 Two religious orders, the Capuchins and the Clerci Regulari Ministeri Infirmaribus (Camillians), were reestablished in the diocese following the departure of the French.The Camillians were granted the administratorship of the parish of S. Matteo in the city of Tortona.The Jesuits were restored in the diocese by Bishop Giovanni Negri (1833–1874) on 17 November 1847.