Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Megale | |
Bishop of Isola | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Isola |
Term: | 1679–1681 |
Predecessor: | Carlo Rossi (bishop) |
Successor: | Francesco Martini |
Consecration: | 30 November 1679 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1615 |
Death Date: | 4 November 1681 (age 66) |
Death Place: | Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Francesco Megale (3 March 1615 – 4 November 1681) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Isola (1679–1681).[1] [2]
Francesco Megale was born in San Mauro Marchesato, Italy on 3 March 1615. On 27 November 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Isola. On 30 November 1679, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Isola until his death on 4 November 1681.