Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Dionysius O'Driscoll | |
Archbishop of Brindisi | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Brindisi |
Term: | 1640–1650 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Surgenti |
Successor: | Lorenzo Reynoso |
Consecration: | 9 Apr 1640 |
Consecrated By: | Gil Carrillo de Albornoz |
Birth Place: | Ireland |
Death Date: | Aug 1650 |
Dionysius O'Driscoll, O.F.M. Obs. or Dionysius Odriscol (died 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Brindisi (1640–1650).[1]
Dionysius O'Driscoll was born in Ireland[2] and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Observant.[3] On 5 Mar 1640, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Brindisi.On 9 Apr 1640, he was consecrated bishop by Gil Carrillo de Albornoz, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via, with Vincenzo Napoli, Bishop of Patti, and Deodato Scaglia, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Brindisi until his death in Aug 1650.