Stefano Quaranta
{{Short description|Archbishop of Amalfi}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Stefano Quaranta
| title = Archbishop of Amalfi
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| caption = Stefano Quaranta, Archbishop of Amalfi
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| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Amalfi
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| term = 1649–1678
| predecessor = Angelo Pichi
| successor = Gaetano Miraballi
| ordination = 11 October 1649
| ordained_by = Pope Innocent X
| consecration = 21 November 1649
| consecrated_by = Marcantonio Franciotti
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| death_date = 30 November 1678
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| honorific_suffix = C.R.
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Archbishop Stefano Quaranta, C.R. (died 1678) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Amalfi (1649–1678).{{cite book|url=http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002719&mediaType=application/pdf|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=80}}
Biography
Stefano Quaranta was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archbishop Stefano Quaranta, C.R. |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bquaranta.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 21 November 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Archbishop of Amalfi.
On 30 November 1678, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giovanni Battista Rinuccini. Archbishop of Fermo, and Luca Torreggiani, Archbishop of Ravenna, serving as co-consecrators.
He served Archbishop of Amalfi until his death on 30 November 1678.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
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- Giovanni Montoya de Cardona, Bishop of Gallipoli (1659);
- Michelangelo Vaginari, Bishop of Giovinazzo (1659);
- Antonio Ricciulli (iuniore), Bishop of Umbriatico (1659);
- Giovanni Carlo Valentini, Bishop of Città Ducale (1659);
- Francesco de Estrada, Archbishop of Brindisi (1659);
- Attilio Pietrasanta, Bishop of Vigevano (1659); and
- Lorenzo Díaz de Encinas, Bishop of Ugento (1659).
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References
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dacdt.html|access-date=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/amal0.htm |access-date=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1649–1678
| before = Angelo Pichi
| after = Gaetano Miraballi}}
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
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