Francesco Arcudio

{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type =

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Francesco Arcudio

| title = Bishop of Nusco

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| church = Catholic Church

| archdiocese =

| diocese = Diocese of Nusco

| see =

| term = 1639–1641

| predecessor = Michael Rezzi

| successor = Giovanni Mauro

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| consecration = 25 December 1639

| consecrated_by = Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore)

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| birth_date = 1589

| birth_place = Soleto, Kingdom of Naples

| death_date = 7 October 1641 (age 52)

| death_place = Nusco, Kingdom of Naples

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| nationality = Italian

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Francesco Arcudio, C.R. (1589 – 7 October 1641) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1639–1641).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=263|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|isbn=}} (in Latin)

Biography

Francesco Arcudio was born in Soleto, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francesco Arcudio, C.R. |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/barcudio.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

On 19 December 1639, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Nusco.

On 25 December 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio, with Marcantonio Bragadin (cardinal), Bishop of Vicenza, and Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators.

He served as Bishop of Nusco until his death on 7 October 1641.

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