Pietro Antonio Spinelli Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Pietro Antonio Spinelli
Archbishop of Rossano
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Archdiocese of Rossano
Term:	1629–1645
Predecessor:	Paolo Torelli
Successor:	Giacomo Carafa
Consecration:	4 June 1629
Consecrated By:	Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia
Birth Date:	18 January 1597
Birth Place:	Torre, Italy
Death Date:	9 December 1645 (age 48)

Pietro Antonio Spinelli (18 January 1597 – 9 December 1645) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Rossano (1629–1645).^[1]

Biography

Pietro Antonio Spinelli was born in Torre, Italy, on 18 January 1597.^[2] On 28 May 1629, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Rossano. On 4 June 1629, he was consecrated bishop by Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Paolo Emilio Santori, Archbishop of Urbino, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Rossano until his death on 9 December 1645.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Onorato Onorati, Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado (1636);
• Urbano Zambotti, Bishop of Montemarano (1640);
• Vencent Cavaselice, Bishop of Carinola (1640); and
• Gregorio Panzani, Bishop of Mileto (1640).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati (Italy). GCatholic.org. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 297. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Pietro Antonio Spinelli . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. November 1, 2018.