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Antonio Polcenigo (18 April 1647 – April, 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Feltre The Italian Catholic diocese of Feltre, in the Veneto existed from 1462 to 1818. It was then united into the diocese of Belluno e Feltre. It had previously had an independent existence, up to 1197."Bishop Antonio Polcenigo"
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Biography

Antonio Polcenigo was born in Fanna, Italy on 18 April 1647 and ordained a priest on 8 August 1683. On 24 April 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XI Pope Innocent XI ( la, Innocentius XI; it, Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 to his death on August 12, 1689. Poli ...
as
Bishop of Feltre The Italian Catholic diocese of Feltre, in the Veneto existed from 1462 to 1818. It was then united into the diocese of Belluno e Feltre. It had previously had an independent existence, up to 1197.Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. (1607 – 8 May 1688) was a Roman Catholic cardinal who served as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1685–1688), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto (1676–1682), Titular Patriarch of Al ...
, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with
Francesco Maria Giannotti Francesco Maria Giannotti (1635 – April, 1699) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Segni (1682–1699). Biography Francesco Maria Giannotti was born in Rome, Italy in 1635, He was ordained a deacon on 26 April 1682 and as a pri ...
, Bishop of Segni, and Francesco Onofrio Hodierna, Bishop of Bitetto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Feltre until his death in April 1724. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Tommaso Maria Marelli,
Archbishop of Urbino The Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado ( la, Archidioecesis Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino in the ...
(1716).


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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI 1647 births 1724 deaths {{RC-bishop-stub