Bonaventura Bellemo Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Bonaventura Bellemo
Bishop of Andros
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Andros
Term:1587–1602
Predecessor:Marino Grimani
Successor:Eustache Fontana
Consecration:12 July 1587
Consecrated By:Giulio Antonio Santorio
Death Date:1602

Bonaventura Bellemo, O.F.M. (died 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Andros (1587–1602).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Bonaventura Bellemo was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.On 22 June 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Andros.On 12 July 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Ladislao d'Aquino, Bishop of Venafro, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Andros until his death in 1602.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbellmb.html "Bishop Bonaventura Bellemo, O.F.M."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/da559.html "Diocese of Andros"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/andr1.htm "Diocese of Andros"