Antonio Polcenigo Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Antonio Polcenigo
Bishop of Feltre
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1684–1724
Predecessor:Bartolomeo Gera
Successor:Pietro Maria Suárez
Ordination:8 August 1683
Consecration:1 May 1684
Consecrated By:Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Birth Date:18 April 1647
Death Date:April 1724
Nationality:Italian

Antonio Polcenigo (18 April 1647 – April, 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Feltre (1684–1724).[1] [2]

Biography

Antonio Polcenigo was born in Fanna, Italy on 18 April 1647 and ordained a priest on 8 August 1683. On 24 April 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Feltre. On 1 May 1684, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Francesco Maria Giannotti, Bishop of Segni, and Francesco Onofrio Hodierna, Bishop of Bitetto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Feltre until his death in April 1724.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Tommaso Maria Marelli, Archbishop of Urbino (1716).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 199. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpolcen.html "Bishop Antonio Polcenigo"