and the church of Sant’Ilario (Hilary of Poitiers). On 23 April 1571, Bishop Benedetto Erba (1570–1576) held a diocesan synod; he held a second synod on 19 October 1574, and a third on 25 June 1576. Bishop Ambrogio Aldegati presided over a diocesan synod on 28 April 1568. Bishop Tullio Carretti held a diocesan synod on 4 September 1597. On 9 December 1658, Bishop Francesco Mirolio held a diocesan synod. Bishop Ignazio della Chiesa de Rodi (1746–1758) held a diocesan synod in Casale on 5–7 September 1756. On 27–29 August 1844, Bishop Francesco Icheri de Malabilia presided over a diocesan synod in the cathedral. A diocesan synod was held in the cathedral by Bishop Pietro Maria Ferrè on 31 August, 1 September, and 2 September 1879. Bishops 1474 to 1700 Bernardino de Tebaldeschi (21 May 1474 – 1517 Died) Gian Giorgio Paleologo (1517 – 12 Jan 1525 Resigned) Bernardino Castellari (13 Jan 1525 – 15 Nov 1529 Resigned) Ippolito de' Medici (15 Nov 1529 – 6 Mar 1531 Resigned) Administrator Bernardino Castellari (6 Mar 1531 – 27 Jun 1546 Died) Bernardino della Croce, B. (7 Jun 1546 – 1547) Bishop-elect Francesco Micheli (13 Jul 1548 – 1555 Resigned) Scipione d'Este (5 Jun 1555 – 12 Jul 1567 Died) Ambrogio Aldegati, O.P. (1567 – 1570) Benedetto Erba, O.P. (16 Jun 1570 – 28 Dec 1576 Died) Alessandro Andreasi (11 Mar 1577 – 1583) Lelio Zimbramonti (14 Nov 1583 – 1589 Died) Marcantonio Gonzaga (30 Aug 1589 – 7 May 1592 Died) Settimio Borsari (12 Jun 1592 – 29 Apr 1594 Died) Tullio del Carretto (13 Jul 1594 – 13 Oct 1614) Scipione Pasquali (12 Jan 1615 – 1624 Died) Scipione Agnelli (1624 – 1653) Gerolamo Francesco Miroglio (29 Nov 1655 – 14 Sep 1679 Died) Lelio Ardizzone (13 May 1680 – Nov 1699 Died) 1700 to 1900 Pier Secondo Radicati de Cocconato (9 May 1701 – 1728) Pier Gerolamo Caravadossi, O.P. (10 May 1728 – 25 May 1746 Died) Ignazio della Chiesa de Rodi (28 Nov 1746 – 29 Jul 1758 Died) Giuseppe Luigi Avogadro, C.R.L. (19 Nov 1759 – 22 May 1792 Died) Teresio Maria Carlo Vittorio Ferrero della Marmora (27 Jun 1796 – 18 May 1803 Resigned) Jean-Chrysostome de Villaret (23 Dec 1805 – 3 Oct 1814 Retired) Francesco Alciati (1817 – 1828) Francesco Maria Icheri di Malabaila (5 Jul 1830 Confirmed – Jul 1846 Died) Luigi Giuseppe Nazari