Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}

Titular Bishop of Thespiae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1818		Born	Montebello della Battaglia, Italy
1836¹	17.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
1845	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
19 Sep 1848	30.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
19 Sep 1848	30.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thespiae
11 Sep 1849	31.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thespiae
2 Nov 1855	37.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing], China
2 Apr 1856	38.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}, China
12 Sep 1862	44.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Hupeh {Hu-Pè}, China

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a priest for 17.7 years
a bishop for 13.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luigi Celestino Spelta, O.F.M. † (1849)
Bishop Francesco Xavier Maresca, O.F.M. † (1847)
Bishop Lodovico Maria (dei Conti) Besi † (1841)
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. † (1817)
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. † (1773)
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), O.C.S.A. † (1746)
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Nuno Cardinal da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Archbishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Veríssimo Cardinal de Lencastre †

Principal Consecrator of:
- Bishop Miguel Navarro, O.F.M. †
- Bishop Eustachio Vito Modesto Zanoli, O.F.M. †

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1858
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 8, Page 549

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