Maffeo Vitale
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| diocese = Diocese of Mantua
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| term = 1646–1669
| predecessor = Vincenzo Agnello Suardi
| successor = Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga
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| consecration = 11 February 1646
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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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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Mantova |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmant.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Mantova (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mant0.htm|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Mantua
| years = 1646–1669
| before = Vincenzo Agnello Suardi
| after = Ferdinando Tiberius Gonzaga}}
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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