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Diocese of Osimo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osimo was an ancient diocese in Italy. It was founded in the seventh century and in 1725 merged with the Diocese of Cingoli to form the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli.Diocese of Cingoli. In 1986 it merged with the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino, the Diocese of Recanati and the

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Bishops

Diocese of Osimo

''Latin Name: Auximana''
''Erected: 7th Century'' * Giambattista Sinibaldi, (1515–1547 Died) * Cipriano Senili, (1547–1551 Died) * Bernardino de Cupis (bishop), (1551–1574 Resigned) * Cornelio Firmano, (1574–1588 Died) * Teodosio Fiorenzi, (1588–1591 Died) * Antonio Maria Gallo, (1591–1620 Died) * Agostino Galamini, (1620–1639 Died) * Girolamo Verospi, (1642–1652 Died) * Lodovico Betti, (1652–1655 Died) *

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, (1709–1712 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Viterbo e Tuscania) * Orazio Filippo Spada, (1714–1724 Died) * Agostino Pipia, (1724–1726 Resigned)

Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli

''United: 19 August 1725 with the Diocese of Cingoli''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See'' * Pier Secondo Radicati de Cocconato, (1728–1729 Died) * Ferdinando Agostino Bernabei, (1729–1734 Died) * Giacomo Lanfredini, (1734–1740 Resigned) * Pompeo Compagnoni, (1740–1774 Died) * Guido Calcagnini, (1776–1807 Died) * Giovanni Castiglione (cardinal, 1714–1815), (1808–1815 Died) * Carlo Andrea Pelagallo, (1815–1822 Died) * Ercole Dandini, (1823–1824 Resigned) * Timoteo Maria Ascensi, (1827–1828 Died) * Giovanni Antonio Benvenuti, (1828–1838 Died) * Giovanni Soglia Ceroni, (1839–1856 Died) * Giovanni Brunelli, (1856–1861 Died) * Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi, (1863–1871 Resigned) * Michele Seri-Molini, (1871–1888 Died) * Egidio Mauri, O.P., (1888–1893 Appointed, Archbishop of Ferrara) *

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, (1894–5 Dec 1916 Died) * Pacifico Fiorani, (1917–1924 Died) * Monalduzio Leopardi, (1926–1944 Died) * Domenico Brizi, (1945–1964 Died)

Diocese of Osimo

''Latin Name: Auximana''
''25 January 1985: The former Diocese of Cingoli was split from the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli and united with the Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino, the Diocese of Recanati, and the Diocese of San Severino (-Treia) to form the

Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia The Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo.Carlo Maccari, (1972–1986 Appointed, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo) ''United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Ancona to form the

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References

External links

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