The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. Founded in the 4th century and elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on 21 April 1092, by Pope Urban II. Its mother church is The Duomo. Since 1986 the Archbishop of Pisa has been Alessandro Plotti. Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Events May 9 - Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. ... Pope Urban II (1042 – July 29, 1099), born Otho of Lagery (alternatively: Otto or Odo), was a Pope from 1088 to July 29, 1099. ... A motherchurch or mother church in Christianity is used in three forms. ... Duomo is a generic Italian term for a cathedral church. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... This article discusses the Italian city. ...

The Duomo at Sunset

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List of Archbishops and Bishops of Pisa (incomplete)

• Gaudentius, present at the Council of Rome (313)
• St. Senior (410), who consecrated St. Patrick
• Joannes (493)
• one, name unknown, who took part in the schism of the Three Chapters (556)
• Alexander (648)
• Maurianus (680)
• one, name unknown, taken prisoner by Charlemagne at the siege of Pavia (774)
• Oppizo (1039), the founder of the Camaldolite convent of S. Michele
• Landulfus (1077), sent by Pope Gregory VII as legate to Corsica
• Gerardus (1080), a controversialist against the Greeks
• Dagobert (1085), the first archbishop, to whom Urban II gave the sees of Corsica as suffragans in 1099, the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Pietro Moriconi (1105)
• Cardinal Uberto Lanfranchi (1132), who often served as pontifical legate
• Baldwin, Archbishop of Pisa
• Cardinal Villano Gaetani (1145), compelled to flee from the city on account of his fidelity to Alexander III (1167)
• Ubaldo dei Lanfranchi, papal legate to the Third Crusade
• Lotario Rosari (1208), also Patriarch of Jerusalem (1216)
• Federico Visconti (1254), who held provincial synods in 1258, 1260, and 1262
• Teodorico Ranieri
• Ruggieri degli Ubaldini
• John of Polo (Giovanni de Polo)
• Oddone della Sala (1312) had litigations with the republic, and later became Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
• Simone Saltorelli
• Giovanni Scarlatti (1348), who had been legate to Armenia and to the emperor at Constantinople
• Francesco Moricotti Prignani
• Lotto Gambacorta (1381), compelled to flee after the death of his brother Pietro, tyrant of Pisa (1392)
• Alamanno Adinari (1406), a cardinal who had an important part in the conciliabulum of Pisa and in the Council of Constance
• Filippo de' Medici
• Cardinal Francesco Salviati Riario (1475), hung at Florence in connexion with the conspiracy of the Pazzi; succeeded by his nephew
• Rafaele Riario (1497)
• Cesare Riario (1499)
• Onofrio de' Bartolini (1518)
• Pietro Jacopo of Bourbon
• Giovanni Ricci^[1]
• Cardinal Scipione Rebiba (1556)
• Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici (1560), a son of Cosimo
• Cardinal Angelo Niccolini (1564)^[2]
• Cardinal Antonio Pozzi (1582), founder of the Collegio Puteano, and author of works on canon and on civil law
• Francesco Bonciani, Galileo's opponent
• Giulio de' Medici (1620), served on missions for the duke, founded the seminary
• Cardinal Scipione Pannocchieschi (1636)
• Cosimo Cardinal Corsi (19 December 1853 - 7 October 1870 )
• Paolo Micallef ( 1871 - 1883 )
• Ferdinando Capponi (8 March 1883 - 21 March 1903)
• Pietro Cardinal Maffi (22 June 1903 - 17 March 1931)
• Gabriele Vettori (6 February 1932 - 2 July 1947)
• Ugo Camozzo (13 January 1948 - 22 September 1970)
• Benvenuto Matteucci (2 January 1971 - 7 Juen 1986)
• Alessandro Plotti (7 June 1986 - )

The Three Chapters (trîa kephálaia), a phase in the Monophysite controversy, was an attempt to reconcile the Christians of Syria and Egypt with Western Christiandom, following the failure of the Henotikon. ... Pope Gregory VII (c. ... Dagobert (also Daimbert), Archbishop of Pisa, was the first Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem after it was captured in the First Crusade. ... The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the title given to the Latin Rite Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem. ... The Third Crusade (1189–1192), also known as the Kings Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. ... This is a List of Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria established in 1215 during the pontificate of Pope Innocent III. This titular office was abolished in 1964. ... The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, called by the Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, the pope recently elected at Pisa. ... There were two Medici known as Giulio de Medici: Giulio di Giuliano de Medici (1478-1534) (Pope Clement VII) Giulio di Alessandro de Medici (ca. ...

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This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.