Maffeo Vitale

Most Reverend
Maffeo Vitale
Bishop of Mantova
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Mantova
In office 1646–1669
Predecessor Vincenzo Agnello Suardi
Successor Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga
Orders
Consecration 11 February 1646
by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli
Personal details
Died 23 June 1669
Mantova, Italy

Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. (died 23 June 1669) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantova (1646–1669).[1][2]

Biography

Maffeo Vitale was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.[2] On 5 February 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Mantova.[1][2] On 11 February 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Mantova until his death on 23 June 1669.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Benedetto Odescalchi, Bishop of Novara (1651); and Rinaldo d'Este, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1651).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 230. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 17, 2017
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Mantova". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Mantova (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Vincenzo Agnello Suardi		 Bishop of Mantova
1646–1669		 Succeeded by
Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga
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