Papirio Silvestri Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Papirio Silvestri
Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1642–1659
Predecessor:Felice Centini
Successor:Francesco Cini
Consecration:3 August 1642
Consecrated By:Girolamo Verospi
Birth Date:1592
Birth Place:Cingoli, Italy
Death Date:February 1659 (age 67)

Papirio Silvestri (1592–1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino (1642–1659).[1]

Biography

Papirio Silvestri was born in Cingoli, Italy in 1592.[2] On 14 July 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino.On 3 August 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Verospi, Bishop of Osimo, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Marco Antonio Coccini, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino until his death in February 1659.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was 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. 227. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Papirio Silvestri . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.