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Tommaso d'Aquino (bishop of Mottola)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

In office
  
1648–1651

Died
  
Mottola, Italy

Diocese
  
Diocese of Mottola

Successor
  
Giovanni Camponeschi

Predecessor
  
Giovanni Battista Falesi

Tommaso d'Aquino, C.R. (1584–1651) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mottola (1648–1651).

Biography

Tommaso d'Aquino was born in Naples and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 8 February 1648, he was selected as Bishop of Mottola and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 24 August 1648. On 20 September 1648, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Fausto Caffarelli, Archbishop of Santa Severina, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mottola until his death in 1651.

References

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