Maffeo Vitale Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Maffeo Vitale
Bishop of Mantua
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Mantua
Term:1646–1669
Predecessor:Vincenzo Agnello Suardi
Successor:Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga
Consecration:11 February 1646
Consecrated By:Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli
Death Date:23 June 1669
Death Place:Mantua, Italy

Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. (died 23 June 1669) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantua (1646–1669).[1] [2]

Biography

Maffeo Vitale was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 5 February 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Mantua.On 11 February 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mantua until his death on 23 June 1669.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Benedetto Odescalchi, Bishop of Novara (1651); and Rinaldo d'Este, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1651).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 230. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvitalem.html "Bishop Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M."