Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Benedetto Geraci | |
Bishop of Lipari | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1650–1660 |
Predecessor: | Agostino Candido |
Successor: | Adamo Gentile |
Consecration: | 8 Jan 1651 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Peretti di Montalto |
Birth Date: | 1590 |
Birth Place: | Gerace, Italy |
Death Date: | 18 Aug 1660 (age 70) |
Benedetto Geraci (1590–1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lipari (1650–1660).[1]
Benedetto Geraci was born in 1590 in Gerace, Italy.[2] On 19 Dec 1650, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Lipari.On 8 Jan 1651, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Peretti di Montalto, Archbishop of Monreale, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Francesco Biglia, Bishop of Pavia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lipari until his death on 18 Aug 1660.