Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Simonetta | |
Bishop of Foligno | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Foligno |
Term: | 1606–1612 |
Predecessor: | Marcantonio Bizzoni |
Successor: | Porfirio Feliciani |
Consecration: | 23 July 1606 |
Consecrated By: | Girolamo Bernerio |
Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
Death Date: | 1612 |
Death Place: | Foligno, Italy |
Previous Post: | Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1606–1612) |
Francesco Simonetta (died 1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Foligno (1606–1612) and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1606–1612).
Francesco Simonetta was born in Milan, Italy. On 17 July 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Foligno.[1] On 23 July 1606, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, and Alessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore), Bishop of Lucca, serving as co-consecrators. On 16 September 1606, he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. He served as Bishop of Foligno until his death in 1612.