Evangelista Tornioli Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Evangelista Tornioli
Bishop of Città di Castello
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Città di Castello
Term:	1616–1630
Predecessor:	Luca Semproni
Successor:	Cesare Raccagna
Birth Date:	1570
Birth Place:	Perugia, Italy
Death Date:	27 November 1630 (age 60)
Death Place:	Città di Castello, Italy

Evangelista Tornioli, O.S.B. (1570–1630) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Città di Castello (1616–1630).^[1]

Biography

Evangelista Tornioli was born in Perugia, Italy in 1570 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.^[2] On 23 March 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Città di Castello.He served as Bishop of Città di Castello until his death on 27 November 1630.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Michele Bonzi, Bishop of Ravello e Scala (1617);
• Alfonso Sacrati, Bishop of Comacchio (1617);
• Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia (1617);
• Alessandro Scappi, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna (1618);
• Ippolito Borghese (bishop), Bishop of Montalcino (1618); and
• Marsilio Peruzzi, Archbishop of Chieti (1618).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Nunciature to Naples . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Città di Castello . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Diocese of Città di Castello . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 151–152. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Evangelista Tornioli, O.S.B. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.