Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Tommaso Stella | |
Bishop of Capodistria | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Capodistria |
Term: | 1549–1566 |
Predecessor: | Pietro Paolo Vergerio |
Successor: | Adriano Beretti |
Death Date: | 6 January 1566 |
Death Place: | Capodistria, Slovenia |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Salpi (1544–1547) Bishop of Lavello (1547–1549) |
Tommaso Stella, O.P. also Domenico Stella (died 1566) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Capodistria (1549–1566),[1] Bishop of Lavello (1547–1549),[2] and Bishop of Salpi (1544–1547).[3]
Tommaso Stella was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[4] [5] On 9 May 1544, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Salpi.On 22 April 1547, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Lavello.On 10 November 1549, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Capodistria.He served as Bishop of Capodistria until his death on 6 January 1566.