Jump to content

英文维基 | 中文维基 | 日文维基 | 草榴社区

Ercole Lupinacci

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most Reverend

Ercole Lupinacci
Bishop
ChurchItalo-Albanian Catholic
DioceseLungro
Previous post(s)Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi
Orders
Ordination22 November 1959
Consecration8 August 1981
by Giovanni Stamati
Personal details
Born(1933-11-23)23 November 1933
Died6 August 2016(2016-08-06) (aged 82)
NationalityItalian
DenominationItalo-Albanian Catholic
OccupationBishop
ProfessionPriest

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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  • Eparch Isaias Papadopoulos
  • Eparch John Mele
  • Eparch Giovanni Stamati
  • Eparch Ercole Lupinacci [3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Jemi - Il portale per gli arbëreshë". jemi.it. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bishop Ercole Lupinacci". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.[self-published source]
  4. ^ "Diocese of Piana degli Abanesi". Catholic Dioceses in the World. Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Diocese of Lungro". Catholic Dioceses in the World. Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
[edit]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi
1981 - 1987
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Lungro
1987 – 2010
Succeeded by