Giulio Doffi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giulio Doffi
Bishop of Alessano
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Alessano
Term:1595–1596
Predecessor:Orazio Rapari
Successor:Celso Mancini
Consecration:2 April 1595
Consecrated By:Giulio Antonio Santorio
Birth Date:1534
Death Date:27 August 1596 (age 62)
Death Place:Alessano, Italy

Giulio Doffi, O.P., also Giulio Doffius, (1534  - 27 August 1596) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alessano from 1595 to 1596.[1] [2]

Biography

Giulio Doffi was born in 1534 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 6 March 1595, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Alessano. On 2 April 1595, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Alessano until his death on 27 August 1596. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Vincent Correrio Cammerota, Coadjutor Bishop of Muro Lucano (1595).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 77. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdoffius.html "Bishop Giulio Doffius, O.P."