Palaemon Bima published a list of the bishops of Ventimiglia, based, he says, on various documents supplied him by a Canon of Ventimiglia and the Canon Theological of Ventimiglia, as well as from an "antichissimo manoscritto ci fu da rispettabile persona communicato, senza però garantirne l'autenticità". His list begins with sixteen bishops, obviously designed to carry the history of the bishops of the diocese back to the apostolic age; but there is no documentary evidence as to their existence. They are not mentioned by Ughelli, Gams, Rossi, Kehr, and Lanzoni. Palemone Luigi Bima (1842). Serie cronologica dei romani pontefici e degli arcivescovi e vescovi di tutti gli stati di Terraferma & S. S. B. M. e di alcune del regno di Sardegna (in Italian) (seconda ed.). Torino: Fratelli Falvale. pp. 288–290.
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Pius VII (1847). Bullarii Romani continuatio Summorum Pontificum (in Latin). Vol. Tomus decimus tertius (13). Romae: ex typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae. p. 17.: ...nec non Vintimiliensis respective, ecclesiae metropolitanae Aquensis.... Rossi, Storia (1886), p. 317.
Vaccari was probably born at Sospello in the County of Nice. He had been a Canon of Genoa by 1481, and was also Provost of S. Giorgio. In 1481 he was named Vicar of Archbishop Campofregoso of Genoa. He was named bishop of the diocese of Noli (1485–1502), and was transferred to Ventimiglia on 24 January 1502. He died or resigned in 1511. Guicciardini, Storia d'Italia, says that Pope Julius II replaced him with Alessandro de Campofregoso in order to make the political situation more difficult for Louis XII of France. Rossi, Storia della città di Ventimiglia, pp. 189-190. Atti della Società ligure di storia patria (in Italian). Genoa: Per Tommaso Ferrando. 1971. p. 36. Eubel, II, pp. 200, 268; III, p. 334 note 2.
Galbiati took part in the IV provincial council of Milan held by the Archbishop, Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, on 10 May 1576; in the V provincial council of 7 May 1579; and in the VI provincial council of 10 May 1582. He died on 18 December 1600. The Chapter of the Cathedral then elected its Provost, Ascanio Aprosio, as Vicar Capitular, to govern the diocese until a new bishop took possession. Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Milan: Pagnonius. 1843. pp. 204, 299, 328. Rossi (1886), pp. 197, 233. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 363 note 2.
Spinola, a priest of the diocese of Genoa, was appointed by Pope Clement VIII on 15 April 1602. He was present at the VII Provincial Synod of Milan in 1609. He died on 22 December 1613. Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Milan: Pagnonius. 1843. p. 358. Rossi (1886), p. 233. Gauchat, p. 363 with note 3.
Reggio was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ventimiglia by Pope Pius IX on 20 March 1877, and he succeeded to the bishopric on the death of Bishop Biale on 16 June. He was transferred to the diocese of Genoa on 11 July 1892. He died on 22 November 1901. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, pp. 316, 534 585. Angelo Montonati (2015). Beato Tommaso Reggio. Un profeta dei tempi nuovi (in Italian). Bergamo: Velar. ISBN978-88-6671-220-6.
Daffra was born at Canneto in 1841, and became a priest of the diocese of Tortona. He was director of studies and then Rector of the local seminary. He was appointed Canon of the Cathedral of Tortona.The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. Supplement 1. New York: Encyclopedia Press. 1922. p. 757. Daffra: Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 585. G. Simonetti, Mons. Ambrogio Daffra, vescovo di Ventimiglia, San Remo: Casablanca, 2000.
Kehr, p. 364: Pertinuit ad Mediolanensium archiepiscoporum provinciam ad annum usque 1806, quo Aquensi metropoli in Gallia addicta est. Anno vero 1818 Pius VII eam Ianuensi provinciae metropolitanae subdidit. Cf. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo"Catholic-Hierarchy.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source] Gabriel Chow, GCatholic.org., "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo"GCatholic.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source]. Umberto Benigni, "Diocese of Ventimiglia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912; retrieved: 13 May 2018.
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Bishop Suetta was born at Loano (Savona) in 1962. He studied at the diocesan seminary of Albenga and was ordained in 1986. In 1988 he obtained a church licenciate in theology from the Lateran University in Rome, and a doctorate in the same subject in 2009 from the Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum in Rome. He served as a parish priest and taught religion in the state liceo in Oneglia Imperia; he also served in Cesio, Caravonica, and Borgio Verezzi. He then taught theology, ecclesiology and mariology at the seminary in Albenga. He was then a member of several diocesan administrative committees, and became a member of the administrative council of the Pontifical Foundation for the Goods and Artistic Activity of the Church in Rome. In 2008 he was named a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Albenga. In 2011 he became Rector of the diocesan seminary. He was appointed Bishop of Ventimiglia by Pope Francis on 25 January 2014, and was consecrated a bishop on 1 March by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa. Chiesa di Ventimiglia San Remo, Biografia S.E. Mons. Antonio Suetta Vescovo di Ventimiglia – San Remo; retrieved 2018-14-05. (in Italian)
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Kehr, p. 364: Pertinuit ad Mediolanensium archiepiscoporum provinciam ad annum usque 1806, quo Aquensi metropoli in Gallia addicta est. Anno vero 1818 Pius VII eam Ianuensi provinciae metropolitanae subdidit. Cf. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo"Catholic-Hierarchy.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source] Gabriel Chow, GCatholic.org., "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo"GCatholic.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source]. Umberto Benigni, "Diocese of Ventimiglia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912; retrieved: 13 May 2018.
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Kehr, p. 364: Pertinuit ad Mediolanensium archiepiscoporum provinciam ad annum usque 1806, quo Aquensi metropoli in Gallia addicta est. Anno vero 1818 Pius VII eam Ianuensi provinciae metropolitanae subdidit. Cf. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo"Catholic-Hierarchy.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source] Gabriel Chow, GCatholic.org., "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo"GCatholic.org; retrieved February 29, 2016. [self-published source]. Umberto Benigni, "Diocese of Ventimiglia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912; retrieved: 13 May 2018.
