Ercole Lupinacci (23 November 1933 – 6 August 2016) was an Italian of
Arbëreshë Arbën/Arbër, from which derived Arbënesh/Arbëresh originally meant all Albanians, until the 18th century. Today it is used for different groups of Albanian origin, including:
* Arbër (given name), an Albanian masculine given name
* Arbëresh ...
ethnicity and
Bishop Emeritus
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of
Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies
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of
Piana degli Albanesi and
Lungro.
Biography
Ercole Lupinacci was born in
San Giorgio Albanese on 23 November 1933. He was ordained an
Italo-Albanian Catholic priest on 22 November 1959.
He was appointed Bishop of Piana degli Abanesi on 25 March 1981
and ordained bishop on 8 August 1981 by Bishop Giovanni Stamati with principal co-consecrators, Archbishop
Saba Youakim
Saba Youakim, BS (born on 2 June 1914 in El Wardieh in Baalbek, Lebanon – died on 6 March 2003) was Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman.
Life
Saba Youakim was ordained to the priesthood on Nov ...
, B.S. and Archbishop
Miroslav Stefan Marusyn.
[
On 22 November 1987, he was appointed Bishop of Lungro replacing the deceased Bishop Stamati.][
]
Episcopal Genealogy
*Eparch Isaias Papadopoulos
*Eparch John Mele
*Eparch Giovanni Stamati
*Eparch Ercole Lupinacci [
]
References
External links
Intervista a Ercole Lupinacci: Noi cristiani né uniati né ortodossi
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1933 births
2016 deaths
Italian people of Arbëreshë descent
People from San Giorgio Albanese
Bishops of Piana degli Albanesi