Silvestro Andreozzi

Most Reverend

Silvestro Andreozzi
Bishop of Penne e Atri
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Penne e Atri
In office1621–1648
PredecessorTommasi Balbani
SuccessorFrancesco Massucci
Orders
Consecration18 April 1621
by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Personal details
Born1575
Lucca, Italy
DiedJanuary 1648 (age 73)
Penne e Atri, Italy
NationalityItalian

Silvestro Andreozzi (1575–1648) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Penne e Atri (1621–1648).[1][2]

Biography

Silvestro Andreozzi was born in Lucca, Italy in 1575.[2] On 17 March 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Penne e Atri.[1][2] On 18 April 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Penne e Atri until his death in January 1648.[2] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Costantino de Rossi, Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante (1634).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 276. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bishop Silvestro Andreozzi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Penne e Atri
1621–1648 		Succeeded by


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