Teofilo Testa Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Teofilo Testa
Bishop of Tropea
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Tropea
Term:1692–1695
Predecessor:Francisco de Figueroa (bishop)
Successor:Juan Lorenzo Ibáñez de Arilla
Consecration:18 December 1655
Consecrated By:Ferdinando d'Adda
Birth Date:12 September 1631
Death Date:21 October 1695
Death Place:Tropea, Italy

Teofilo Testa, O.F.M. Obs. (1631–1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tropea (1692–1695).[1]

Biography

Teofilo Testa was born in S. Pauli, Italy on 12 September 1631 and ordained a priest in the Order of Observant Friars Minor.[2] On 25 June 1692, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Tropea.On 18 December 1655, he was consecrated bishop by Ferdinando d'Adda, Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente, with Tommaso de Franchi, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, and Francesco Antonio Triveri, Bishop of Andria, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Tropea until his death on 21 October 1695.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 392. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Teofilo Testa, O.F.M. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.