Vincenzo Bonincontro
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Vincenzo Bonincontro
| title = Bishop of Agrigento
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| diocese = Diocese of Agrigento
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| term = 1607–1622
| predecessor = Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva
| successor = Ottavio Ridolfi
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| consecration = 8 July 1607
| consecrated_by = Ludovico de Torres
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| death_date = May 1622
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Vincenzo Bonincontro, O.P. (died 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento (1607–1622).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/72/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=73|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|ISBN=}} (in Latin)
Biography
Vincenzo Bonincontro was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Vincenzo Bonincontro, O.P.|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bboninc.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 25 June 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Agrigento.
On 8 July 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, with Juan de Rada, Bishop of Patti, and Metello Bichi, Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Agrigento until his death in May 1622.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Stefano de Vicari, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1610);
- Juan de Espila, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1611);
- Eleuterio Albergone, Bishop of Montemarano (1611); and
- Decius Giustiniani, Bishop of Aleria (1612).
References
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Archdiocese of Agrigento |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dagri.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agrigento (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/agri0.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Agrigento
| years = 1607–1622
| before = Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva
| after = Ottavio Ridolfi}}
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