Bartolomeo Castelli

Most Reverend Bartolomeo Castelli
Bishop of Mazara del Vallo
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
In office	1695–1730
Predecessor	Franciscus Maria Graffeo
Successor	Alessandro Caputo
Orders
Consecration	30 November 1695 by Pier Matteo Petrucci
Personal details
Born	1650 Palermo, Italy
Died	5 April 1730 (age 80) Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Nationality	Italian

Bartolomeo Castelli (1650 – 5 April 1730) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (1695–1730).

Biography

Bartolomeo Castelli was born in 1650 in Palermo, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 28 November 1695, he was appointed by Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo. On 30 November 1695, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Francesco Gori, Bishop of Catanzaro, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo until his death on 5 April 1730.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Francesco del Giudice, Archbishop of Monreale (1704);
• Giovanni Battista Costantino, Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1718);
• Domenico Antonio Menafra, Bishop of Acerno (1718);
• Gioacchino Francesco Caprini, Bishop of Bitetto (1718);
• Gianmaria Capecelatro, Bishop of Ischia (1718);
• Bernardo Cavalieri, Bishop of San Marco (1718); and
• Giacomo Falconi, Bishop of Caiazzo (1718).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}