Michele Zezza (
Naples
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, 7 April 1850 – 26 June 1927) was a
Roman Catholic
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patriarch and Catholic
Archbishop
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of Naples, Italy.
Biography
Michele Zezza of the Barons of Zapponeta was born in Naples on 7 April 1850 and was
ordained a priest on 21 September 1872.
On 1 June 1891 he was appointed
auxiliary bishop
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...
of Naples and bishop of
Calidone. He received the episcopal
consecration
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on 21 June that year.
On 12 June 1893 he was appointed bishop of
Pozzuoli
Pozzuoli (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. It is the main city of the Phlegrean Peninsula.
History
Antiquity
Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia ...
.
[David Chene]
Michele Zezza
at Catholic-Hierarchy.org In 1896 he established, at the church of San Raffaele di Pozzuoli, the diocesan center of the apostolate of prayer and the watchdog association in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
On 3 July 1919 he was promoted to Archbishop Coadjutor, with the right of succession, of
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
and archbishop of Ancira. He was Archbishop of Naples from 4 April 1923 to 20 December 1923, the day of nomination to Patriarch of Constantinople.
He died on 26 June 1927.
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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References
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20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops