Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Boccapaduli | |
Titular Archbishop of Athens | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Città di Castello |
Term: | 1647–1672 |
Predecessor: | Cesare Raccagna |
Successor: | Giuseppe Maria Sebastiani |
Ordination: | 1623 |
Consecration: | 21 September 1638 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore) |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1600 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Death Date: | 23 November 1680 (age 80) |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1638–1647) Bishop of Città di Castello (1647–1672) Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1647–1652) Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1652–1654) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Francesco Boccapaduli (3 April 1600 – 23 November 1680) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Athenae (1675–1680),Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1652–1654), Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1647–1652), Bishop of Città di Castello (1647–1672), and Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1638–1647).
Francesco Boccapaduli was born in Rome, Italy on 3 April 1600 and ordained a priest in 1623.On 13 September 1638, he was appointed Bishop of Valva e Sulmona by Pope Urban VIII.
On 21 September 1638, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvino, and Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators.
On 6 May 1647, he was appointed Bishop of Città di Castello by Pope Innocent X.
On 14 September 1647, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland by Pope Innocent X; he resigned from the post in September 1652.
On 24 August 1652, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Venice by Pope Innocent X; he resigned from the post in 1654.
He served as Bishop of Città di Castello until his resignation on 1 October 1672. On 15 July 1675, he was appointed by Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Athens (Greece), a title he held until his death on 23 November 1680.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
and the principal co-consecrator of: