Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Michele Priuli | |
Bishop of Vicenza | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Vicenza |
Term: | 1579–1603 |
Predecessor: | Matteo Priuli (bishop) |
Successor: | Giovanni Delfino (seniore) |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Death Date: | 1603 |
Previous Post: | Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1589–1591) |
Michele Priuli (died 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vicenza (1579–1603)[1] and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1589–1591).
Michele Priuli was born in Venice, Italy.[2]
On 3 August 1579, he was appointed Bishop of Vicenza by Pope Gregory XIII.
On 10 April 1589, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Florence by Pope Sixtus V; he resigned from the position on 3 August 1591.
He served as Bishop of Vicenza until his death in 1603.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pietro Usimbardi, Bishop of Arezzo (1589).
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