Paolo Oberti

Most Reverend

Paolo Oberti
Bishop of Venosa
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Venosa
In office1567
PredecessorFrancesco Rusticucci
SuccessorGiovanni Antonio Locatelli
Orders
Consecration24 February 1567
by Marcantonio Maffei
Personal details
Died13 September 1567
Venosa, Italy

Paolo Oberti, O.P. (died 1567) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Venosa (1567).[1][2]

Biography

Paolo Oberti was ordained a priest in the Dominican Order. On 17 February 1567, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Venosa.[1][2]

On 24 February 1567, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Maffei, Archbishop of Chieti, with Antonio Fioribello, Bishop Emeritus of Lavello, and Egidio Valenti, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Venosa until his death on 13 September 1567.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 330.
  2. ^ a b c Cheney, David M. "Bishop Paolo Oberti, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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1567 		Succeeded by


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