Church Catholic Church Predecessor Filippo Cesarini Nationality Italian Ordination 1653 | In office 1684–1695 Successor Daniele Scoppa Died Nola, Italy | |
Consecration 16 Jan 1684
by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Nola | ||
Francesco Maria Moles, C.R. (1638 – 12 May, 1697) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nola (1684–1695).
Biography
Francesco Maria Moles was born in Naples, Italy in 1638 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence in 1653. On 10 Jan 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Nola. On 16 Jan 1684, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Giuseppe Bologna, Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, and Victor Augustinus Ripa, Bishop of Vercelli, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Nola until his resignation in 1695. He died on 12 May 1697. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Placido Scoppa, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1693).