Celso Zani

Celso Zani, O.F.M., also Giuliano Zani (born 1580) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Città della Pieve (1625–1629).^[1][2]

Biography

Celso Zani was born in Settimello, Italy, and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[2] On 3 March 1625, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Città della Pieve,^[1][2] where he served until his resignation in 1629.^[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of:^[2]

• Jacques Lebret, Bishop of Toul (1645);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[2]

• Antonio Brunachio, Bishop of Conversano (1632);
• Alessandro Gallo, Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1632);
• Agostino Oreggi, Archbishop of Benevento (1633);
• Benedetto Ubaldi, Bishop of Perugia (1634);
• Camillo Melzi, Archbishop of Capua (1636);
• Pietro Gaudenzi (bishop), Bishop of Arbe (1636);
• Niccolò Orsini (bishop), Bishop of Ripatransone (1636);
• Antonio Tornielli, Bishop of Novara (1637);
• Girolamo Lanfranchi, Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni (1637);
• Bernardino Scala, Bishop of Bisceglie (1637);
• Aegidius Ursinus de Vivere, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1641);
• Girolamo Verospi, Bishop of Osimo (1642);
• Giulio Gabrielli, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1642);
• Giulio Rospigliosi, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1644);
• Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, Titular Archbishop of Athenae and Apostolic Nuncio to France (1644); and
• Taddeo Altini, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon (1646).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Città della Pieve". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Città della Pieve". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]