Luca Torreggiani Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Luca Torreggiani
Archbishop of Ravenna
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1645–1669
Predecessor:Luigi Capponi
Successor:Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni
Consecration:15 Oct 1645
Consecrated By:Luigi Capponi
Death Date:2 Dec 1669

Luca Torreggiani or Luca Torrigiani (died 1669) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Ravenna (1645–1669).[1]

Biography

On 18 September 1645 Luca Torreggiani was appointed, during the papacy of Pope Innocent X, as Archbishop of Ravenna.[2] On 15 October 1645, he was consecrated as a bishop by Luigi Capponi, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna until his death on 2 December 1669.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

and the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 292. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Luca Torreggiani (Torrigiani) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.