Vincenzo Bonincontro Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Vincenzo Bonincontro
Bishop of Agrigento
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Agrigento
Term:	1607–1622
Predecessor:	Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva
Successor:	Ottavio Ridolfi
Consecration:	8 July 1607
Consecrated By:	Ludovico de Torres
Death Date:	May 1622
Death Place:	Agrigento, Italy

Vincenzo Bonincontro, O.P. (died 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento (1607–1622).^[1]

Biography

Vincenzo Bonincontro was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[2] On 25 June 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Agrigento.On 8 July 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, with Juan de Rada, Bishop of Patti, and Metello Bichi, Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Agrigento until his death in May 1622.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Stefano de Vicari, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1610);
• Juan de Espila, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1611);
• Eleuterio Albergone, Bishop of Montemarano (1611); and
• Decius Giustiniani, Bishop of Aleria (1612).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archdiocese of Agrigento . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento (Italy). GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 73. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Vincenzo Bonincontro, O.P.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.