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Biography

Paulus Pucciarelli was born in 1583 and ordained a priest in the

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. On 7 June 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Paul V Pope Paul V (; ) (17 September 1552 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a mem ...

as Bishop of Andros. On 13 June 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini,

Cardinal-Priest A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

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with

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, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, and Girolamo Ricciulli,

Bishop of Belcastro The Diocese of Belcastro (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bellicastrensis'') in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina.

, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Andros until his death in 1631. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of

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Bishop of San Severino (1621).

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17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V 1583 births 1631 deaths Dominican bishops {{Greece-RC-bishop-stub