It has its collegiate cathedral episcopal see S. Bartolomeo, dedicated to the Apostle St. Bartholomew, in Pennabilli, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, and two co-cathedrals:
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The earliest mention of Montefeltro, as Mona Feretri, is in the diplomas by which first Holy Roman EmperorCharlemagne confirmed the donation of Pepin. In 785 the bishopric was established as Diocese of Montefeltro.
The first known bishop of Montefeltro was Agatho (826), whose residence was at San Leo.
Under Bishop Flaminios Dondi (1724) the see was again transferred to San Leo, but later it returned to Pennabilli. The historic diocese was a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Urbino.[3]
On 22 February 1977, it was renamed as Diocese of San Marino–Montefeltro, having lost territory to the Diocese of Sarsina, and exchanged territory with the Diocese of Rimini.
On 18 September 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed the bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Bishop Luigi Negri, to serve as one of the Synod Fathers for the upcoming October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.[4]
Giovanni Francesco Sormani (or Sarmani; 6 March 1567 – death 1601), founder of the seminary of Pennabilli, thenceforth residence of the bishops, the episcopal see having been transferred there.
Pietro Cartolari (29 November 1601 – death 1607)
Consalvo Duranti (19 March 1607 – death 10 January 1643)
Bernardino Scala (28 May 1643 – death 19 January 1667), previously Bishop of Bisceglie (Italy) (1637.01.12 – 1643.05.28)
Antonio Possenti (3 August 1667 – death 14 December 1671)
Giacomo Buoni (8 February 1672 – 28 February 1678), later Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1678.02.25 – death 1679)
Bernardino Belluzzi (5 September 1678- 25 September 1702), later Bishop of Camerino (Italy) (1702.09.25 – death 1719.02.15)[5]
Pietro Valerio Martorelli (5 March 1703 – 18 November 1724)
Flaminio Dondi (20 November 1724 – death 12 August 1729), previously Titular Bishop of Abdera (1717.04.12 – 1724.11.20) & Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina (Italy) (1717.04.12 – 1724.11.20)
Carlo Bonaiuti (23 Jun 1890 – 22 June 1896), later Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1896.06.22 – death 1904)
Alfonso Andreoli (6 December 1896 – 20 December 1911), later Bishop of Loreto (Italy) (1911.12.20 – 1923.11.10), Bishop of Recanati(Italy) (1911.12.20 – death 1923.11.10)
Raffaele Santi (22 April 1912 – 15 June 1940), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus (1940.06.15 – death 1944.01.28)
Vittorio De Zanche (9 August 1940 – 25 September 1949), later Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1949.09.25 – 1971.01.12), restyled Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) (1971.01.12 – death 1977.04.14)
Antonio Bergamaschi (12 December 1949 – death 17 April 1966)
Apostolic Administrator Emilio Biancheri (1966 – 1977.02.22), while Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1953.09.07 – 1976.12.17) and next on emeritate
Giovanni Locatelli (22 February 1977 - 12 November 1988), previously Bishop of Rimini (Italy) (1977.02.22 – 1988.11.12); later Bishop of Vigevano (Italy) (1988.11.12 – retired 2000.03.18)
Paolo Rabitti (25 May 1995 - 2 October 2004), previously Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimony of Art and History (1989 – 1993), Secretary of Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church (1993 – 1995.05.25); later Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio (Italy) (2004.10.02 – retired 2012.12.01)