Ulisse Carlo Bascherini (2 April 1844 – 16 May 1933) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Grosseto The Diocese of Grosseto () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany. Its current bishop is Giovanni Roncari, OFMCap.Otto*Crescentius (attested 1 ...

(1907–1920).

Biography

Ulisse Carlo Bascherini was born on 2 April 1844 in Corvaia, a small hamlet near

Seravezza Seravezza is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy. It is located in Versilia, close to the Apuan Alps. Neighboring municipalities *Forte dei Marmi * Massa * Montignoso *Pietrasanta * Stazzema Patron saints S ...

, Tuscany. He was appointed Bishop of Grosseto on 8 July 1907 by

Pope Pius X Pope Pius X (; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing Modernism in the Catholic Church, modern ...

and consecrated on 17 August by cardinal

Pietro Maffi Pietro Maffi (12 October 1858 – 17 March 1931) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Pisa from 1903 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1907. He was also a scientist and a ...

. He retired from the diocese on 8 March 1920, and was appointed

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Amathus in Cyprus by

Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a ...

. He died on 16 May 1933.Pięta, ''Hierarchia catholica'' IX, pp. 50, 189.

References

Sources

* *Minucci, Giotto (1988). ''La città di Grosseto e i suoi vescovi (498-1988)'' he city of Grosseto and its bishops (498-1988) Florence: Lucio Pugliese.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Pius X Bishops of Grosseto 1884 births 1933 deaths {{20C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub