Maffeo Vitale

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| diocese = Diocese of Mantua

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| term = 1646–1669

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| successor = Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga

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| consecration = 11 February 1646

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| death_date = 23 June 1669

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Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M. (died 23 June 1669) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantua (1646–1669).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=230|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|ISBN=}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvitalem.html "Bishop Maffeo Vitale, O.F.M."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 17, 2017

Biography

Maffeo Vitale was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.

On 5 February 1646, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Mantua.

On 11 February 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators.

He served as Bishop of Mantua until his death on 23 June 1669.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Benedetto Odescalchi, Bishop of Novara (1651); and Rinaldo d'Este, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1651).

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