Antonio Spinelli (bishop)

Antonio Spinelli, C.R. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.

Biography

Antonio Spinelli was born in Aquaro Feudo, Italy in 1657 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.
On 2 December 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.
On 8 December 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Archbishop of Fermo, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in October 1724.

Episcopal succession

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

Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia ; and
Giulio Piazza, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus.