Maurizio Solaro di Moretta explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Maurizio Solaro di Moretta
Bishop of Mondovi
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Mondovì
Term:1642–1655
Predecessor:Carlo Antonio Ripa
Successor:Michele Beggiami
Consecration:Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore)
Consecrated By:22 June 1642
Birth Date:1607
Birth Place:Saluces, Italy
Death Date:25 December 1655
Death Place:Mondovì, Italy

Maurizio Solaro di Moretta (1607 – 25 December 1655) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mondovi (1642–1655).[1] [2]

Biography

Maurizio Solaro di Moretta was born in Saluces, Italy in 1607.On 16 June 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Mondovi.On 22 June 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio, with Alessandro Castracani, Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mondovi until his death on 25 December 1655.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Gerolamo Mascambruno, Bishop of Isernia (1642); and Francesco Agostino della Chiesa, Bishop of Saluzzo (1642).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 249. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsolarom.html "Bishop Maurizio Solaro (di Moretta)"