Decio Caracciolo Rosso Explained

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]

Biography

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).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcaraccro.html "Archbishop Decio Caracciolo Rosso"