Marcello Pignatelli

Most Reverend

Marcello Pignatelli
Bishop of Jesi
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Iesi
In office1617–1621
PredecessorPirro Imperoli
SuccessorTiberio Cenci
Orders
Consecration26 November 1617
by Ladislao d'Aquino
Personal details
Born1567
Rome, Italy
Died1621 (age 54)
Jesi, Italy
NationalityItalian

Marcello Pignatelli, C.R. (1567–1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jesi (1617–1621).[1]

Biography

Marcello Pignatelli was born in Rome, Italy in 1567 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 13 November 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Jesi.[1][2] On 26 November 1617, he was consecrated bishop by Ladislao d'Aquino, Bishop of Venafro, with Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, and Innico Siscara, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Jesi until his death in 1621.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 71. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Marcello Pignatelli, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.[self-published source]
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Preceded by Bishop of Jesi
1617–1621 		Succeeded by


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