Most Reverend

Andrea Caputo
Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Lettere-Gragnano
In office1625–1650
PredecessorFrancesco Brusco
SuccessorOnofrio de Ponte
Orders
Consecration31 July 1622
by Marco Antonio Gozzadini
Personal details
Born
DiedMarch 1650
Lettere, Italy

Andrea Caputo (died March 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1625–1650)[1] and Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia (1622–1625).[2]

Biography

Andrea Caputo was born in Naples, Italy.[3] On 11 July 1622, Andrea Caputo was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Coadjutor Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano and Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia.[1][2][3][4] On 31 July 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Marco Antonio Gozzadini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio, with Baldassare Cagliares, Bishop of Malta, and Alessandro Bosco, Bishop of Carinola, serving as co-consecrators.[3] In 1625, he succeeded to the bishopric of Lettere-Gragnano.[2][3] He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death in March 1650.[2][3]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Bonfiglioli, Bishop of Carinola (1622); and Giacinto Petroni, Bishop of Molfetta (1622).[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 161–162. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 222. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Andrea Caputo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  4. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Andrea Caputo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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