Raffaele Castielli Explained

Type:Bishop
Raffaele Castielli
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Lucera-Troia
Term:1987–1996
Predecessor:Carmelo Cassati (Lucera), Salvatore De Giorgi (Troia)
Successor:Francesco Zerrillo
Ordination:9 July 1950
Birth Date:5 March 1927
Birth Place:Faeto, Italy
Death Place:Lucera, Italy

Raffaele Castielli (5 March 1927 – 3 August 2018) was an Italian bishop, ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucera-Troia. He was ordained a priest on 9 July 1950. He was appointed first bishop of the newly merged Diocese of Lucera-Troia on 11 February 1987, receiving his episcopal consecration on 25 March 1989 from Archbishop Salvatore De Giorgi. Castielli retired as bishop on 18 May 1996.[1]

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  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/luce1.htm#4876 RFFAELE cASTIELLI