Paolo Vallaresso
Paolo Vallaresso (5 March 1660 – 23 November 1723) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Concordia (1693–1723). Biography Paolo Vallaresso was born in Venice, Italy on 5 March 1660. He was ordained a deacon on 21 April 1685 and ordained a priest on 23 November 1692. He held the degree of ''Doctor in utroque iure'' from the University of Padua. On 9 March 1693, he was appointed Bishop of Concordia by Pope Innocent XII. On 15 March 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Petrus Draghi Bartoli, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ... of ''Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'', serving as co-consecrators. He served as B ...
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the ...
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