Most Reverend

Papirio Silvestri
Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1642–1659
PredecessorFelice Centini
SuccessorFrancesco Cini
Orders
Consecration3 August 1642
by Girolamo Verospi
Personal details
Born1592
DiedFebruary 1659 (age 67)

Papirio Silvestri (1592–1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino (1642–1659).[1]

Biography

Papirio Silvestri was born in Cingoli, Italy in 1592.[2] On 14 July 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino.[1][2] On 3 August 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Verospi, Bishop of Osimo, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Marco Antonio Coccini, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino until his death in February 1659.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 227. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Papirio Silvestri". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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