Fabio Arcella (died 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Archbishop of Capua The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua ( la, Archidioecesis Capuana) is an archdiocese (originally a suffragan bishopric) of the Roman Catholic Church in Capua, in Campania, Italy, but its archbishop no longer holds metropolitan rank and has no ...

(1549–1560),

Bishop of Policastro The Italian Catholic diocese of Policastro, in Campania, existed until 1986. In that year the diocese was suppressed, and its territory united to the diocese of Teggiano-Policastro. Throughout its existence, Policastro was a suffragan of the archd ...

(1537–1542),

Bishop of Bisignano The former Italian Catholic diocese of Bisignano, in Calabria, existed from the eighth century until 1818. In that year it was united with the diocese of San Marco, to create the diocese of San Marco e Bisignano. More recently, Bisignano passed to ...

(1530–1535), and

Apostolic Nuncio to Naples The Apostolic Nunciature to Naples was an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Naples. It was a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. Refere ...

(1529–1530 and 1535–1537).

Biography

Fabio Arcella was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

towards the end of the 15th century. In 1528, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VII ( la, Clemens VII; it, Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the ...

. On 24 Jan 1530, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as

. In 1535, he was recalled to Rome and again named Apostolic Nuncio to Naples. On 5 Mar 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...

. He resigned in 1542 and returned to Naples where he again represented the Vatican although without the formal designation as Nuncio. On 18 Jan 1549, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as

. He served as Archbishop of Capua until his death in 1560.

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