The Archdiocese of Messina was originally founded as the Diocese of Messina but was raised to the level of an archdiocese on September 30, 1986 with the merging with the former Diocese of Lipari (1131) and Prelatura of Santa Lucia del Mela (1206), and as suffragans the Diocese of Patti

Roman Catholic Diocese of Patti

The Italian Catholic diocese of Patti is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.-History:Count Ruggiero founded at Patti a Benedictine abbey, and in 1131 the antipope Anacletus II made Patti an episcopal see, uniting it with the Abbey of Lipari...

 and Diocese of Nicosia. The current Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 of Messina is Calogero La Piana, and the auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

 is Francesco Montenegro. The Archbishops Emeritus

Emeritus

Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...

 are Ignazio Cannavò and Giovanni Marra.

List of Archbishops of Messina

• Bacchilo (41)
• Barchirio (68)
• Eleuterio (121)
• Alessandro I (154)
• Raimondo
• Capitone (313)
• Alessandro II (347)
• Evagrio (363)
• Bacchilo II (381)
• Giovanni I (151)
• Giustiniano (183)
• Eucarpo I (501)
• Peregrino I (514)
• Eucarpo II (586)
• Felice I (590)
• Dono (593)
• Felice II (600)
• Guglielmo I (603)
• Isidoro (610)
• Peregrino II (649)
• Benedetto (682)
• Gaudioso (787)
• Gregorio (869)
• Ippolito (968)
• Roberto I (1081)
• Goffredo I (1081)
• Guglielmo II (1120)
• Ugone (1127)
• Goffredo II (1140)
• Roberto II (1142)
• Gerardo (1144)
• Arnaldo
• Roberto III (1151)
• Nicolò I (1166)
• Riccardo Palmieri (1183)
• Berardo o Berzio (1197-1233)
• Landone (1236)
• Giovanni Colonna (1255)
• Tommaso D'Agni Lentini (1262)
• Bartolomeo Pignatelli (1266-1272)
• Reginaldo Lentini (1274)
• Francesco Fontana (1288)
• Raimondo d'Aquino
• Raniero II Lentini (1288-1304)
• Guidotto de Abbiate (1304-1333)
• Pietro I
• Federico de Guercis (1333-1342)
• Raimando de Pezzolis (1342-1348)
• Giordano Curti (1348)
• Pietro Porta (1349-1351)
• Anzalone Bonsignore (1351-1354)
• Guglielmo Monstrio (1355-1362)
• Dionisio da Murcia (1363-1380)
• Paolo Zuccaro (1380-1387)
• Maffiolo Lampugnani (1387-?)
• Filippo Crispo (1392-1402)
• Pietro Budano (1403-?)
• Tommaso Crisafi (1408-1426)
• Archida Ventimiglia (1426)
• Bartolomeo Gattiglia (1426-1446)
• Pietro III (1446-1448)
• card. Antonio Cerdano (1448-1449)
• Giacomo Porcio (1449)
• card. Andrea Amodeo (1449-1450)
• Giacomo Tedesco (1450-1473)
• Lorenzo Crisafi (1473)
• card. Giuliano della Rovere (1473-1474)
• Giacomo da Santa Lucia (1474-1480)
• Pietro de Luna (1480-1482)
• Martino Ponz (1493-1500)
• Martino Garcia (1500-1502)
• Pietro Bellorado (1502-1509)
• card. Pietro Isvaglies (1510-1511)
• Bernardino da Bologna (1512-1513)
• Antonio la Legname (1514-1537)
• card. Innocenzo Cibo (1538-1550)
• card. Giovanni Andrea Mercurio (1550-1560)
• card. Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete (1560-1561)
• Antonio Cancellaro (1564-1568)
• Giovanni Retana (1569-1582)
• Antonio Lombardo (1585-1597)
• Francesco Velardo de la Cuencha (1599-1604)
• Bonaventura Secusio (1605-1609)
• Pietro Ruiz de Valdevexo (1609-1617)
• Andrea Mastrillo (1618-1624)
• card. Giovanni Domenico Spinola (1624-1626)
• Biago Proto de Rubeis (1626-1646)
• Simone Carafa O. Teat. (1647-1676)
• Giuseppe Cicala (1678-1685)
• Francesco Alavarez (1686-1698)
• Giuseppe Migliaccio (1698-1729)
• Tommaso Viadl y de Nin (1730-1743)
• Tommaso Moncada (1743-1762)
• Gabriele Maria Di Blasi e Gambacorta O.S.B. (1764-1767)
• Giovanni Maria Spinelli (1767-1770)
• Corrado Deodato Moncada (1770-1771)
• Scipione Ardoino Alcontres (1771-1778)
• Nicola Cifaglione (1778-1780)
• Francesco Paolo Perremuto (1790-1791)
• Gaetano Maria Garrasi O.E.S.A. (1798-1817)
• Antonio Maria Trigona Grimaldi (1817-1819)
• card. Francesco di Paola Villadecani
  Francesco di Paola Villadecani
  Francesco di Paola Villadecani was a cardinal of the Catholic Church and was Archbishop of Messina from 1823 to 1861....
  
  (1823-1861)
• Luigi Natoli (1867-1875)
• card. Giuseppe Guarino (1875-1897)
• Letterio D'Arrigo Ramondini (1898-1922)
• Angelo Paino (1923-1963)
• Guido Tonetti (1950-1957)
• Francesco Fasola (1963-1977)
• Ignazio Cannavò (1977-1997)
• Giovanni Marra (1997-2006)
• Calogero La Piana S.D.B. (since November 18, 2006)