Papirio Silvestri

Most Reverend Papirio Silvestri
Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1642–1659
Predecessor	Felice Centini
Successor	Francesco Cini
Orders
Consecration	3 August 1642 by Girolamo Verospi
Personal details
Born	1592 Cingoli, Italy
Died	February 1659 (age 67)

Papirio Silvestri (1592–1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino (1642–1659).[1]

Biography

Papirio Silvestri was born in Cingoli, Italy in 1592.[2] On 14 July 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino.[1][2] On 3 August 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Verospi, Bishop of Osimo, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Marco Antonio Coccini, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino until his death in February 1659.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Camillo Baldi (bishop), Bishop of Nicotera (1645);
• Domenico Cennini, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1645);
• Gian Vincenzo de' Giuli, Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1645);
• Giavanbattista Rainoldi, Bishop of Lucca (1645);
• Angelo Melchiori (Melchiorre), Bishop of Castellaneta (1645);
• Francesco Tello de León, Bishop of L'Aquila (1654);
• Marco Antonio Pisanelli, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1654); and
• Giacinto Tarugi (Torisi), Bishop of Venosa (1654).

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 227. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Papirio Silvestri". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^[self-published]

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Felice Centini	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino 1642–1659	Succeeded by Francesco Cini