Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Picarelli | |
Bishop of Narni | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Narni |
Term: | 1690–1708 |
Predecessor: | Giuseppe Felice Barlacci |
Successor: | Francesco Saverio Guicciardi |
Ordination: | 24 March 1674 |
Consecration: | 4 June 1690 |
Consecrated By: | Fabrizio Spada |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1631 |
Birth Place: | Sarnano, Italy |
Death Date: | December 1708 (age 77) |
Death Place: | Narni, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Francesco Picarelli (3 March 1631 – December 1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Narni (1690–1708).[1]
Francesco Picarelli was born in Sarnano, Italy on 3 March 1631.[2] He was ordained a deacon on 10 March 1674 and ordained a priest on 24 March 1674.On 22 May 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Bishop of Narni.On 4 June 1690, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono with Francesco Martelli, Titular Archbishop of Corinthus, with Victor Augustinus Ripa, Bishop of Vercelli, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Narni until his death in December 1708.