Vincenzo Ercolano
{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic archbishop}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Vincenzo Ercolano
| title = Bishop of Perugia
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| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = Diocese of Perugia
| see =
| term = 1579–1586
| predecessor = Francesco Bossi
| successor = Antonio Maria Gallo
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| consecration = 8 January 1570
| consecrated_by = Scipione Rebiba
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| birth_date = 1517
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| death_date = 29 October 1586
| death_place = Perugia, Italy
| previous_post = Bishop of Sarno (1569–1573)
Bishop of Imola (1573–1579)
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Vincenzo Ercolano (also Vincenzo Herculani) (1517 – 29 October 1586) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Perugia (1579–1586),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/272/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=271–272|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
Bishop of Imola (1573–1579),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/212/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=213|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
and Bishop of Sarno (1569–1573).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/292/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|author-link=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=293|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)
Biography
Vincenzo Ercolano was born in 1517 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archbishop Vincenzo Ercolano (Herculani), O.P.|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bercolano.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Vincenzo Ercolani, O.P.|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/peru0.htm#39282 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 14 December 1569, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Sarno.
On 8 January 1570, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, with Galeazzo Gegald, Bishop Emeritus of Bagnoregio, and Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators.
On 9 February 1573, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Imola.
On 27 November 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Perugia.
He served as Bishop of Perugia until his death on 29 October 1586.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Baldassarre Giustiniani, Bishop of Venosa.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Sarno|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds217.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Sarno (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/sarn0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Imola |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dimol.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Imola (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/imol0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpcdp.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/peru0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Sarno
| years = 1569–1573
| before = Guglielmo Tuttavilla
| after = Vincenzo de Siena}}
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| title = Bishop of Imola
| years = 1573–1579
| before = Giovanni Aldobrandini
| after = Alessandro Musotti}}
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| title = Bishop of Perugia
| years = 1579–1586
| before = Francesco Bossi
| after = Antonio Maria Gallo}}
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