Antonio Spinelli (bishop)

Most Reverend

Antonio Spinelli
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Melfi e Rapolla
In office1697–1724
PredecessorFrancesco Antonio Triveri
SuccessorMondilio Orsini
Orders
Consecration8 December 1697
by Baldassare Cenci (seniore)
Personal details
BornAquaro Feudo, Italy
1657
DiedOctober 1724
NationalityItalian

Antonio Spinelli, C.R. (1657 – October 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1697–1724).[1]

Biography

Antonio Spinelli was born in Aquaro Feudo, Italy in 1657 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 2 December 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.[1][2] On 8 December 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Archbishop of Fermo, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in October 1724.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, Spinelli was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 264–265. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Antonio Spinelli, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
1697–1724 		Succeeded by


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