Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Andrea de Rossi | |
Archbishop of Rossano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Archdiocese of Rossano |
Term: | 1688–1696 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Compagnone |
Successor: | Andrea Deodati |
Consecration: | 8 June 1688 |
Consecrated By: | Galeazzo Marescotti |
Birth Date: | 15 July 1644 |
Birth Place: | Serre, Campania |
Death Date: | 30 October 1696 |
Death Place: | Rossano, Italy |
Andrea de Rossi, C.R. (15 July 1644 – 30 October 1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Rossano (1688–1696).[1] [2]
Andrea de Rossi was born in Serre, Campania and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 31 May 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Rossano. On 8 June 1688, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Pietro de Torres, Archbishop of Dubrovnik, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Rossano until his death on 30 October 1696.