Bartolomeo Riberi, O. de M. (19 August, 1640 – 8 December 1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Nicotera
The former Italian Catholic diocese of Nicotera-Tropea, in Calabria, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Mileto, to form the diocese of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea. It was a suffragan diocese of the archbishopric of Reg ...
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Biography
Bartolomeo Riberi was born in Fronteira on 19 August 1640 and ordained a priest in the Order of Our Lady of Mercy on 17 March 1668.
On 12 November 1691, 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 ...
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Bishop of Nicotera
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On 18 November 1691, he was
consecrated
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Bishop of Córdoba
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Pietro Vecchia (bishop)
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Biography
Pietro Vecchia was born in Venice, Italy on 8 Ja ...
co-consecrators
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He served as Bishop of Nicotera until his death on 8 December 1702.