| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Francesco Maria Neri | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Venosa |
| Term: | 1678–1684 |
| Predecessor: | Giovanni Battista Desio |
| Successor: | Giovanni Francesco de Lorenzi |
| Ordination: | 31 December 1654 |
| Consecration: | 22 May 1672 |
| Consecrated By: | Federico Borromeo |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 1628 |
| Death Date: | December 1684 (age 56) |
| Death Place: | Venosa, Italy |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1672–1678) |
Francesco Maria Neri (6 February 1628 – December 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Venosa (1678–1684) and Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1672–1678).[1]
Francesco Maria Neri was born in Tivoli, Italy on 6 February 1628 and ordained a priest on 31 December 1654.[2] He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure, and was the fiscal advocate of the Holy Office (Inquisition) in the Kingdom of Naples (1667). He was a canon of the cathedral of Naples, and in 1668 became its penitentiary major.[3]
On 16 May 1672, he was appointed Bishop of Massa Lubrense by Pope Clement X.[3] [4] On 22 May 1672, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Borromeo (iuniore), Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Bernardino Rocci, Titular Archbishop of Damascus, and Domenico Gianuzzi, Titular Bishop of Dioclea in Phrygia, serving as co-consecrators.
On 10 January 1678, he was appointed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Venosa.He served as Bishop of Venosa until his death in December 1684.