Camillo Beccio Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Camillo Becci
Bishop of Acqui
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1598–1620
Predecessor:Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini
Successor:Gregorius Pedrocca
Death Date:1620
Death Place:Acqui, Italy

Camillo Becci (died 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acqui (1598–1620).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Camillo Becci was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 25 November 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Acqui. On 10 January 1599, he was consecrated bishop by Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini, Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente, with Giovanni Fontana, Bishop of Ferrara, and Carlo Trotti, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Acqui until his death in 1620. He died in 1562. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fabrizio Verallo, Bishop of San Severo (1606), and Vincenzo Meligne, Bishop of Ostuni.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbeccio.html "Bishop Camillo Beccio, O.S.A."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dacqu.html "Diocese of Acqui"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/acqu0.htm "Diocese of Acqui"