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Raffaele Filippo Presutti

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Raffaele Filippo Presutti
OFMCap
Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Anchialus
See Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia
Appointed 13 September 1910
Installed 13 September 1910
Term ended 3 August 1914
Predecessor Bernard Thomas Edward Clark, OFMCap
Successor Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, OFMCap
Orders
Ordination 8 December 1868
Consecration 30 November 1910
by Carlo Giuseppe Gentili OFMCap
Personal details
Born 9 January 1845
Recanati, Province of Macerata, Marche, Italy
Died 3 August 1914 (aged 69)
Keren, Italian Eritrea

Raffaele Filippo Presutti OFMCap (8 January 1845 – 3 August 1914) was an Italian Bishop and Missionary who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 13 September 1910 to his death on 3 August 1914; he also served as the Titular Bishop of Anchial.[1]

Life

On 13 September 1910, Pope Pius X appointed Presutti Apostolic Vicar of Arabia and Titular Bishop of Anchial. On 30 November 1910, he was consecrated bishop by the Archbishop of Agra, Carlo Giuseppe Gentili, OFMCap. The co-consecrators were Bishop of Allahabad, Petronio Francesco Gramigna OFMCap, and Bishop of Lahore, Fabien Antoine Eestermans OFMCap.

Death

Presutti died in Keren, Italian Eritrea, on 3 August 1914.[2]

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