Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Paulus Pucciarelli | |
Bishop of Andros | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Andros |
Term: | 1621–1631 |
Predecessor: | Nicolaus Righi |
Successor: | Albertus Aliprandi |
Consecration: | 13 June 1621 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1583 |
Death Date: | 1631 (age 48) |
Death Place: | Andros, Greece |
Paulus Pucciarelli, O.P. (1583–1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Andros (1621–1631).[1] [2] [3]
Paulus Pucciarelli was born in 1583 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.On 7 June 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Andros.On 13 June 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, and Girolamo Ricciulli, Bishop of Belcastro, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Andros until his death in 1631.While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francesco Sperelli, Coadjutor Bishop of San Severino (1621).