Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Bernardino Scala | |
Bishop of Montefeltro | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Montefeltro |
Term: | 1643–1667 |
Predecessor: | Consalvo Duranti |
Successor: | Antonio Possenti |
Consecration: | 25 January 1637 |
Consecrated By: | Antonio Marcello Barberini |
Birth Date: | 1581 |
Birth Place: | Serra Sant'Abbondio, Italy |
Death Date: | 19 January 1667 (age 86) |
Death Place: | Montefeltro, Italy |
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Bernardino Scala (1581 – 19 January 1667) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Montefeltro (1643–1667)[1] and Bishop of Bisceglie (1637–1643).[2]
Bernardino Scala was born in Serra Sant'Abbondio, Italy in 1581.[3] On 12 January 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Bisceglie.[4] On 25 January 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Marcello Barberini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio, with Faustus Poli, Titular Archbishop of Amasea, and Celso Zani, Bishop Emeritus of Città della Pieve, serving as co-consecrators. On 18 May 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Montefeltro.He served as Bishop of Montefeltro until his death on 19 January 1667.