Bishop of Ravenna

• St. Apollinaris, traditionally 1st century and legendarily appointed to the episcopate by Peter the Apostle himself, but dates are uncertain; may instead belong to the 2nd century^[4][5]
• St. Adheritus,^[6] 2nd century^[7]
• St. Eleuchadius,^[6] died c. 112, but chronology uncertain^[8]
• St. Marcian, or Marcianus^[6] — died c. 127; feast day May 22^[9]
• St. Calocerus^[6]
• St. Proculus^[6]
• St. Probus I died 175^[6]
• St. Dathus^[6]
• St. Liberius I^[6]
• St. Agapitus^[6]
• St. Marcellinus,^[10][11]
• St. Severus (c. 308–c. 348)^[10]
• St. Liberius II^[10]
• St. Probus II^[10]
• Florentius^[10]
• Liberius III (c. 380–c. 399)^[10]
• St. Ursus (c. 399–c. 426), who built the Basilica Ursiana, the original Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord^[10] (the Anastasis in the Byzantine period)
• John Angeloptes, "the Angel-seer" c. 430–433.^[12] Revered as a saint, feast day 27 November. In his Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis (LPR; 'Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna'),^[10] Andreas Agnellus (9th century), dates Angeloptes' episcopate to late in the 5th century, conflating details of his life with John II (477–494), whom he designates "John I".^[a][13]
• St. Peter Chrysologus (433– c. 449)^[10][12]
• Neon, c. 449 – c. 452^[13]: 911 (c. 450 – c. 473 according to Agnellus^[10])
• Exuperantius c. 452 – c. 477^[13]: 911 (c. 473 – c. 477 according to Agnellus^[10])
• John II (erroneously ordered as "John I", "the angel-seer" by Agnellus^[a]; 477–494)^[10]
• Peter II (494–519)^[10]
• Aurelian (519–521)^[10]
• Ecclesius, or Ecclesio Celio di Ravenna [it] (522–532) — started construction of the city's Basilica of San Vitale and is represented there in the apse mosaic^{[3][14][15][16]}
• St. Ursicinus (533–536) — ordered the construction of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe^[14]
• Victor (538–545) — features on monograms on the capitals in the Basilica of San Vitale^[14]

6th century

• Maximianus of Ravenna (546–556 or 557) — Ravenna's 28th bishop^[13]: 913 (or 27th, according to the LPR^[10]), he was its first archbishop. The Throne of Maximian, a Justinian Byzantine-style cathedra, was made for him.^[17]
• Agnellus (556–569)^[18]
• Peter III the Elder, Petrus Senior or Pietro III (569–578)
• John III the Roman, or Giovanni III (578–595)^[b]
• Mariniano (595–606)

7th century

• John IV (607–625)^[c]
• John V (625– c. 631)^[d]
• Bonus (c. 631 – c. 644)
• Maurus (archbishop of Ravenna) (c. 644– c. 671)
• Reparatus (c. 671 – c. 677)
• Theodorus (c. 677 – c. 691)
• Damian (c. 692 – c. 709)

8th century

• St. Felix of Ravenna (c. 709–c. 725)
• John VI or Giovanni VI (c. 726 – c. 744)^[e]
• Sergius (c. 744 – c. 769)
• Leo I (c. 770 – c. 777)
• John VII or Giovanni VII (c. 777 – c. 784)^[f]
• Gratiosus (c. 785 – c. 789)
• Valerius (c. 789 – c. 810)

9th century

• Martin (c. 810 – c. 818)
• Petronax (c. 818 – c. 837)
• George (c. 837 – c. 846)
• Deusdedit (c. 847 – c. 850)
• John VIII or Giovanni VIII (c. 850–878), excommunicated 861 by Pope Nicholas I, later reconciled^[19][20]
• Romano di Calcinaria (Romanus) (878–888)
• Deusdedit (889–898)

10th century

• John IX (898–904)
• John of Tossignano (Giovanni da Tossignano; 905–914), later Pope John X
• Constantine (914–926)
• Peter IV (927–971)
• Onestus (971–983)
• Giovanni Vincenzo [it], Giovanni da Besate, or John X (983–998)
• Gerbert of Aurillac (998–999), later Pope Sylvester II

11th century

• Leo II (999–1001)
• Frederick (1002–1004)
• Ethelbert (1004–1014)
• Arnold of Saxony (1014–1019)
• Heribert (1019–1027)
• Gebeardo Tedesco, Gebeardo da Eichstätt (1027–1044) formerly the canon of the cathedral of Eichstätt in his homeland, Bavaria^[21]
• Witgero (1044–1046)
• Hunfredus (1046–1051)
• John Henry (1051–1072)
• Guiberto di Ravenna [it] (1072–1100), later the Antipope Clement III^[22]

