Ercole Lupinacci
Most Reverend Ercole Lupinacci | |
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Bishop | |
Church | Italo-Albanian Catholic |
Diocese | Lungro |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 November 1959 |
Consecration | 8 August 1981 by Giovanni Stamati |
Personal details | |
Born | (1933-11-23)23 November 1933 San Giorgio Albanese |
Died | 6 August 2016(2016-08-06) (aged 82) |
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Italo-Albanian Catholic |
Occupation | Bishop |
Profession | Priest |
Ercole Lupinacci (23 November 1933 – 6 August 2016) was an Italian of Arbëreshë ethnicity[1] and Bishop of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro.[2]
Biography
Ercole Lupinacci was born in San Giorgio Albanese on 23 November 1933. He was ordained an Italo-Albanian Catholic priest on 22 November 1959.[3] He was appointed Bishop of Piana degli Abanesi on 25 March 1981[4] and ordained bishop on 8 August 1981 by Bishop Giovanni Stamati with principal co-consecrators, Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S. and Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn.[3]
On 22 November 1987, he was appointed Bishop of Lungro replacing the deceased Bishop Stamati.[5] He retired from the See of Lungro on 10 August 2010 at age 76, and died on 6 August 2016, aged 82.[3]
Episcopal Genealogy
- Eparch Isaias Papadopoulos
- Eparch John Mele
- Eparch Giovanni Stamati
- Eparch Ercole Lupinacci [3]
References
- ^ "Jemi - Il portale per gli arbëreshë". jemi.it. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "È ritornato alla casa del Padre mons. Ercole Lupinacci vescovo emerito di Lungro e degli Italo-Albanesi dell'Italia continentale - il Messaggero Italiano". ilmessaggeroitaliano.it. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Ercole Lupinacci". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ "Diocese of Piana degli Abanesi". Catholic Dioceses in the World. Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
External links
- Intervista a Ercole Lupinacci: Noi cristiani né uniati né ortodossi
- Bishop Ercole Lupinacci at catholic-hierarchy.org [self-published]
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by Giuseppe Perniciaro | Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi 1981 - 1987 | Succeeded by Sotir Ferrara |
Preceded by Giovanni Stamati | Bishop of Lungro 1987 – 2010 | Succeeded by Donato Oliverio |