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The Archdiocese of Milan is a Metropolitan Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has long maintained its own rite: the Ambrosian rite. It is led by the Archbishop of Milan who serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Crema, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Pavia, and Vigevano.
   The Church in Milan was established in the 1st century as a small diocese. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century.

Seminaries

The Seminary of the archidiocese has the principal see in Venegono. The minor seminary is located in Seveso

Bishops and Archbishops

Modern Archbishops since 1454

  • Gabriele Sforza (1454-1457)
  • Carlo I da Forlì (1457-1461)
  • Stefano Nardini (1461-1484)
  • Giovan IV Arcimboldi (1484-1488)
  • Guido Antonio Arcimboldi (1488-1497)
  • Ottaviano Arcimboldi (1497)
  • Ippolito I d'Este (1497-1520)
  • Ippolito II d'Este (1520-1550)
  • Giovan Angelo Arcimboldi (1550-1555)
  • Filippo II Archinti (1556-1558)
  • vacant
  • St. Carlo Borromeo (February 8, 1560-November 3, 1584)
  • Gaspare Visconti (1584-1595)
  • Federico I Borromeo (1595-1631)
  • Cesare Monti (1632-1650)
  • Alfonso Litta (1652-1679)
  • Federico II Visconti (1681-1693)
  • Federico III Caccia (1693-1699)
  • Giuseppe I Archinti (1699-1712)
  • Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1712-1737)
  • Carlo Gaetano I Stampa (1737-1742)
  • Giuseppe II Pozzobonello (1743-1783)
  • Filippo Maria Visconti (1784-1801)
  • Giovanni Battista Caprara (1802-1810)
  • vacant
  • Carlo Gaetano II, Graf von Gaisruck (1816-1846)
  • Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1847-1859)
  • Paolo Angelo Ballerini (1859-1867)
  • Luigi Nazari di Calabiana (1867-1893)
  • Andrea Cardinal Ferrari (May 21, 1894-February 2, 1921)
  • Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (June 13, 1921-1922), elected Pope Pius XI
  • Eugenio Tosi (1922-1929)
  • Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster, O.S.B. (June 26, 1929-August 30, 1954)
  • Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (November 1, 1954-1963), elected Pope Paul VI
  • Giovanni Colombo (1963-1979)
  • Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini (December 29, 1979-June 11, 2002)
  • Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi (2002-present)Further Information

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