Prospero Spínola

Most Reverend
Prospero Spínola
Bishop of Luni e Sarzana
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Luni e Sarzana
In office 1637–1664
Predecessor Giovanni Domenico Spinola
Successor Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop)
Orders
Consecration 25 October 1637
by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born Genoa, Italy
Died 1664

Prospero Spínola (1587–1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1637–1664).[1]

Biography

Prospero Spínola was born in 1587 in Genoa, Italy.[2] On 7 September 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana.[1][2] On 25 October 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Ottavio Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, and Biagio Proto de Rossi, Archbishop of Messina, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana until his death in 1664.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 226. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Prospero Spínola". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Luni (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giovanni Domenico Spinola
Bishop of Luni e Sarzana
1637–1664
Succeeded by
Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop)


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