Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Arrigua | |
Bishop of Nicotera | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Nicotera |
Term: | 1670–1690 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Francesco Biancolella |
Successor: | Bartolomeo Riberi |
Consecration: | 19 October 1670 |
Consecrated By: | Benedetto Odescalchi |
Birth Date: | 1615 |
Birth Place: | Monforte, Italy |
Death Place: | Nicotera, Italy |
Francesco Arrigua O.M. (1615 – 12 November 1690) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicotera (1670–1690).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Francesco Arrigua was born in Monforte,[5] Italy in 1615 and ordained a priest in the Order of the Minims.On 6 October 1670, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Nicotera.On 19 October 1670, he was consecrated bishop by Benedetto Odescalchi, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio, with Domenico de' Marini, Titular Archbishop of Teodosia, and Tommaso d'Aquino, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Nicotera until his death on 12 November 1690.