The Bishop of Ostia is the ecclesiastical head of the Catholic diocese of Ostia, one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, as it has been since 1150^[1], with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of Rome. 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 Castle of Julius II in Ostia Antica. ... The Dean of the College of Cardinals is the president of the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church and as such is always a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church of the episcopal order. ... Cardinal Vicar is the title of the the vicar general of the Pope, as Bishop of Rome, for the spiritual administration of the city, and its surrounding district, known in Latin as Vicarius Urbis. ...

Following is a list of those who have held the position.

To 1000

• George I, 753-783
• Vacant 783-787
• Gregory I, 787
• vacant, 787-804
• Bernard 804-805
• Peter I 805
• vacant, 805-826
• Cesareo 826-854
• Megisto (or Leone I) 854-868
• Donatus 868-870
• vacant, 870-878
• Eugenius, 878-898
• Stephen, 898-900
• Guido I, 900-946
• Benigno, 946-960
• Siccone, 960-963
• Gregory II, 964-969, † 991 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano, 969-985 and Porto, 985-991)
• Leone II, 969-983
• vacant 983-996
• Azzone I, 996-998
• Gregory III, 998-1003

Albano is a suburbicarian see of the Roman Catholic Church, comprising seven towns in the Province of Rome. ...

1000-1300

• Peter II, 1003-1005
• Gregory IV, 1005-1012
• Azzone II, 1012-1021
• vacant, 1021-1026
• Peter III, 1026-1037
• Gregory IV, 1037-1044
• Benedict, 1044-1050
• John I, 1050-1058
• Peter IV Damiani, 1058-1066
• Gerald, 1067-1077^[2]
• Odo I de Lagery, 1078-1088, (became Pope Urban II, † 1099)^[3]
• Odo II, 1088-1101
• John II, 1098- ?
• Leo of Ostia (Leone III), 1101-1117

• • from 1105 to 1914 the bishoprics of Ostia and Velletri were united

• Lamberto Scannabecchi, 1117-1124, later Pope Honorius II
• Pandulf, 1124-1126
• Vitale Giovanni, 1126-1133
• Peter V, 1133-1134
• Drogone, 1134-1138
• Alberic, 1138-1148
• Guido II, 1148-1150
• Ugone, 1150-1158
• Ubaldo Allucingoli 1159-1181, (became Pope Lucius III, † 1185)
• vacant, 1181-1184
• Theobald, 1184-1188
• Ottaviano, 1189-1206
• Ugolino di Conti 1206-1227, later Pope Gregory IX, † 1241
• vacant, 1227-1231
• Rinaldo dei Signori di Ienne, 1231-1254, (became Pope Alexander IV, † 1261
• vacant, 1254-1261
• Enrico Bartolomei 1261-1271
• vacant, 1271-1273
• Peter VI de Tarentaise, 1273-1276 (became Pope Innocent V, )
• vacant 1276-1278
• Latino Malabranca Orsini, 1278-1294
• Hugh Aycelin, 1294-1297
• Leonardo, 1297-1298
• vacant, 1298-1300
• Niccolo I Occasini, 1300-1303, (became Pope Benedict XI, † 1304)

Pietro Damiani (Saint Peter Damian, also Pier Damiani -- c. ... Pope Urban II (1042 – July 29, 1099), born Otho of Lagery (alternatively: Otto or Odo), was a Pope from 1088 to July 29, 1099. ... Leo Marsicanus (meaning of the Marsi) was of noble birth and became a monk in Monte Cassino around 1061. ... Alberic of Ostia was a Benedictine monk, and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia from 1138-47. ... Lucius III, né Ubaldo Allucingoli (1097 – November 25, 1185), was pope from September 1, 1181 to his death. ... Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti ( 1143–August 22, 1241), pope from 1227 to 1241, the successor of Honorius III, fully inherited the traditions of Gregory VII and of his uncle Innocent III, and zealously perpetuated their policy of Papal supremacy. ... Alexander IV, né Rinaldo Conti (Anagni, ca. ... Innocent V, né Pierre de Tarentaise (Hamlet of Friburge - Champagny en Vanoise, Savoy, ca. ... Pope Benedict XI (Treviso, 1240 – July 7, 1304), born Nicholas Boccasini, Pope from 1303 to 1304, succeeded Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), but was unable to carry out his policies. ...

