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Clemente Confetti

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Most Reverend

Clemente Confetti
Bishop of Acerno
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1643–1644
PredecessorPietro Paolo Bonsi
SuccessorCamillo Ragona
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1623–1630)
Bishop of Muro Lucano (1630–1643)
Orders
Consecration22 January 1623
by Marco Antonio Gozzadini
Personal details
Died1644
Acerno, Italy

Clemente Confetti or Clemente Confetto (died in 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerno (1643–1644), Bishop of Muro Lucano (1630–1643),[1] and Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1623–1630).[2]

Biography

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On 9 January 1623, Clemente Confetti was appointed Titular Bishop of Tiberias and Coadjutor Bishop of Muro Lucano by Pope Gregory XV.[1][3] On 22 January 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Marco Antonio Gozzadini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio, with Alessandro Bosco, Bishop of Gerace, and Carlo Bovi, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators.[3] He succeeded to the bishopric of Muro Lucano on 8 January 1630.[1][3] On 13 April 1643, he was appointed Bishop of Acerno by Pope Urban VIII.[2][3] He served as Bishop of Acerno until his death in 1644.[2][3]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Alessandro Sibilia, Bishop of Capri (1637).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 249–250. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 66 and 336. (in Latin)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cheney, David M. "Bishop Clemente Confetti (Confetto)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Tiberias
1623–1630
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Muro Lucano
1630–1643
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Acerno
1643–1644
Succeeded by