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Prospero Spínola

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Most Reverend

Prospero Spínola
Bishop of Luni e Sarzana
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Luni e Sarzana
In office1637–1664
PredecessorGiovanni Domenico Spinola
SuccessorGiovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop)
Orders
Consecration25 October 1637
by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born
Died1664

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

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 226. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Prospero Spínola". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Luni e Sarzana
1637–1664
Succeeded by