Francesco Spera Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francesco Spera
Titular Archbishop of Nazareth
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1587
Predecessor:Fabio Mirto Frangipani
Successor:Girolamo Bevilacqua
Consecration:24 May 1587
Consecrated By:Decio Azzolini (seniore)
Death Date:28 October 1587

Francesco Spera, O.F.M. (died 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1587).[1]

Biography

Francesco Spera was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.On 11 May 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth.On 24 May 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Decio Azzolini (seniore), Bishop of Cervia, with Francesco Carusi, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, and Franciscus Panicarola, Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 28 October 1587.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsperafr.html "Archbishop Francesco Spera, O.F.M."