Domenico Antonio Bernardini Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Domenico Antonio Bernardini
Bishop of Mileto
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Mileto
Term:1696–1723
Predecessor:Ottavio Paravicino
Successor:Ercole Michele d'Aragona
Consecration:1 May 1677
Consecrated By:Bernardino Rocci
Birth Date:1647
Death Date:January 1723 (age 76)
Death Place:Mileto, Italy
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Domenico Antonio Bernardini (1647 – January 1723) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mileto (1696–1723) and Bishop of Castellaneta (1677–1696).[1] [2]

Biography

Domenico Antonio Bernardini was born in Lecce, Italy in 1647 and ordained a priest on 25 August 1668.On 26 April 1677, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Castellaneta.On 1 May 1677, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Rocci, Bishop of Orvieto, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, Girolamo Barzellini, Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia, serving as co-consecrators. On 18 June 1696, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Mileto.He served as Bishop of Mileto until his death in January 1723.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of José Guerrero de Torres, Bishop of Gaeta (1693) .

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 148 and 267. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbernardd.html "Bishop Domenico Antonio Bernardini"