Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Vincenzo Lanfranchi | |
Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1665–1676 |
Predecessor: | Giambattista Spínola (seniore) |
Successor: | Antonio del Río Colmenares |
Consecration: | 17 May 1660 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Franciotti |
Birth Date: | 1609 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 6 Sep 1676 (age 67) |
Vincenzo Lanfranchi, C.R. (1609–1676) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1665–1676)[1] and Bishop of Trivento (1660–1665).[2]
Vincenzo Lanfranchi was born Naples, Italy in 1609 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[3] [4] On 5 May 1660, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Trivento.On 17 May 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Ottaviano Carafa, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, and Stefano Brancaccio, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, serving as co-consecrators. On 7 Dec 1665, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera.He served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera until his death on 6 Sep 1676.