1300-1500

• Niccolò II Alberti, 1303-1321
• Regnaud de la Porte, 1321-1325
• vacant, 1325-1327
• Bertrand I du Pouget, 1327-1352
• Peter VI, or Pierre Bertrand du Colombier, 1353-1361
• Andouin Alberti, 1361-1363
• Elie de Saint Yrieux, 1363-1367
• William I de la Sudrie, 1367-1373
• Peter VII d'Esteing, 1373-1377
• Bertrand II Lagier, 1378-1392
• Philippe Valois d'Alencon, 1388-1397 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina, 1380-1388)
  • John III de Neufchatel, 1392-1398
• Angelo Acciaioli, 1397-1408
• John IV Franczon Allarmet de Brogny, 1405-1426
• Julian Lobera y Valtierra, 1409-1429
• Antonio Corraro, 1431-1445
• John V Cervantes, 1447-1453
• George II Fieschi 1455-1461
• William II d'Estouteville, 1461-1483 (also Cardinal-bishop of Porto, 1455-1461)
• Giuliano della Rovere, 1483-1503^[4], (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina, 1479-1483; became Pope Julius II, † 1513)

Angelo Acciaioli (died May 31, 1408) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. ... Pope Julius II (December 5, 1443 – February 21, 1513), born Giuliano della Rovere, was Pope from 1503 to 1513. ...

1500-1700

• Oliverio Carafa, 1503-1511 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano, 1476-1483 and Sabina, 1483-1503)
• Raffaele Riario Sansoni, 1511-1521
• Bernardino I Lopez de Carvajal, 1521-1523 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1507-1509, Sabina 1509-1521 and Palestrina 1508-1509)
• Francesco I Soderini 1523-1524 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1516-1517, Palestrina 1516-1523 and Porto 1523)
• Niccolo III Fieschi 1524^[5] (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1518-1521, Sabina 1521-1523 and Porto 1523-1524)
• Alessandro I Farnese 1524-1534, (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1519-1523, Palestrina 1523, Sabina 1523-1524 and Porto 1524; became Pope Paul III, † 1549)
• Giovanni III Piccolomini, 1535-1537 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1524-1531, Palestrina 1531-1533 and Porto 1533-1535)
• Giovanni Domenico de Cupi, 1537-1553 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1531-1533 and Sabina 1533-1535)
• Giovanni Pietro Carafa, 1553-1555 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1544-1546, Sabina 1546-1550, Frascati 1550-1553 and Porto 1553; became Pope Paul IV, † 1559)
• John VI de Bellay 1555-1560 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1550-1553, Frascati 1553 and Porto 1553-1555)
• François II de Tournon, 1560-1562 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1550-1560)
• Rodolfo Pio de Carpi, 1562-1564 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1550, Frascati 1553-1555 and Porto-Santa Rufina 1555-1562)
• Francesco III Pisani, 1564-1570 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1555-1557, Frascati 1557-1562 and Porto 1562-1564)
• Giovanni Girolamo Morone, 1570-1580 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1560-1561, Sabina 1561-1562, Frascati 1562, 1564-1565, Palestrina 1562-1564 and Porto 1565-1570)
• Alessandro II Farnese, 1580-1589 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1565-1578, Sabina 1564-1565 and Porto 1578-1580)
• Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, 1589-1591 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1583-1587, Sabina 1578, Palestrina 1578-1583, Porto 1587-1589)
• Alfonso Gesualdo de Conza, 1591-1603 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1583-1587, Frascati 1587-1589 and Porto 1589-1591)
• Tolomeo Gallo, 1603-1607 (also Cardinal-bishop of abina 1589-1591, Frascati 1591-1600 and Porto 1600-1603)
• Domenico Pinelli, 1607-1611 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1603-1605 and Porto 1605-1607)
• Francois IV de Joyeuse, 1611-1615 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1604-1611)
• Antonio Maria I Galli, 1615-1620 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1605-1608, Palestrina 1608-1611 and Porto 1611-1615)
• Antonio Maria II Sauli, 1620-1623 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1607-1611, Sabina 1611-1615 and Porto 1615-1620)
• Francesco Maria Bourbon del Monte, 1623-1626 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1615-1621 and Porto 1621-1623)
• Ottavio Bandini, 1626-1629 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1621-1624 and Porto 1624-1626)
• Giovanni Battista Deti, 1629-1630 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1623-1626, Frascati 1626 and Porto 1626-1629)
• Domenico Ginnasi, 1630-1639 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1626-1629 and Porto 1629-1630)
• Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia, 1639-1641 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1627-1630 and Porto 1630-1639)
• Marcello Lante della Rovere, 1641-1652 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1629, Frascati 1629-1639 and Porto 1639-1641)
• Carlo I de Medici, 1652-1666 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1645, Frascati 1645-1652 and Porto 1652)
• Francesco V Barberini, 1666-1679 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1645-1652 and Porto 1652-1666)
• Cesare Facchinetti, 1680-1683 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1672-1679 and Porto 1679-1680)
• Niccolo IV Albergati-Ludovisi, 1683-1687 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1677-1681 and Porto 1681-1683)
• Alderano Cybo, 1687-1700 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1679-1680, Frascati 1680-1683 and Porto 1683-1687)

Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario (May 3, 1461 – July 9, 1521) was an Italian Cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the one who called Michelangelo in Rome. ... Pope Paul III (February 29, 1468 – November 10, 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope from 1534 to 1549. ... Pope Paul IV (June 28, 1476 – August 18, 1559), né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from May 23, 1555 until his death. ... Alessandro Cardinal Farnese (Valentino, 5 October 1520–2 March 1589) was the grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name Alessandro Farnese), and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma who was murdered in 1547. ... Carlo de Medici (March 19, 1595–June 17, 1666) was the son of Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Chrétienne de Lorraine. ...

1700-1900

• Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour d'Auvergne, Cardinal de Bouillon, 1700-1715^[6] (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1689-1698 and Porto 1698-1700)
• Nicola V Acciaoiuli, 1715-1719^[7] (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1693-1701 and Porto 1700-1715)
• Fulvio Astalli, 1719-1721^[8] (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1714-1719)
• Sebastiano Antonio Tanara, 1721-1724^[9] (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1715-1721)
• Francesco VI del Giudice, 1724-1725^[10] (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1717-1721 and Frascati 1721-1724)
• Fabrizio I Paolucci, 1725-1726 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1719-1724)
• Francesco VII Barberini, 1726-1738 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1721-1726)
• Pietro VIII Ottoboni, 1738-1740 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1725-1730, Frascati 1730-1734 and Porto 1734-1738)
• Tommaso Ruffo, 1740-1753 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1726-1738 and Porto 1738-1740)
• Pietro Luigi Carafa, 1753-1755 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1740-1751 and Porto 1751-1753)
• Rainiero D'Elci, 1755-1761 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1747-1753)
• Giuseppe I Spinelli, 1761-1763 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1753-1759 and Porto 1759-1761)
• Carlo Alberto Guidoboni Cavalchini, 1763-1774 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1759-1763)
• Fabrizio II Serbelloni, 1774-1775 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1763-1774)
• Giovanni Francesco Albani, 1775-1803 (also Cardinal-bishop of Porto 1773-1775)
• Henry Benedict Mary Clement Stuart, 1803-1807 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1761-1803)
• Leonardo II Antonelli, 1807-1811 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1794-1800 and Porto 1800-1807)
• Alessandro III Mattei, 1814-1820 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1800-1809 and Porto 1809-1814)
• Giulio Maria della Somaglia, 1820-1830 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1814-1818 and Porto 1818-1820)
• Bartolomeo Pacca, 1830-1844 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1818-1821 and Porto 1821-1830)
• Lodovico Micara, 1844-1847 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1837-1844)
• Vincenzo I Macchi, 1847-1860 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1840-1844 and Porto 1844-1847)
• Mario Mattei, 1860-1870 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1844-1854 and Porto 1854-1860)
• Costantino Patrizi Naro, 1870-1876 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1849-1860 and Porto 1860-1871)
• Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso, 1877-1878 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1852-1870 and Porto 1871-1877)
• Camillo di Pietro, 1878-1884 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1867-1877 and Porto 1877-1878)
• Carlo II Sacconi, 1884-1889 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1870-1878 and Porto 1878-1884)
• Raffaele Monaco La Valetta, 1889-1896 (also Cardinal-bishop of (???) 1883-1889)
• Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, 1896-1913 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1884-1889 and Porto 1889-1896)

