a diocesan synod in Ancona in 1654. A diocesan synod was held by Cardinal Giannicolò Conti (1666–1698) on 4–5 November 1674. Cardinal Marcello d'Aste (1700–1709) held a diocesan synod in Ancona in 1708; its Constitutions were published in 1738. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Bussi (1710–1726) presided over a diocesan synod in the cathedral at Ancona on 15–18 September 1726. Cardinal Bartolomeo Massei (1731–1745) held a diocesan synod in the cathedral of S. Cyriaco on 26–28 October 1738. Cardinal Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini (1766–1782) held a diocesan synod on 1–3 September 1779. On 13–15 November 1883, Cardinal Achille Manara held a diocesan synod in the cathedral of Ancona. Bishops of Ancona ... Judas Cyriacus ? ... Primianus ... [Marcus ?] ... Ignotus (attested 496) ... Traso ( ? ) ... Marcellinus (6th cent. ?) ... [Thomas] ... Serenus (attested 598, 603) ... Maurosus (attested 649) ... Joannes (attested 680) ... Senator (attested 743) ... Tigrinus (attested 826) ... Leopardus (attested 869) Paulus (attested 873, 878, 880) ... Bolongerius (Benolegerius) (attested 887) ... Erfermarius (attested 967, 968) ... Traso (attested 996) Stephanus (c. 1020) ... Grimaldus (attested 1051) Gerardus (attested 1068) Transbertus Marcellinus Bernardus (attested 1128) Anonymus (attested 1146) Lambertus (menzionato nel 1150 or 1158) Thomas ? (c. 1172) Gentile (attested 1179) Rodolfus, O.S.B.Camald. Beroaldus (attested 1186–1192) ... Gerardus (attested 1204–1228) ... Persevallus (c. 1239–c. 1242) Joannes Bonus (1244– ? ) Petrus Capocci Petrus Romanucci (1284 or earlier – 1286) Berardus de Podio (1286–1296) Pandulfus Nicolaus Thomas Nicolaus Rinonis Augustinus de Podio Lanfrancus Salvetti, O.Min. Joannes Tedeschi, O.E.S.A. (1349–1381) Bartholomaeus de Uliariis, O.S.B. (1381–1385) Guglielmo della Vigna, O.S.B. (1386–1405) Carolus de Actis de Saxoferrato, O.S.B. (1405–1406) Lorenzo de Ricci (1406–1410) Simone Vigilanti, O.E.S.A. (1410–1412) Pietro Liberotti (1412–1419) Astorgio Agnesi (1419–1436) Bishops of Ancona e Numana United: 19 October 1422 with the Diocese of Numana Astorgius Agnesi Joannes Caffarelli (1437–1460) Agapitus Rustici-Cenci (1460–1463) Antonio Fatati (1463–1484) Benincasa di Benincasis (1484–1502) Giovanni Sacca (1502–1505) Administrator Card. Pietro Accolti (4 Apr 1505 – 5 Apr 1514 Resigned) Francesco de Accolti (5 Apr 1514 – 1523 Resigned) Baldovinetto de' Baldovinetti (26 Mar 1523 – 1538 Died) Girolamo Ghianderoni (12 Nov 1538 – 1550 Resigned) Matteo Lucchi (1550–1556) Vincenzo Lucchi (6 Feb 1556 – 31 Jan 1585 Died) Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1585) Administrator Cardinal Carlo Conti (1585–1615) Giulio Savelli (11 Jan 1616 – 2 May 1622 Resigned) Luigi Galli (1622–1657) Sede vacante (1657–1666) Card. Giannicolò Conti (29 Mar 1666