Most Reverend Ercole Lupinacci |
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Bishop | |
Church | Italo-Albanian Catholic |
Diocese | Lungro |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 November 1959 |
Consecration | 8 August 1981 by John Stamati |
Personal details | |
Born |
San Giorgio Albanese |
November 23, 1933
Died | August 6, 2016 | (aged 82)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Italo-Albanian Catholic |
Occupation | Bishop |
Previous post | Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi |
Ercole Lupinacci (November 23, 1933 – August 6, 2016) was an Italian of Arbëreshë ethnicity and Bishop Emeritus of Italo-Albanian Catholic Eparchies of Piana degli Albanesi and Lungro.
Ercole Lupinacci was born in San Giorgio Albanese on 23 November 1933. He was ordained an Italo-Albanian Catholic priest on 22 November 1959. He was appointed Bishop of Piana degli Abanesi on 25 March 1981 and ordained bishop on 8 August 1981 by Bishop John Stamati with principal co-consecrators, Archbishop Saba Youakim, B.S. and Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn. On 22 November 1987 he was appointed Bishop of Lungro replacing the deceased Bishop Stamati. He retired from the See of Lungro on 10 August 2010 at age 76.