Scipione Spina

Most Reverend Scipione Spina
Bishop of Lecce
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Lecce
In office	1591–1639
Predecessor	Annibale Saraceni
Successor	Luigi Pappacoda
Orders
Consecration	3 June 1591 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	6 March 1639 Lecce, Italy

Scipione Spina (died 6 March 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lecce (1591–1639).[1]

Biography

On 10 May 1591, Scipione Spina was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Lecce.[1] On 3 June 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators.[1] He served as Bishop of Lecce until his death on 6 March 1639.[1]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Scipione Spina
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[1] Ascanio Parisi, Coadjutor Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1599); Giovanni Agostino Gandolfo, Bishop of Fondi (1619); and Alessandro Suardi, Bishop of Lucera (1619).

References

1. "Bishop Scipione Spina " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Lecce". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce(Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Annibale Saraceni	Bishop of Lecce 1591–1639	Succeeded by Luigi Pappacoda