Tiberio Muscettola, C.O. (born 1637) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1680–1708). ''(in Latin)''"Archbishop Tiberio Muscettola, C.O."
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Biography

Tiberio Muscettola was born in 1637 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 ...

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and ordained a priest in the

Oratory of Saint Philip Neri The Confederation of Oratories of Saint Philip Neri ( la, Confoederatio Oratorii Sancti Philippi Nerii) abbreviated CO and commonly known as the Oratorians is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men (priests and lay- ...

. On 13 May 1680, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius VI Pope Pius VI ( it, Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...

. On 19 May 1680, he was

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bishop by

Pietro Francesco Orsini de Gravina Pope Benedict XIII ( la, Benedictus XIII; it, Benedetto XIII; 2 February 1649 – 21 February 1730), born Pietro Francesco Orsini and later called Vincenzo Maria Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 May ...

Bishop of Cesena The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cesena-Sarsina in Emilia Romagna was created on September 30, 1986, after the Diocese of Sarsina was united with the historic Diocese of Cesena as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.

, with

Stefano Brancaccio Stefano Brancaccio (1618–1682) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. On 1 January 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Barberini (seniore), Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, ...

Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania The Diocese of Viterbo ( la, Dioecesis Viterbiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in central Italy. From the 12th century, the official name of the diocese was the Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania. In 1 ...

, and Ludovico della Quadra,

Bishop of Mottola The Diocese of Mottola or Diocese of Motula (Latin: ''Dioecesis Motulensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Mottola in the province of Taranto in the region of Apulia in southeast Italy. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Dioc ...

, serving as

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. He served as Archbishop of Manfredonia until his resignation on 25 February 1708.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Bishops appointed by Pope Pius VI 1637 births Clergy from Naples Oratorian bishops 18th-century deaths {{RC-bishop-stub