Placido Padiglia
Placido Padiglia, O.S.B. Cel. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alessano and Bishop of Lavello.Biography
Placido Padiglia was born in Naples, Italy in 1579 and ordained a priest in the Celestine Order of Saint Benedict. On 20 September 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Lavello. On 26 September 1627, he was consecrated bishop by Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo, with Girolamo de Franchis, Bishop of Nardò, and Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Bishop of Capaccio, serving as co-consecrators. On 27 November 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Alessano. He served as Bishop of Alessano until his death on 14 June 1648.
While bishop, Padiglia was the principal co-consecrator of Jacobus Wemmers, Titular Bishop of Memphis.
