Bartolomeo Castelli

Bartolomeo Castelli (1650 – 5 April 1730) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (1695–1730).

Biography
Bartolomeo Castelli was born in 1650 in Palermo, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 28 November 1695, he was appointed by Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo. On 30 November 1695, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Francesco Gori, Bishop of Catanzaro, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mazara del Vallo until his death on 5 April 1730.

Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: • Francesco del Giudice, Archbishop of Monreale (1704);

• Giovanni Battista Costantino, Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1718);

• Domenico Antonio Menafra, Bishop of Acerno (1718);

• Gioacchino Francesco Caprini, Bishop of Bitetto (1718);

• Gianmaria Capecelatro, Bishop of Ischia (1718);

• Bernardo Cavalieri, Bishop of San Marco (1718); and

• Giacomo Falconi, Bishop of Caiazzo (1718).

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