Clemente Confetti Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Clemente Confetti
Bishop of Acerno
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1643–1644
Predecessor:Pietro Paolo Bonsi
Successor:Camillo Ragona
Consecration:22 January 1623
Consecrated By:Marco Antonio Gozzadini
Death Date:1644
Death Place:Acerno, Italy
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Clemente Confetti or Clemente Confetto (died in 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerno (1643–1644), Bishop of Muro Lucano (1630–1643),[1] and Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1623–1630).[2]

Biography

On 9 January 1623, Clemente Confetti was appointed Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Coadjutor Bishop of Muro Lucano by Pope Gregory XV.[3] On 22 January 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Marco Antonio Gozzadini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio, with Alessandro Bosco, Bishop of Gerace, and Carlo Bovi, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators. He succeeded to the bishopric of Muro Lucano on 8 January 1630.On 13 April 1643, he was appointed Bishop of Acerno by Pope Urban VIII.He served as Bishop of Acerno until his death in 1644. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alessandro Sibilia, Bishop of Capri (1637).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 249–250. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 66 and 336. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Clemente Confetti (Confetto) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.