Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Placido Scoppa | |
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Venosa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Venosa |
Term: | 1699–1710 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Francesco de Lorenzi |
Successor: | Giovanni Michele Teroni |
Ordination: | 12 October 1664 |
Consecration: | 14 June 1693 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Matteo Petrucci |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1640 |
Death Date: | December 1710 (age 70) |
Death Place: | Venosa, Italy |
Previous Post: | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1693–1699) |
Placido Scoppa, C.R. (10 October 1640 – December 1710) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Venosa (1699–1710) and Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1693–1699).[1]
Placido Scoppa was born in Messina, Italy on 10 October 1640 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence on 12 October 1664.[2] On 8 June 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Archbishop of Dubrovnik.On 14 June 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Giuseppe Felice Barlacci, Bishop Emeritus of Narni, and Francesco Maria Moles, Bishop of Nola, serving as co-consecrators. On 11 April 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Venosa.He served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Venosa until his death in December 1710.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: