{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = Most Reverend | name = Francesco Spera | title = Titular Archbishop of Nazareth | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = | term = 1587 | predecessor = Fabio Mirto Frangipani | successor = Girolamo Bevilacqua <!-- Orders --> | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = 24 May 1587 | consecrated_by = Decio Azzolini (seniore) | cardinal = | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 28 October 1587 | death_place = | previous_post = | nationality = }}
'''Francesco Spera, O.F.M.''' (died 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1587).<ref name=CathHierFranSpera>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsperafr.html "Archbishop Francesco Spera, O.F.M."] ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016</ref>
==Biography== Francesco Spera was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.<ref name=CathHierFranSpera /> On 11 May 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth.<ref name=CathHierFranSpera /> On 24 May 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Decio Azzolini (seniore), Bishop of Cervia, with Francesco Carusi, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, and Franciscus Panicarola, Titular Bishop of ''Chrysopolis in Arabia'', serving as co-consecrators.<ref name=CathHierFranSpera /> He served as Titular Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 28 October 1587.<ref name=CathHierFranSpera />
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==External links and additional sources== *{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Nazareth (Titular See)|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2n81.html|accessdate=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Titular Metropolitan See of Nazareth |website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/naza1.htm|accessdate=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
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