Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Andrea Riggio | |
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople Bishop of Catania | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Ordination: | 15 Jan 1685 |
Consecration: | 15 Mar 1693 |
Consecrated By: | Gasparo Carpegna |
Birth Date: | 10 Mar 1660 |
Birth Place: | Palermo, Italy |
Death Date: | 15 Dec 1717 (age 57) |
Andrea Riggio or Reggio (1660–1717) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1716–1717) and Bishop of Catania (1693–1717).
Andrea Riggio was born on 10 Mar 1660 in Palermo and ordained a priest on 15 Jan 1685.On 9 Mar 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Catania.On 15 Mar 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Petrus Draghi Bartoli, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto with serving as co-consecrators.On 13 Jan 1716, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople.He served as Bishop of Catania until his death on 15 Dec 1717.