Bishop Ercole Coppola †

Deceased

Bishop of Nicotera, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1603		Born
22 May 1651	48.2	Appointed	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
29 May 1651	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy
1658¹	54.8	Died	Bishop of Nicotera, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ercole Coppola
Bishop Ercole Coppola
(born 15 Feb 1603, died 1658)
Bishop of Nicotera

Event Place
Birth Place Gallipoli
Ordained Bishop Chiesa Nuova, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 6.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Giambattista Spada †
Patriarch of Constantinople
Bishop Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †
Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q33093591

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 260
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1651, Number 14
ob/c2+: AT, 8 Dec 2016

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