Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Benedetto Rocci | |
Bishop of Nusco | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Nusco |
Predecessor: | Pietro Paolo Russo |
Successor: | Angelo Picchetti |
Ordination: | 4 September 1615 |
Consecration: | 26 May 1658 |
Consecrated By: | Benedetto Odescalchi |
Death Date: | October 1661 |
Death Place: | Nusco, Italy |
Benedetto Rocci, O. Carm. (died 1661) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1658–1661).[1]
Benedetto Rocci was ordained a priest in the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on 4 September 1615.[2] On 6 May 1658, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Nusco.On 26 May 1658, he was consecrated bishop by Benedetto Odescalchi, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano. He served as Bishop of Nusco until his death in October 1661.