Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Antonio Leopardi | |
Bishop of Tricarico | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Tricarico |
Predecessor: | Fulvio Crivelli |
Successor: | Luca Trapani |
Ordination: | 14 March 1671 |
Consecration: | 3 October 1683 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1635 |
Birth Place: | Bonihabitaculi, Italy |
Death Date: | 5 February 1717 (age 82) |
Death Place: | Tricarico, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1683–1685) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Francesco Antonio Leopardi (1635–1717) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1685–1717) and Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1683–1685).[1]
Francesco Antonio Leopardi was born in 1635 in Buonabitacolo, Italy and ordained a priest on 14 March 1671.[2] [3] On 27 September 1683, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Marsico Nuovo.On 3 October 1683, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca. On 1 October 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Tricarico.He served as Bishop of Tricarico until his death on 5 February 1717.