Andreas Lanfranchi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Andreas Lanfranchi
Bishop of Ugento
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Ugento
Term:1650–1659
Predecessor:Agostino Barbosa
Successor:Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas
Consecration:8 January 1651
Consecrated By:Francesco Peretti di Montalto
Death Date:1659
Death Place:Ugento, Italy

Andreas Lanfranchi (died 1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ugento (1650–1659).[1]

Biography

Andreas Lanfranchi was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 19 December 1650, he was appointed by Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Ugento. On 8 January 1651, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Peretti di Montalto, Archbishop of Monreale with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Francesco Biglia, Bishop of Pavia, as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ugento until he died in 1659.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 351. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Andreas Lanfranchi, C.R. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.