title: Antonio Spinelli
text: # Antonio Spinelli
  
  Antonio Spinelli, C.R. (1657 – October 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1697–1724).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Antonio Spinelli was born in Aquaro Feudo, Italy in 1657 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 2 December 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla. On 8 December 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Archbishop of Fermo, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in October 1724.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, Spinelli was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia (1697); and
  * Giulio Piazza, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1697).
  