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Antonio Ricci (bishop of Arezzo)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Pietro Usimbardi

Nationality
  
Italian

In office
  
1611–1637

Successor
  
Tommaso Salviati

Died
  
Arezzo, Italy

Consecration
  
3 Jul 1611 by Michelangelo Tonti

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro

Antonio Ricci (1573–1637) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Arezzo (1611–1637).

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Biography

Antonio Ricci was born in Florence, Italy in 1573. On 27 Jun 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Arezzo. On 3 Jul 1611, he was consecrated bishop by Michelangelo Tonti, Bishop of Cesena, with Domenico Rivarola, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth, and Giovanni Canauli, Bishop of Fossombrone, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Arezzo until his death on 20 Dec 1637.

Episcopal succession

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

  • Gregorio Carbonelli, Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina (1611);
  • Roberto Roberti (bishop), Bishop of Tricarico (1612); and
  • Tiberio Muti, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1612).

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