Prospero Spínola Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Prospero Spínola
Bishop of Luni e Sarzana
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Luni e Sarzana
Term:1637–1664
Predecessor:Giovanni Domenico Spinola
Successor:Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop)
Consecration:25 October 1637
Consecrated By:Bernardino Spada
Birth Place:Genoa, Italy
Death Date:1664

Prospero Spínola (1587–1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1637–1664).[1]

Biography

Prospero Spínola was born in 1587 in Genoa, Italy.[2] On 7 September 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana.On 25 October 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Ottavio Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, and Biagio Proto de Rossi, Archbishop of Messina, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana until his death in 1664.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 226. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Prospero Spínola. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.