Fabio Olivadisi (1586 – 10 November 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Catanzaro
The Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria
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Catanzaro
Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...
,
Italy
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in 1586.
On 16 November 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII (; ; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal terri ...
consecrated
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bishop by
Marcello Lante della Rovere
Marcello Lante della Rovere (1561 – 19 April 1652) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal appointed Dean and Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals.
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Family and early life
Lante was born 1561, the son of Ludovico Lante of the ''Dukes Della ...
,
Cardinal-Priest
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of
Santi Quirico e Giulitta
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, with
Fabrizio Caracciolo Piscizi
Fabrizio Caracciolo Piscizi or Modernus Caracciolo Piscizi (1583–1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (1630–1631), ''(in Latin)''
Bishop of Catanzaro (1609–1629), ''(in Latin)'' and Apostolic Collecto ...
,
Bishop of Catanzaro
The Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea ...
, and
Giovanni Battista Altieri
Giovanni Battista Altieri (20 June 1589 – 26 November 1654) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal.
Early life
Giovanni Battista Altieri was born 20 June 1589 in Rome, the son of Lorenzo Altieri and Vittoria Delfin, a noble Venetian lady. Al ...
,
Bishop of Camerino
The Italian Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church
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, serving as
co-consecrators
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
.
On 20 September 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Bova.
On 16 July 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent X
Pope Innocent X (6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655.
Born in Rome of a family fro ...
as
Bishop of Catanzaro
The Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea ...
.
He served as Bishop of Catanzaro until his death on 10 November 1656.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the
principal co-consecrator
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Bishop of Gerace
The Diocese of Locri-Gerace () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
Historically it was the Diocese of Gerace, becoming in 1954 the Diocese of Gerace-Locri and takin ...
Bishop of Ruvo
The diocese of Ruvo was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Apulia, southern Italy, which existed until 1986, when it was united into the diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi. From 1818 to 1982, it was united with the diocese o ...