Gennaro Filomarino Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Gennaro Filomarino
Bishop of Calvi Risorta
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Calvi Risorta
Term:1623–1650
Predecessor:Gregorio Del Bufalo
Successor:Francesco Maria Falcucci
Consecration:24 December 1623
Consecrated By:Cosimo de Torres
Birth Date:1591
Death Date:October 1650
Death Place:Calvi Risorta, Italy

Gennaro Filomarino, C.R. (1591–1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1623–1650).[1]

Biography

Gennaro Filomarino was born in 1591 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 18 December 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Calvi Risorta.On 24 December 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Cosimo de Torres, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Alessandro di Sangro, Archbishop of Benevento, and Giuseppe Acquaviva, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta until his death in October 1650.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 130. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Gennaro Filomarino, C.R. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.