Antonio Spinelli (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Antonio Spinelli
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Melfi e Rapolla
Term:1697–1724
Predecessor:Francesco Antonio Triveri
Successor:Mondilio Orsini
Consecration:8 December 1697
Consecrated By:Baldassare Cenci (seniore)
Birth Date:Aquaro Feudo, Italy
Birth Place:1657
Death Date:October 1724
Nationality:Italian

Antonio Spinelli, C.R. (1657 – October 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1697–1724).[1]

Biography

Antonio Spinelli was born in Aquaro Feudo, Italy in 1657 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 2 December 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.On 8 December 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Archbishop of Fermo, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in October 1724.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, Spinelli was the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Remigius Ritzler. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 264–265. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Antonio Spinelli, C.R. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.