Tommaso d'Aquino (bishop of Mottola) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Tommaso d'Aquino
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Mottola
Term:1648–1651
Predecessor:Giovanni Battista Falesi
Successor:Giovanni Camponeschi
Birth Date:1584
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Death Date:1651 (age 67)
Death Place:Mottola, Italy

Tommaso d'Aquino, C.R. (1584–1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mottola (1648–1651).[1]

Biography

Tommaso d'Aquino was born in Naples and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 8 February 1648, he was selected as Bishop of Mottola and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 24 August 1648. On 20 September 1648, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Fausto Caffarelli, Archbishop of Santa Severina, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mottola until his death in 1650.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 250. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Tommaso d'Aquino, C.R. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.