Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Andrea Massa | |
Bishop of Gallipoli | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Gallipoli |
Term: | 1651–1654 |
Predecessor: | Gonzalo de Rueda |
Successor: | Giovanni Montoya de Cardona |
Consecration: | 8 Oct 1645 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli |
Birth Date: | 6 Jun 1607 |
Birth Place: | Melfi, Italy |
Death Date: | 30 Dec 1654 (age 47) |
Andrea Massa (1607–1654) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gallipoli (1651–1654)[1] and Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1645–1654).[2]
Andrea Massa was born in Melfi, Italy on 6 Jun 1607.[3] [4] On 18 Sep 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia.On 8 Oct 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. On 25 Sep 1651, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Gallipoli.He served as Bishop of Gallipoli until his death on 30 Dec 1654.