Francesco Massucci

Most Reverend

Francesco Massucci
Bishop of Penne e Atri
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Penne e Atri
In office1648–1656
PredecessorSilvestro Andreozzi
SuccessorGaspare Borghi
Orders
Consecration1 June 1648
by Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo
Personal details
Born1610
DiedSeptember 1656(1656-09-00) (aged 45–46)

Francesco Massucci (1610 – September 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Penne e Atri (1610–1656).

Biography

Francesco Massucci was born in Recanati, Italy in 1610. On 18 May 1648, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Penne e Atri. On 1 June 1648, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, with Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon, and Stefano Martini, Bishop of Noli, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Penne e Atri until his death in September 1656.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 276. (in Latin)
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