The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan, also known as the Ambrosian Catholic Church, is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It is led by a prelate bishop called the Archbishop of Milan which serves as metropolitan to the dioceses of Bergamo , Brescia , Como , Crema , Cremona , Lodi , Mantova , Pavia and Vigevano . The Milanese church practises the Ambrosian rite.

Archbishops

The Archdiocese of Milan was first established in the 1st century as a small diocese. It was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese in the 4th century, led by an archbishop and several auxiliary bishops.

• St. Barnabas (ca. 52)
• St. Anathalon (ca. 53)
• St. Caius (61-85)
• vacant
• St. Castricianus (97-138)
• St. Calimerus ((138-191)
• vacant
• St. Mona (195-251)
• St. Maternus (ca. 282)
• St. Miroclus (ca. 303)
• St. Eustorgio (ca. 315)
• vacant
• St. Protasius Algisi (351)
• St. Dionysius Mariani (351-365)
• Auxentius (c. 370)
• St. Ambrose (374-397)
• St. Simplicianus Soresini (397-400)
• St. Venerius Oldrati (400-408)
• St. Marolo (408-423)
• St. Martinianus Osio (423-435)
• St. Glycerius Landriani (436-438)
• St. Lazarus Beccardi (438-449)
• St. Eusebius Pagani (449-462)
• St. Gerontius Bescapè (462-465)
• St. Benignus Bossi (465-472)
• St. Senator Settala (472-475)
• St. Theodorus I de' Medici (475-490)
• St. Laurentius I Litta (490-512)
• St. Eustorgio II (512-518)
• St. Magnus de' Trincheri (518-530)
• St. Dacius Agliati (530-552)
• Vitale de' Cittadini (552-555)
• Frontone (556-566)
• St. Ausanus Crivelli (566-567)
• St. Honoratus Castiglioni (568-572)
• Laurentius II (573-592)
• Constantius de' Cittadini (593-600)
• Deodatus (601-629)
• Asterius (630-640)
• Forte (641-643)
• St. Giovan I Bono (649-660)
• St. Antonino Fontana (660-661)
• St. Maurisilio (661-662)
• St. Ampelio (667-672)
• St. Mansueto Savelli (672-681)
• St. Benedetto I Crespi (681-725)
• Theodorus II (725-739)
• St. Natale (740-741)
• Arifred (741-742)
• Stabile (742-744)
• Leto Marcellino (745-759)
• Tommaso Grassi (759-783)
• Pietro I Oldrati (784-801)
• vacant
• Odelperto (803-813)
• St. Anselmo I Biglia (813-818)
• St. Buono Castiglioni (818-822)
• Angilberto I (822-823)
• Angilberto II Pusterla (824-859)
• Tadone (860-868)
• Ansperto Confalonieri da Biassono (868-881)
• Anselmo II Capra (882-896)
• Landolfo I Grassi (896-899)
• Andrea da Carcano (899-906)
• Aicone Oldrati (906-918)
• Gariberto di Besana (918-921)
• Lamperto (921-931)
• Elduin (931-936)
• Arderico Cotta (936-948)
• Adelmano (948-953)
• Valperto de' Medici (953-970)
• Arnolfo I (970-974)
• Gotofredo (974-979)
• Landolfo II da Carcano (980-998)
• Arnolfo II da Arsago (998-1018)
• Ariberto da Intimiano (1018-1045)
• St. Guido da Velate (1045-1069, died 1071)
• Attone (1070-1075)
  • Gotifredo da Castiglione (1070-1075) (antibishop)
• Tebaldo da Castiglione (1075-1080)
• vacant
• Anselmo III da Rho (1086-1093)
• Arnolfo III (1093-1097)
• Anselmo IV da Bovisio (1097-1101)
• Grossolano (1102-1112)
• Giordano da Clivio (1112-1120)
• Olrico (1120-1126)
• Anselmo V Pusterla (1126-1133)
• vacant
• St. Bernardo (1135)
• Robaldo (1135-1145)
• Umberto I da Pirovano (1146-1166)
• St. Galdino della Sala (1166-1176)
• Algisio da Pirovano (1176-1182)
• Umberto II. Crivelli (1182-1185)
• Milone da Cardano (1185-1195)
• Umberto III da Terzago (1195-1196)
• Filippo I da Lampugnano (1196-1206)
• Umberto IV da Pirovano (1206-1211)
• Gerardo da Sessa (1211-1212)
• Enrico I da Settala (1213-1230)
• Guglielmo I da Rizolio (1230-1241)
• Leon da Perego (1241-1257)
• Ottone Visconti (1262-1295)
• Ruffino da Frisseto (1295-1296)
• Francesco I da Parma (1296-1308)
• Cassone Torriani (1308-1317)
• Aicardo da Intimiano (1317-1339)
• vacant
• Giovanni II Visconti (1342-1354)
• Roberto Visconti (1354-1361)
• Guglielmo II Pusterla (1361-1370)
• Simon da Borsano (1370-1380)
• Antonio de' Saluzzi (1380-1401)
• Pietro di Candia (1402-1410)
• Francesco II Crippa (1409-1414)
• Bartolommeo Capra (1414-1433)
• Francesco III Piccolpasso (1433-1443)
• Enrico II Rampini (1443-1450)
• Giovanni III Visconti (1450-1453)
• Nicolò Amidano (1453-1454)
• Timoteo Maffei (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)
• Giovan 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 Carlo Ferrari (May 21, 1894-February 2, 1921)
• Achille Ratti (June 13, 1921-1922)
• Eugenio Tosi (1922-1929)
• Ildefonso Schuster (June 26, 1929-August 30, 1954)
• Giovanni Battista Montini (November 1, 1954-1963)
• Giovanni Colombo (1963-1979)
• Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini (December 29, 1979-June 11, 2002)
• Dionigi Tettamanzi (2002-present)

Resources

• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Archdiocese of Milan