Francesco Massucci Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francesco Massucci
Bishop of Penne e Atri
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Penne e Atri
Term:1648–1656
Predecessor:Silvestro Andreozzi
Successor:Gaspare Borghi
Consecration:1 June 1648
Consecrated By:Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo
Birth Date:1610
Birth Place:Recanati, Italy
Death Date:September 1656
Nationality:Italian

Francesco Massucci (1610 – September 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Penne e Atri (1610–1656).[1] [2]

Biography

Francesco Massucci was born in Recanati, Italy in 1610. On 18 May 1648, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Penne e Atri. On 1 June 1648, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, with Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon, and Stefano Martini, Bishop of Noli, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Penne e Atri until his death in September 1656.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 276. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmassf.html "Bishop Francesco Massucci"