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Carlo de' Vecchi

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Most Reverend
Carlo de' Vecchi
Titular Archbishop of Athenae
Bishop Emeritus of Chiusi
Church Catholic Church
In office 1667–1673
Predecessor Giacomo Altoviti
Successor Francesco Boccapaduli
Orders
Ordination December 1647
Consecration 15 March 1648
by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born 1611
Siena, Italy
Died 13 March 1673 (age 62)

Carlo de' Vecchi (1611 – 13 March 1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Athenae (1667–1673)[1] and Bishop of Chiusi (1648–1657).[2]

Biography

Carlo de' Vecchi was born in Siena, Italy in 1611. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure, and was a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures.[3]

He was ordained a priest in December 1647.[4][5]

In 1644, he served as governor of Faenza.[6]

On 2 March 1648, he was appointed Bishop of Chiusi by Pope Innocent X.[2][4] On 15 March 1648, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Alfonso Maurelli, Archbishop of Cosenza, and Giovanni Francesco Passionei, Bishop of Pesaro, serving as co-consecrators.[4] He served as until his resignation on 12 March 1657.[4]

On 27 April 1667, he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Athens (Greece) by Pope Clement IX.[1] As titular Archbishop of Athens, De'Vecchi held the office of Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars in the Roman Curia.[7]

He held the title of Archbishop of Athens until his death on 13 March 1673.[1][4]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[4]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 99.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Gauchat, p. 155.
  3. Back to citation Gauchat, p. 155, note 8.
  4. Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Back to citation occurrence 4.2 Back to citation occurrence 4.3 Back to citation occurrence 4.4 Back to citation occurrence 4.5 Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Carlo de' Vecchi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  5. Back to citation Chow, Gabriel. "Archbishop Carlo de' Vecchi". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  6. Back to citation Giulio Cesare Tonduzzi (1675). Historie di Faenza (in Italian). Faenza: Zarafagli. p. xxxv.
  7. Back to citation A treatise written for his benefit about the history of the Latin archbishopric of Athens by Abbot Michele Giustiniani: Michele Giustiniani (1683). Scelta delle Lettere Memorabili (in Italian). Vol. Parte seconda. Naples: Eredi di Cavallo. p. 283.