Giuseppe Cardinal Spinelli (February 1, 1694—April 12, 1763) was a prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. ... Gian Francesco Albani (26 February 1720 – 15 September 1803) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal born to a significant religious family in Rome. ... Henry Benedict Cardinal Stuart (March 11, 1725 – July 13, 1807) was the fourth and last Jacobite to publicly claim the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ... Leonardo Antonelli was a Cardinal, b. ... Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia (born July 29, 1744, Piacenza, Italy; died April 2, 1830, Rome, Italy) was one of the most prominent cardinals of the early eighteenth century. ... Bartolommeo Pacca was a Roman Catholic Cardinal, scholar and statesman as papal Secretary of state. ... Luigi Cardinal Amat di San Filippo e Sorso (born June 20, 1796, Sinnai, archdiocese of Cagliari, Sardinia; died March 30, 1878, Rome, Italy) was the dean of the College of Cardinals during the last part of the record long reign of Pope Pius IX. He did his early education wholly... Luigi Cardinal Oreglia di Santo Stefano (born July 9, 1828, Bene Vagienna, Italy; died December 7, 1913, Rome, Italy) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century. ...

From 1900

• Serafino Vannutelli, 1913-1915 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1893-1904 and Porto 1903-1915)
• Vincenzo II Vannutelli 1915-1930 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1900-1930)
• Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, 1933-1948 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1915-1948)
• Francesco VIII Marchetti Selvaggiani, 1948-1951 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1936-1951)
• Eugène Gabriel Gervais Laurent Tisserant, 1951-1972 (also Cardinal-bishop of Porto 1946-1972)
• Amleto Giovanni Cicognani 1972-1973 (also Cardinal-bishop of Frascati 1962-1974)
• Luigi Traglia 1974-1977 (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1972-1977)
• Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri 1977-1986 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1972-1986)
• Agnelo Cardinal Rossi, 1986-1993, † 1995 (also Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1984-1995)
• Bernardin II Gantin 1993-2002 (also Cardinal-bishop of Palestrina 1986-1993)
• Joseph II Ratzinger 2002-2005 (also Cardinal-bishop of Velletri 1993-2005; became Pope Benedict XVI)
• Angelo Sodano 2005-PRESENT (also Cardinal-bishop of Albano 1994-PRESENT)

Cardinal Vannutelli (sitting) and Mgr. ... Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani (October 1, 1871_January 13, 1951) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who spent his entire career in the Roman Curia and rose to Dean of the College of Cardinals and head of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. ... Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani (24 February 1883 - 17 December 1973) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. ... Luigi Cardinal Traglia (April 3, 1895 - November 22, 1977) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia in Vatican City. ... Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri (July 25, 1893 - August 1, 1986) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a prominent member of the Roman Curia. ... Agnelo Cardinal Rossi (May 4, 1913 - May 21, 1995) was an Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. ... His Eminence Bernardin Cardinal Gantin (born May 8, 1922 in Toffo, Benin) is the highest-ranking black African in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, though three early Popes came from the Mediterranean shores of the African landmass. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Cardinal Sodano with Condoleezza Rice. ...

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External links

• de:Liste der Bischöfe von Ostia

See also

• Dean of the College of Cardinals