Andrea Riggio Explained

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).

Biography

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.

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