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Raffaele Castielli

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Raffaele Castielli
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Lucera-Troia
In office1987–1996
PredecessorCarmelo Cassati (Lucera), Salvatore De Giorgi (Troia)
SuccessorFrancesco Zerrillo
Orders
Ordination9 July 1950
Personal details
Born(1927-03-05)5 March 1927
Faeto, Italy
Died3 August 2018(2018-08-03) (aged 91)
Lucera, Italy

Raffaele Castielli (5 March 1927 – 3 August 2018) was an Italian bishop, ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucera-Troia. He was ordained a priest on 9 July 1950. He was appointed first bishop of the newly merged Diocese of Lucera-Troia on 11 February 1987, receiving his episcopal consecration on 25 March 1989 from Archbishop Salvatore De Giorgi. Castielli retired as bishop on 18 May 1996.[1]

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