Maurizio Centini

{{Short description|Roman Catholic prelate}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = Most Reverend | name = Maurizio Centini | title = Bishop of Mileto | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = Diocese of Mileto | see = | term = 1631–1639 | predecessor = Virgilio Cappone | successor = Gregorio Panzani  | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = March 1626 | consecrated_by = Felice Centini | cardinal = | rank =  | birth_date = 1592 | birth_place = Ascoli, Italy | death_date = 14 November 1639 (age 47) | death_place = Mileto, Italy | previous_post = Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1626–1631) | nationality = }}

'''Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv.''' (1592 – 14 November 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mileto (1631–1639)<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Mileto>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/242/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=242|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} ''(in Latin)''</ref> and Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1626–1631).<ref name=HierarchiaIV-MassaLubrensa>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/234/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=234|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} ''(in Latin)''</ref>

==Biography== Maurizio Centini was born in 1592 in Ascoli,<ref>There are two places called Ascoli in Italy{{snd}}Ascoli Piceno and Ascoli Satriano. It is not clear from the sources which was his birthplace.</ref> Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.<ref name=CathHierMaurCent>{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv. |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcentinim.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref><ref name=GCathMaurCent>{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Maurizio Centini, O.F.M. Conv.|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mile0.htm#40378 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> On 9 February 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Massa Lubrense.<ref name=HierarchiaIV-MassaLubrensa /><ref name=CathHierMaurCent /> In March 1626, he was consecrated bishop by Felice Centini, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino.<ref name=CathHierMaurCent /> On 12 May 1631, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Mileto.<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Mileto /><ref name=CathHierMaurCent /> He served as Bishop of Mileto until his death on 14 November 1639.<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Mileto /><ref name=CathHierMaurCent /> While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Hector de Monte, Bishop of Termoli (1626).<ref name=CathHierMaurCent />

==See also== *Catholic Church in Italy

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==External links and additional sources== *{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmint.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mile0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Massa Lubrense |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dm540.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Titular Episcopal See of Massa Lubrense |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1095.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Massa Lubrense | years = 1626–1631 | before = Ettore Gironda | after = Alessandro Gallo}} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Mileto | years = 1631–1639 | before = Virgilio Cappone | after = Gregorio Panzani}} {{s-end}}

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