The Roman catholic diocese

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 of Grosseto

Grosseto

Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....

 is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy

Italy

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, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino

The Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Tuscany. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Siena.-Bishops of Siena:* Lucifer † * Florianus †...

, in Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

. Its current bishop is Franco Agostinelli.

Rusellæ was an episcopal city from the fifth century. St. Gregory the Great commended to the spiritual care of Balbinus, Bishop of Rusellæ, the inhabitants of Vetulonia

Vetulonia

Vetulonia, formerly called Vetulonium , was an ancient town of Etruria, Italy, the site of which is probably occupied by the modern village of Vetulonia, which up to 1887 bore the name of Colonnata and Colonna di Buriano: the site is currently a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia,...

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In 1138 pope Innocent II transferred the see to Grosseto and Rolando, the last Bishop of Roselle, became the first Bishop of Grosseto.

From 1858 to 1867, for political and economical reasons, the see remained vacant.

Bishops of Grosseto

• Sebastiano Perissi † (28 May 1700 Appointed - Nov 1701 Died)
• Giacomo Falconetti, O.P. † (15 Jan 1703 Appointed - Apr 1710 Died)
• Bernardino Pecci † (15 Dec 1710 Appointed - 1 Jun 1736 Died)
• Antonio Maria Franci † (6 May 1737 Appointed - 10 Apr 1790 Died)
• Fabrizio Selvi † (17 Jun 1793 Appointed - 1837 Resigned)
• Giovanni Domenico Francesco Mensini † (2 Oct 1837 Appointed - 29 Apr 1858 Died)
• Anselmo Fauli, O. Carm. † (22 Feb 1867 Appointed - 28 Jan 1876 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Bagala Blasini † (3 Apr 1876 Appointed - 2 Mar 1884 Died)
• Bernardino Caldajoli † (2 Mar 1884 Succeeded - 1907 Died)
• Ulisse Carlo Bascherini † (8 Jul 1907 Appointed - 8 Mar 1920 Retired)
• Gustavo Matteoni † (8 Mar 1920 Appointed - 3 Mar 1932 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena)
• Paolo Galeazzi † (16 Sep 1932 Appointed - 10 Aug 1971 Died)
• Primo Gasbarri † (16 Oct 1971 Appointed - 22 Jan 1979 Resigned)
• Adelmo Tacconi † (23 Mar 1979 Appointed - 20 Jul 1991 Retired)
• Angelo Scola (20 Jul 1991 Appointed - 14 Sep 1995 Resigned)
• Giacomo Babini (13 Jul 1996 Appointed - 17 Nov 2001 Resigned)
• Franco Agostinelli (17 Nov 2001 Appointed - )