Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Filippo Massarenghi | |
Bishop of Bitonto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Bitonto |
Term: | 1686–1688 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Antonio Gallo |
Successor: | Giovanni Battista Capano |
Consecration: | 19 May 1686 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1640 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 5 June 1688 (age 48) |
Death Place: | Bitonto, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Filippo Massarenghi, C.O. (8 February 1640 – 5 June 1688) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1686–1688).[1] [2]
Filippo Massarenghi was born in Naples, Italy in 1640. On 13 May 1686, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Bitonto. On 19 May 1686, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Francesco Onofrio Hodierna, Bishop of Bitetto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death on 5 June 1688.