Ottavio Orsini Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Ottavio Orsini
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1632–1640
Predecessor:Ludovico degli Atti
Successor:Francesco Romolo Mileti
Ordination:1618
Consecration:21 Sep 1621
Consecrated By:Roberto Ubaldini
Birth Date:1585
Death Date:1640 (age 55)
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Ottavio Orsini (1585–1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Segni (1632–1640)[1] and Bishop of Venafro (1621–1632).[2]

Biography

Ottavio Orsini was born in 1585 and ordained a priest in 1618.[3] On 13 Sep 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Venafro.On 21 Sep 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Ubaldini, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, Bishop of Troia, and Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia, serving as co-consecrators. On 20 Sep 1632, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Segni.He served as Bishop of Segni until his death in 1640.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Felice Franceschini, Bishop of Andria (1632); Orazio Muscettola, Bishop of Trevico (1636); and Maurizio Ragano, Bishop of Fondi (1636).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 315. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 361. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Ottavio Orsini . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.