Vincenzo Cutelli

Vincenzo Cutelli (died 28 June 1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Catania (1577–1589).[1]

Most Reverend Vincenzo Cutelli
Bishop of Catania
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Catania
In office	1577–1589
Predecessor	Juan Orozco de Arce
Successor	Juan Corrionero
Orders
Consecration	22 Sep 1577 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	28 June 1597

Biography

Cutelli was a native of Catania. He was a Doctor of theology and a Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law). He became a royal chaplain, and was an Apostolic Visitor in Spain, following which he was appointed Rector of the Patrimony of Saint Peter (governor of southern Tuscany).[2]

He was nominated to the episcopacy by King Philip II of Spain, and, on 11 September 1577, Vincenzo Cutelli was appointed by Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Catania,[1] with the provision that he pay annual pensions out of his episcopal income to two persons to be named by the Pope.[3] He was consecrated in Rome by Pope Gregory.[4] On 22 September 1577, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola.[1] He served as Bishop of Catania until his resignation in 1589.[1] During his last two years as bishop, however, he was under suspension, and an Apostolic Vicar, was appointed by the Pope. Nonetheless he continued to exercise the spiritual and temporal powers of the Bishop of Catania.[5] He was finally deprived of his episcopal dignity by the Pope on 19 January 1589.[6]

Cutelli died in Rome on 28 June 1597, and was buried in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte.[7]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon (1582).[1]

References

1. "Bishop Vincenzo Cutelli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
2. Pirro, pp. 555-556.
3. Eubel, III, p. 159 note 13.
4. Pirro, p. 556.
5. Eubel, III, p. 159, note 13.
6. Pirro, p. 556 column 2.
7. Pirro, p. 556 column 2. Vincenzo Forcella (1876). Iscrizioni delle chiese e d'altri edificii di Roma dal secolo XI fino ai giorni nostri. Volume VIII. Roma: Ludovico Cecchini. p. 218, no. 554.

Sources

• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) (in Latin)
• Pirro, Rocco (1733). Mongitore, Antonino (ed.). Sicilia sacra, disquisitionibus et notitiis illustrata. Tomus primus (third ed.). Palermo: Haeredes P. Coppulae.
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Catania". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Catania". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}