Antonio del Buffalo explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Antonio del Buffalo
Bishop of Gallipoli
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Gallipoli
Term:1668–1677
Predecessor:Giovanni Montoja de Cardona
Successor:Antonio Pérez de la Lastra
Consecration:19 February 1662
Consecrated By:Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade
Birth Date:1619
Birth Place:Vallata, Italy
Death Date:25 September 1677
Death Place:Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy
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Antonio del Buffalo, O.F.M. or Antonio Geremia de Bufalo (1619–1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gallipoli (1668–1677), Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza (1666–1668), and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1661–1666).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Biography

Antonio del Buffalo was born in Vallata, Italy in 1619 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.On 5 March 1660, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on 8 August 1661 by Pope Alexander VII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Temnus.On 19 February 1662, he was consecrated bishop by Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade, Archbishop of Embrun, with Luis de Morales (bishop), Titular Bishop of Troas, and Miguel Pérez Cevallos, Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia, serving as co-consecrators. In 1666, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza.On 14 May 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Gallipoli.He served as Bishop of Gallipoli until his death on 25 September 1677.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

and the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 192 and 330. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdbuffa.html "Bishop Antonio del Buffalo, O.F.M."
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/gall4.htm#26418 "Bishop Antonio Geremia de Bufalo, O.F.M."
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sigu0.htm "Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara"
  5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsigu.html "Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara
  6. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtols.html "Archdiocese of Toledo"
  7. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tole0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo"
  8. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2t75.html "Temnus (Titular See)"
  9. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1747.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Temnus"