Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Antonio Celli | |
Bishop of Isola | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Isola |
Term: | 1641–1645 |
Predecessor: | Giuliano Viviani |
Successor: | Domenico Carnevale |
Consecration: | 6 October 1641 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore) |
Birth Date: | 2 October 1595 |
Birth Place: | Tolfa, Italy |
Death Date: | 1645 (age 49) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Antonio Celli, O.P. (2 October 1595 – 1645) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Isola (1641–1645).[1]
Antonio Celli was born in Tolfa, Italy on 2 October 1595 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 16 September 1641, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Isola.On 6 October 1641, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Deodato Scaglia, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Isola until his death in 1645. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marco Antonio Gussio, Bishop of Cefalù (1644).