *

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, 753–786 :''...'' * Gregory I, 787 – before 804 * Bernard 804–805 * Peter I 805 – before 826 * Cesareo 826–854 * Megisto (or Leo I), 854–868 * Donatus, 868–870 :''sede vacante 870–878'' * Eugenius, 878–898 * Stephen, 898–900 * Guido I, 900–946 * Benigno, 946–960 * Siccone, 960–963 * Gregory II, 964–969 * Leo II, 969–983 :''vacant 983–996'' * Azzone I, 996 * Gregory III, 998–1012 * Azzone II, 1012–1021 * Peter III, 1021–1037 * Benedict, 1044–1050 * John I, 1050–1058

Bishops of Ostia and Velletri (1057-1378)

* Peter IV Damiani, 1057–1072 *

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, ca. 1103–1115 * Lamberto Scannabecchi, 1116–1124 (later Pope Honorius II) *

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, 1138–1148 * Guido II de Summa, 1149–1151 *

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, 1151–1158 * Ubaldo Allucingoli, 1159–1181/84 (became Pope Lucius III in 1181) *

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, 1184–1188 *

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, 1189–1206 *

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1206–1227/31 (became Pope Gregory IX) * Rinaldo dei Signori di Ienne, 1231–1254/61 (became Pope Alexander IV in 1254) * Hugh of Saint-Cher 1261–1262 * Enrico Bartolomei 1262–1271 :''vacant 1271–1273'' * Peter VI de Tarentaise, 1273–1276 (later Pope Innocent V, † 1276) * ''vacant'' 1276–1278 * Latino Malabranca Orsini, 1278–1294 *

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, 1294–1297 **

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, 1321–1325 :''vacant 1325–1327'' *

Bertrand du Pouget Bertrand du Pouget (Italian ''Bertrando del Poggetto'') (1280 – 3 February 1352) was a French papal diplomat and Cardinal. Bertrand was born in Castelnau-Montratier. He may have been a nephew of Pope John XXII. As cardinal he was closely ...

, 1327–1352 *

Étienne Aubert Pope Innocent VI ( la, Innocentius VI; 1282 or 1295 – 12 September 1362), born Étienne Aubert, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 December 1352 to his death in September 1362. He was the fifth Avignon pope a ...

, 1352 *

Pierre Bertrand de Colombier Pierre Bertrand de Colombier (1299–1361), French cardinal and diplomat, was born at Colombier in Ardèche. He was nephew and namesake of Cardinal Pierre Bertrand of Annonay. After a careful juristic education he was successively advocate at ...

, 1353–1361 * Andouin Aubert, 1361–1363 * Hélias de Saint-Yrieix, 1363–1367 * Guillaume de la Sudrie, 1367–1373 * Peter d'Estaing, O.S.B. 1373–1377 * Bertrand Lagier, 1378 (sided with of Avignon in the Great Schism)

Western Schism

Obedience of Rome (1378–1415) (actually in control of Ostia)

*Philippe of Alençon, 1388–1397 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina, 1380–1388) *Angelo Acciaioli, 1405–1408

Obedience of Avignon (1378–1429)

*Bertrand Lagier (1378–1392) *John de Neufchatel (1392–1398) *Leonardo Rossi da Giffoni (1398–1405) *Jean-Allarmet de Brogny (1405–1408) *Julian Lobera y Valtierra (1423–1429)

Obedience of Pisa (1409–1415)

Jean-Allarmet de Brogny Jean-Allarmet de Brogny (1342 – 16 February 1426) was a French Cardinal. Biography He was born in the hamlet of Brogny, now part of Annecy-le-Vieux in Savoy. Biographers are not agreed as to his parentage and real name. According to some, he ...

(1409–1415)

Bishops of Ostia and Velletri (1415-1914)

(1415–1426) * Antonio Correr, 1431–1445 *

Juan de Cervantes Juan de Cervantes (c. 1380 or 1382 in Seville, Spain – 25 November 1453, buried in Seville Cathedral) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Cervantes studied at the University of Salamanca and obtained a doctorate in civil and canon law ...

(1447–1453) * Giorgio Fieschi (1455–1461) *

Guillaume d'Estouteville Guillaume d'Estouteville, OSB (c. 1412–1483) was a French aristocrat of royal blood who became a leading bishop and cardinal. He held a number of Church offices simultaneously. He conducted the reexamination of the case of Jeanne d'Arc an ...

