Antonio Molinari (1626 – 11 July 1698) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Latin Catholic diocese located in the commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was merged into the Diocese of Castellamm ...

(1676–1698).

Biography

Antonio Molinari was born in

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in 1626 and ordained a priest on 8 April 1651. On 2 December 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Innocent XII Pope Innocent XII ( la, Innocentius XII; it, Innocenzo XII; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1691 to his death in September 1700. He ...

. On 6 December 1676, he was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

bishop by

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Bishop of Camerino The Italian Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche ( la, Archidioecesis Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory, seated in Camerino, a city in the Province of Macerata, in the central Italian March ...

, with

Francesco de' Marini Francesco de' Marini (1630–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Teodosia'' (1676–1700), Titular Archbishop of ''Amasea'' (1671–1676), Bishop of Molfetta (1666–1670), and Bishop of Albenga (1655–1666). ...

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 ''Teodosia'', and

Domenico Gianuzzi Domenico Gianuzzi (1596–1680) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as titular bishop of ''Dioclea in Phrygia'' (1669–1680). ''(in Latin)''Titular Bishop 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 ''

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'', serving as

co-consecrators A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

. He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death on 11 July 1698.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII 1626 births 1698 deaths {{17C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub