Antonio del Buffalo

Most Reverend Antonio del Buffalo
Bishop of Gallipoli
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Gallipoli
In office	1668–1677
Predecessor	Giovanni Montoja de Cardona
Successor	Antonio Pérez de la Lastra
Orders
Consecration	19 Feb 1662 by Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade
Personal details
Born	1519 Vallata, Italy
Died	25 Sep 1677 Gallipoli, Italy
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1661–1666) Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza (1666–1668)

Antonio del Buffalo, O.F.M. or Antonio Geremia de Bufalo (1619–1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gallipoli (1668–1677), Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza (1666–1668), and Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1661–1666).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Biography

Antonio del Buffalo was born in Vallata, Italy in 1619 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[1] On 5 Mar 1660, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed on 8 Aug 1661 by Pope Alexander VII as Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Titular Bishop of Temnus.^[1][2] On 19 Feb 1662, he was consecrated bishop by Georges d'Aubusson de la Feuillade, Archbishop of Embrun, with Luis de Morales (bishop), Titular Bishop of Troas, and Miguel Pérez Cevallos, Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] In 1666, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza.^[1][2] On 14 May 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Gallipoli.^[1][2] He served as Bishop of Gallipoli until his death on 25 Sep 1677.^[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[1]

• Antonio Rodríguez Castañon, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1662);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[1]

• Dionisio Pérez Escobosa, Bishop of Mondoñedo (1663);
• Lorenzo de Sotomayor, Bishop of Zamora (1663);
• Francisco Rodríguez Castañón, Bishop of Orense (1664);
• Benito de Rivas, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1664);
• Alfonso Vázquez de Toledo, Bishop of Cádiz (1664); and
• Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán, Bishop of Oviedo (1665).

References

1. "Bishop Antonio del Buffalo, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
2. "Bishop Antonio Geremia de Bufalo, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
3. "Diocese of Gallipoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
4. "Diocese of Gallipoli" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
5. "Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
6. "Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
7. "Archdiocese of Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
8. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
9. "Temnus (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
10. "Titular Episcopal See of Temnus" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016