12th century

• Ottone Boccatortia (1100–1110)
• Geremia (1110–1117)^[23]
• Filippo (1118)
• Gualtiero (1119–1144)
• Mose da Vercelli (1144–1154)
• Anselm of Havelberg (1155–1158)
• Guido di Biandrate [it] (1159–1169)
• Gerard (1169–1190)
• Guglielmo di Cabriano [it] (William of Cabriano; 1190–1201), jurist and author of^[24]

13th century

• Alberto Oselletti (1201–1207)
• Egidio de Garzoni (1207–1208)
• Ubaldo (1208–1216)
• Piccinino (1216)
• Simeone (1217–1228)
• Teoderico (1228–1249)
• Filippo da Pistoia (1251–1270)
• Sede vacante ('vacant see') 1270–1274
• Bonifacio Fieschi di Lavagna (1274–1294)
• Obizzo Sanvitale (1295–1303)

14th century

• St. Rinaldo da Concorezzo (1303–1321)^[25]
• Rinaldo da Polenta (1321–1322)
• Aimerico di Chastellux (1322–1332)
• Guido de Roberti (1332–1333)
• Francesco Michiel (1333–1342)
• Nicola Canal (1342–1347)
• Fortanerius Vassalli (1347–1351)
• St. Silas Abba (1352–1361)
• Petrocino Casalesco (1362–1369)
• Pietro Pileo di Prata (1370–1387)
• Cosimo de' Migliorati (1387–1400), later Pope Innocent VII

15th century

• Giovanni Nicolai de' Migliorati (1400–1405)
• Tommaso Perendoli (1411–1445)
• Bartolomeo Roverella (1445–1475)
• Filiasio Roverella (1475–1516)

16th century

• Niccolò Fieschi (1516–1517)
• Urbano Fieschi (1517–1521)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio – appointed 25 June 1524, resigned December 1524
• Benedetto de Accolti the Younger – appointed 17 August 1524, died in office 21 September 1549
• Ranuccio Farnese (11 October 1549 – 28 April 1564)
• Giulio della Rovere – appointed 1566, died in office 3 September 1578
• Cristoforo Boncampagni (1578–1603)

17th century

• Pietro Aldobrandini – appointed 1604, died in office 10 February 1621
• Luigi Capponi – appointed 3 March 1621, resigned 18 September 1645
• Luca Torreggiani – r. 1645–1669
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni – appointed 19 May 1670, resigned 19 February 1674^[26]
• Fabio Guinigi (1674–1691)^[26]
• Raimondo Ferretti (1692–1719)^[26]

18th century

• Girolamo Crispi (1720–1727)^[26]
• Maffeo Nicola Farsetti (1727–1741)^[26]
• Sede vacante ('vacant see') 1741–1745
• Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli (1745–1763)
• Nicola Oddi (1764–1767)
• Antonio Cantoni (1767–1781)
• Sede vacante 1781–1785
• Antonio Codronchi (1785–1826)

19th century

• Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini – appointed 3 July 1826, died in office 2 April 1859
• Enrico Orfei – appointed 23 March 1860, died in office 22 December 1870
• Vincenzo Moretti – appointed 27 October 1871, resigned 22 September 1879
• Giacomo Cattani – appointed 22 September 1879, died in office 14 February 1887
• Sebastiano Galeati – appointed 23 May 1887, died in office 25 January 1901

20th century

• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi – appointed 15 April 1901, died in office 25 April 1902
• St. Guido Maria Conforti – appointed 9 June 1902, resigned 12 October 1904. Conforti was canonised in 2011
• Pasquale Morganti – appointed 14 November 1904, died in office 18 December 1921
• Antonio Lega – succeeded 18 December 1921, died in office 16 November 1946

• Giacomo Lercaro – in office from 31 January 1947 to 19 April 1952, when appointed Archbishop of Bologna
• Egidio Negrin – in office from May 1952 until appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso in April 1956
• Salvatore Baldassarri – appointed 3 May 1956, resigned November 1975

• Ersilio Tonini – appointed November 1975, retired October 1990 (see diocese's name change in 1986; became Cardinal after retirement)
• Luigi Amaducci – appointed October 1990, retired March 2000
• Giuseppe Verucchi – appointed March 2000

• Timeline of Ravenna
• Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum – Collection of ancient Latin inscriptions, which includes the inscription on John II's (477–494) tomb (CIL 11, 304) – and that of the other episcopal tombs of this era