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Antonio Polcenigo

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Bartolomeo Gera

Nationality
  
Italian

Ordination
  
8 August 1683

In office
  
1684–1724

Successor
  
Pietro Maria Suárez

Died
  
April 1724, Feltre, Italy

Consecration
  
1 May 1684 by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Antonio Polcenigo (18 April, 1647 – April, 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Feltre (1684–1724).

Biography

Antonio Polcenigo was born in Fanna, Italy on 18 Apr 1647 and ordained a priest on 8 Aug 1683. On 24 Apr 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Feltre. On 1 May 1684, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Francesco Maria Giannotti, Bishop of Segni, and Francesco Onofrio Hodierna, Bishop of Bitetto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Feltre until his death in Apr 1724. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Tommaso Maria Marelli, Archbishop of Urbino (1716).

References

Antonio Polcenigo Wikipedia