Orazio Schipano (died 1596) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Belcastro The Diocese of Belcastro (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bellicastrensis'') in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina. (1591–1596).
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Biography
On 13 November 1591, Orazio Schipano was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XIV
Pope Gregory XIV ( la, Gregorius XIV; it, Gregorio XIV; 11 February 1535 – 16 October 1591), born Niccolò Sfondrato or Sfondrati, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 December 1590 to his death in October ...
as
Bishop of Belcastro The Diocese of Belcastro (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bellicastrensis'') in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina. .
[ ] He served as Bishop of Belcastro until his death in 1596.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of
Francesco Monaco,
Bishop of Martirano (1592).
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIV
1596 deaths
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