Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Decio Caracciolo Rosso | |
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa) | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) |
Term: | 1606–1613 |
Predecessor: | Galeazzo Sanvitale |
Successor: | Ascanio Gesualdo |
Consecration: | 1 October 1606 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Battista Costanzo |
Death Date: | 27 May 1613 |
Death Place: | Bari, Italy |
Decio Caracciolo Rosso (died 27 May 1613) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) (1606–1613).[1]
On 21 September 1577, Decio Caracciolo Rosso was ordained to the priesthood. On 3 July 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V to the Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa. On 1 October 1606, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Costanzo, Archbishop of Cosenza, with Alessandro Cospi, Bishop of Bisceglie, and Giovanni Antonio Viperani, Bishop of Giovinazzo, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bari (-Canosa) until his death on 27 May 1613.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fulvio Tesorieri, Bishop of Belcastro (1612) and Selvaggio Primitelli, Bishop of Lavello (1613).