Benedetto Baaz Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Benedetto Baaz
Bishop of Umbriatico
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Umbriatico
Term:	1622–1631
Predecessor:	Pietro Bastoni
Successor:	Antonio Ricciulli
Consecration:	8 May 1622
Consecrated By:	Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Death Date:	1631
Death Place:	Umbriatico, Italy

Benedetto Baaz or Benedetto Vaez (died 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Umbriatico (1622–1631).^[1]

Biography

On 2 May 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Umbriatico.^[2] On 8 May 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, and Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Umbriatico until his death in 1631.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Gaspar Gajosa, Bishop of L'Aquila (1628);
• Patrick Comerford, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1629);
• Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1630); and
• Gil Carrillo de Albornoz, Archbishop of Taranto (1630).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Umbriatico (Umbriaticum). Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Titular Episcopal See of Umbriatico (Italy) . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 352. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbaazb.html "Bishop Benedetto Baaz (Vaez)"