(1461–1483) * Pope Julius II, Giuliano della Rovere, became Pope Julius II (1483–1503), * Oliviero Carafa (1503–1511) * Raffaele Riario, Raffaele Riario Sansoni (1511–1521) * Bernardino López de Carvajal (1521–1523) * Francesco Soderini (1523–1524) * Niccolò Fieschi (1524) * Pope Paul III, Alessandro Farnese, became Pope Paul III(1524–1534) * Giovanni Piccolomini, 1535–1537 * Giovanni Domenico de Cupis, 1537–1553 * Pope Paul IV, Giovanni Pietro Carafa, 1553–1555 * Jean du Bellay 1555–1560 * François de Tournon, 1560–1562 * Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, 1562–1564 * Francesco Pisani, 1564–1570 * Giovanni Morone, 1570–1580 * Alessandro Farnese (cardinal), Alessandro II Farnese, 1580–1589 * Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, 1589–1591 * Alfonso Gesualdo, 1591–1603 * Tolomeo Gallio, 1603–1607 * Domenico Pinelli, 1607–1611 * François de Joyeuse, 1611–1615 * Antonio Maria Galli, 1615–1620 * Antonio Maria Sauli, 1620–1623 * Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte, 1623–1626 * Ottavio Bandini, 1626–1629 * Giovanni Battista Deti, 1629–1630 * Domenico Ginnasi, 1630–1639 * Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia, 1639–1641 * Marcello Lante della Rovere, 1641–1652 * Carlo de' Medici (cardinal), Carlo I de Medici, 1652–1666 * Francesco Barberini (1597–1679), Francesco V Barberini, 1666–1679 * Cesare Facchinetti, 1680–1683 * Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi, 1683–1687 * Alderano Cybo, 1687–1700 * Cardinal de Bouillon, Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne, 1700–1715 * Nicola Acciaoiuli, 1715–1719 * Fulvio Astalli, 1719–1721 * Sebastiano Antonio Tanara, 1721–1724 * Francesco del Giudice, 1724–1725 * Fabrizio Paolucci, 1725–1726 * Francesco Barberini (1662–1738), Francesco Barberini, 1726–1738 * Pietro Ottoboni (cardinal), Pietro Ottoboni, 1738–1740 * Tommaso Ruffo, 1740–1753 * Pierluigi Carafa, 1753–1755 * Rainiero d'Elci, 1755–1761 * Giuseppe Spinelli, 1761–1763 * Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini, 1763–1774 * Fabrizio Serbelloni, 1774–1775 * Gian Francesco Albani, 1775–1803 * Henry Benedict Stuart, 1803–1807 * Leonardo Antonelli, 1807–1811 * Alessandro Mattei, 1814–1820 * Giulio Maria della Somaglia, 1820–1830 * Bartolomeo Pacca, 1830–1844 * Ludovico Micara, O. Cap., 1844–1847 * Vincenzo Macchi, 1847–1860 * Mario Mattei, 1860–1870 * Costantino Patrizi Naro, 1870–1876 * Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, 1877–1878 * Camillo di Pietro, 1878–1884 * Carlo Sacconi, 1884–1889 * Raffaele Monaco La Valletta, 1889–1896 * Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, 1896–1913

Bishops of Ostia 1914-

* Serafino Vannutelli (1914–1915) * Vincenzo Vannutelli, (1915–1930) * Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Granito Pignatelli (1933–1948) * Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani (1948–1951) * Eugène Tisserant (1951–1972) * Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1972–1973) * Luigi Traglia (1974–1977) * Carlo Confalonieri (1977–1986) * Agnelo Rossi (1986–1993) * Bernardin Gantin (1993–2002) * Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, became Pope Benedict XVI (2002-2005) * Angelo Sodano (2005-2019) *

(2020-)Re is also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto since 2002.

References

Books

* *Brixius, Johannes M. ''Die Mitglieder des Kardinalskollegiums von 1130-1181'', Berlin 1912. * * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * * *Gauchat, Patritius (1935). ''Hierarchia catholica'
Volumen quartum
(IV) Münster. * *Hüls, Rudolf. ''Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130'', Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom 1977 * *Klewitz, Hans-Walter. ''Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg'', Darmstadt 1957. *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia
dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (anno 604)''. Volume primo. Faenza: F. Lega. * * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * {{authority control Cardinal-bishops of Ostia, Suburbicarian dioceses Roman Catholic bishops in Italy by diocese, Ostia