Pietro de Villanova Castellacci

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Pietro de Villanova Castellacci (born February 11, 1815 in Bracciano , † September 17, 1881 in Rome ) was an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of the Curia .

Life

In December 1837 Pietro de Villanova Castellacci was ordained a priest . In April 1851 he became consultor of the Congregation for Apostolic Visitations. As a canon of the Lateran Basilica , he entered the service of the Curia in 1853 and was named House Prelate of His Holiness and Apostolic Protonotary on March 11 of the same year .

Pope Pius IX appointed him on November 30, 1854 titular bishop of Lystra . The episcopal ordination donated him on December 17th of the same year in Rome Giovanni Cardinal Brunelli ; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Genoa , André Charvaz , and Vincenzo Tizzani CRL , former Bishop of Terni . In January 1855 Pietro de Villanova Castellacci became papal assistant to the throne . On March 26, 1855 he was made titular Archbishop of Petra in Palestine . He was appointed Consultor to the Holy Office in September 1862 ; in November of the same year he was made Vice President (Deputy Cardinal Vicar of Rome), a position he held until his resignation in 1868. Pietro de Villanova Castellacci was a participant in the First Vatican Council .

On February 28, 1879, he was appointed Latin Patriarch of Antioch , a position he held until his death.

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predecessor Office successor
Paolo Brunoni Latin Patriarch of Antioch
1879–1881 		Placido Ralli
Antonio Ligi Bussi Vice-gentleman in the diocese of Rome
1862–1868 		Giuseppe Angelini
personal data
SURNAME Villanova Castellacci, Pietro de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of the Curia
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Bracciano
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1881
Place of death Rome