Celso Zani
# Celso Zani

Celso Zani, O.F.M., also Giuliano Zani (born 1580) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Città della Pieve (1625–1629).

## Biography

Celso Zani was born in Settimello, Italy, and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 3 March 1625, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Città della Pieve, where he served until his resignation in 1629.

## Episcopal succession

While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of:

* Jacques Lebret, Bishop of Toul (1645);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

* Antonio Brunachio, Bishop of Conversano (1632);
* Alessandro Gallo, Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1632);
* Agostino Oreggi, Archbishop of Benevento (1633);
* Benedetto Ubaldi, Bishop of Perugia (1634);
* Camillo Melzi, Archbishop of Capua (1636);
* Pietro Gaudenzi (bishop), Bishop of Arbe (1636);
* Niccolò Orsini (bishop), Bishop of Ripatransone (1636);
* Antonio Tornielli, Bishop of Novara (1637);
* Girolamo Lanfranchi, Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni (1637);
* Bernardino Scala, Bishop of Bisceglie (1637);
* Aegidius Ursinus de Vivere, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1641);
* Girolamo Verospi, Bishop of Osimo (1642);
* Giulio Gabrielli, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1642);
* Giulio Rospigliosi, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1644);
* Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, Titular Archbishop of Athenae and Apostolic Nuncio to France (1644); and
* Taddeo Altini, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon (1646).
