Scipione Spina

Most Reverend Scipione Spina
Bishop of Lecce
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Lecce
In office	1591–1639
Predecessor	Annibale Saraceni
Successor	Luigi Pappacoda
Orders
Consecration	3 June 1591 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	6 March 1639 Lecce, Italy

Scipione Spina (died 6 March 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lecce (1591–1639).

Biography

On 10 May 1591, Scipione Spina was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Lecce. On 3 June 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lecce until his death on 6 March 1639.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Scipione Spina

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Ascanio Parisi, Coadjutor Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1599);
• Giovanni Agostino Gandolfo, Bishop of Fondi (1619); and
• Alessandro Suardi, Bishop of Lucera (1619).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Lecce". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lecce(Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}