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Lorenzo Celsi (bishop)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Celso Paci

In office
  
1591-1603

Died
  
1603

Diocese
  
Diocese of Castro del Lazio

Successor
  
Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia

Consecration
  
10 August 1591 by Ludovico de Torres

Lorenzo Celsi (died 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1591-1603).

Biography

On 19 July 1591, Lorenzo Celsi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Castro del Lazio. On 10 August 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, with Agapito Bellomo, Bishop of Caserta, and Gaspare Cenci, Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio until his death in 1603. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, Bishop of Lipari (1593); Pietro Francesco Montorio, Bishop of Nicastro (1594); and Alessandro Guidiccioni, Bishop of Lucca (1600).

References

Lorenzo Celsi (bishop) Wikipedia