Michelangelo Tonti

His Eminence Michelangelo Tonti
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	16 Nov 1608 by Fabio Biondi
Personal details
Born	Dec 1566 Rimini, Italy
Died	21 Apr 1622 (age 55)

Michelangelo Tonti (1566–1622) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

On 16 Nov 1608, he was consecrated bishop by Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, with Metello Bichi, Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, and Giambattista Leni, Bishop of Mileto, serving as co-consecrators.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Michelangelo Tonti

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Filippo Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino (1608);
• Domenico Rivarola, Bishop of Aleria (1608);
• Giovanni Battista Biglia, Bishop of Pavia (1609);
• Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop of Chieti (1609);
• Francesco Mottini, Bishop of Brugnato (1609);
• Benedetto Ala, Archbishop of Urbino (1610);
• Luca Semproni, Bishop of Città di Castello (1610);
• Giovanni Canauli, Bishop of Fossombrone (1610);
• Giovanni Francesco Murta, Bishop of Aleria (1611);
• Antonio Ricci, Bishop of Arezzo (1611);
• Gregorio Carbonelli, Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina (1611);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Lanfranco Margotti, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1609);
• Felice Centini, Bishop of Mileto (1611); and
• Gregorio Petrocchini, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1611).

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Maffeo Barberini	Titular Archbishop of Nazareth 1608–1609	Succeeded by Domenico Rivarola
Preceded by Filippo Spinelli	Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola 1608–1621	Succeeded by Gabriel Trejo y Paniagua
Preceded by Camillo Gualandi	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cesena 1609–1622	Succeeded by Francesco Sacrati (cardinal)
Preceded by Domenico Pinelli, seniore	Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 1611–1622	Succeeded by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Preceded by François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli 1621–1622	Succeeded by Luigi Capponi