Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Onofrio Odierna | |
Titular Bishop of Berytus | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1727–1736 |
Ordination: | 27 January 1669 |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1644 [1] |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 1736 |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Bitetto (1669–1717) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Francesco Onofrio Odierna (born 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Berytus (1727), Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1717–1727) and Bishop of Bitetto (1669–1717).[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Francesco Onofrio Odierna (also known as Hodierna) was born in Naples, Italy in 1644. His father was the jurist Giovan Battista Odierna. He was ordained a deacon on 20 January 1669 and ordained a priest on 27 January 1669. On 24 April 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Bitetto. On 4 January 1717, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Valva e Sulmona. He served as Bishop of Valva e Sulmona until his resignation on 6 March 1727. On 17 March 1727, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Benedict XIII as Titular Bishop of Berytus. He died in 1736.[8]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: