Petrus Pitarca Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Petrus Pitarca
Bishop of Termia
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Termia
Term:1617–1622
Successor:Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti
Consecration:3 September 1617
Consecrated By:Pietro Aldobrandini
Death Date:1622
Death Place:Kythnos, Greece

Petrus Pitarca (died 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Termia (1617–1622).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Petrus Pitarca was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 26 June 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Termia. On 3 September 1617, he was consecrated bishop by Pietro Aldobrandini, Archbishop of Ravenna, with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Giulio Sansedoni, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Termia until his death in 1622. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Gregorius Pedrocca, Bishop of Acqui (1620).

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 333. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpitarca.html "Bishop Petrus Pitarca, O.F.M."
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dt538.html "Diocese of Termia (Thermae)"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0448.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Cea"