Most Reverend

Tommaso de Franchi
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Melfi e Rapolla
In office1671–1696
PredecessorGiulio Caracciolo
SuccessorFrancesco Antonio Triveri
Orders
Consecration6 September 1671
by Federico Borromeo (iuniore)
Personal details
Born1626
Genoa, Italy
DiedMay 1696 (age 70)

Tommaso de Franchi (1626–1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1671–1696).[1][2]

Biography

Tommaso de Franchi was born in Genoa, Italy in 1626.[2] On 24 August 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.[1][2] On 6 September 1671, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Borromeo (iuniore), Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Giacomo Altoviti, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in May 1696.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marcos de Ostos, Archbishop of Salerno (1692); and Teofilo Testa, Bishop of Tropea (1692).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 264. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Tommaso de Franchi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017


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