Carlo Labia

{{Short description|Italian Catholic archbishop}}

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Carlo Labia

| title = Archbishop (Personal Title) of Adria

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| church = Catholic Church

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| term = 1677–1701

| predecessor = Tommaso Retani

| successor = Filippo della Torre

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| consecration = 9 February 1659

| consecrated_by = Giulio Cesare Sacchetti

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| birth_date = 1624

| birth_place = Venice, Italy

| death_date = 29 November 1701 (age 77)

| death_place = Adria, Italy

| previous_post = Archbishop of Corfù (1659-1677)

| nationality = Italian

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Carlo Labia, C.R. (1624 – 29 November 1701) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Adria (1677–1701) and Archbishop of Corfù (1659-1677).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blabia.html "Archbishop Carlo Labia, C.R."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 15, 2016[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dadro.html "Diocese of Adria-Rovigo"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/adri0.htm "Diocese of Adria-Rovigo"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

Biography

Carlo Labia was born in Venice, Italy in 1624 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.

On 27 January 1659, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Corfù.

On 9 February 1659, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, with Alessandro Sperelli, Bishop of Gubbio, and Gregorio Carducci, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, serving as co-consecrators. On 13 September 1677, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Adria. He served as Archbishop of Adria until his death on 29 November 1701.

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