Thomas Cammerota Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Thomas Cammerota
Bishop of Vieste
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Vieste
Term:1589
Predecessor:José Esteve Juan
Successor:Maschio Ferracuti
Consecration:26 July 1589
Consecrated By:Girolamo Bernerio
Death Date:September 1589
Death Place:Vieste, Italy

Thomas Cammerota O.P. (also Tommaso Malatesta) (died September, 1589) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vieste (1589).[1] [2]

Biography

Thomas Cammerota was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 17 July 1589, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Vieste. On 26 July 1589, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Girolamo Bevilacqua, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, and Gaspare Pasquali, Bishop of Ruvo, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Vieste until his death in September 1589.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 332. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcammert.html "Bishop Thomas Cammerota (Malatesta), O.P."