Michele Zezza


Michele Zezza was a Roman Catholic patriarch and Catholic Archbishop of Italy.

Biography

Michele Zezza of the Barons of Zapponeta was born in Naples on April 7, 1850, was ordained a priest on September 21, 1872.
On June 1, 1891, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Naples and bishop of Calidone. He received the episcopal consecration on June 21 of the same year.
On 12 June 1893 he was appointed bishop of Pozzuoli. In 1896 he established, at the church of San Raffaele di Pozzuoli, the diocesan center of the apostolate of prayer and the watchdog association in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
On 3 July 1919 he was promoted to Archbishop Coadjutor, with the right of succession, of Naples and archbishop of Ancira. He was Archbishop of Naples from April 4, 1923 to December 20 of the same year, the day of nomination to Patriarch of Constantinople.
He died on 26 June 1927.