On December 21, 2006, he was elected bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, and later received his episcopal consecration in the Basilica of St. John Bosco in Rome for the imposition of the hands of the Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on February 10, 2007.
The sight of the sea at Marseilles and his voyage thence to Civitavecchia (Papal States' main port on the Tyrrhenian Sea) made a deep impression on him, and immediately after his arrival he entered the studio of a marine painter, Bernardino Fergioni.
In 1560 Francis Laparelli was called to Rome by Pope Pius IV, at the request of cousin his Serbelloni, with the task of restoring the fortifications of Civitavecchia.
Luke (Lucas) Hasegawa was a Japanese artist commissioned to do the murals remembering the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki for the Church of the Holy Japanese Martyrs in Civitavecchia, Italy.
Tasked with the naval preparations of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria, Forfait prepared 15 ships of the line, 14 frigates, 72 lesser warships and 400 transports in Toulon, Genoa, Ajaccio and Civitavecchia.
The southernmost section of the line between Rome and Civitavecchia was opened on 24 April 1859 by the Società Pio Central (Italian for Central Pius Company).
He also refortified Centumcellae, purchasing from Thrasimund II of Spoleto the fortress of Gallese along the Via Flaminia, which had been taken by the Lombards, interrupting Rome’s communications with the exarch at Ravenna.
The port is connected by ferries with Genoa, Marseille, Toulon, Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Propriano, Expressway SS131/E25 to Sassari and Cagliari, and a national road to Santa Teresa Gallura (SS200).
1983 Firenze - GALLERIA INTERNAZIONALE GAI Via Tornabuoni - Roma TARTAGLIA ARTE GALLERIA "NOCCHIA" Civitavecchia Roma - GALLERIA DI MARCO - Germania, Gladbeck -"Art Fontana Erika"; Napoli - ART GALLERY "De Gregorio"; Taranto - GALLERIA D'ARTE "Del Core"
All regional trains bound for Bracciano, Cesano di Roma, Civitavecchia, Grosseto, Pisa Centrale, Roma Termini and Viterbo Porta Fiorentina stop at the station.
On 25 February 1863, Pope Pius IX opened the first, temporary Termini Station as the terminus of the Rome–Frascati, Rome–Civitavecchia and Rome-Ceprano lines.
On 2 July 1860 the permanent Civitavecchia station opened for service and construction began on the of the section of the line from Civitavecchia to the Papal States' northern border with Tuscany, which was inaugurated and opened for service on 22 June 1867.