Gerolamo Melchiori Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Gerolamo Melchiori
Bishop of Recanati
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Recanati
Term:1573–1583
Predecessor:Filippo Roccabella
Successor:Galeazzo Moroni
Consecration:16 Dec 1554
Consecrated By:Giovanni Michele Saraceni
Death Date:1583

Gerolamo Melchiori or Gerolamo Melchiorri (died 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Recanati (1573–1583)[1] and Bishop of Macerata (1553–1573).[2]

Biography

On 6 Mar 1553, Gerolamo Melchiori was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Macerata.[3] [4] On 16 Dec 1554, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Michele Saraceni, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, with Ascanio Ferreri, Bishop Emeritus of Montepeloso, and Giovanni Andrea Croce, Bishop of Tivoli, serving as co-consecrators. On 15 Oct 1571, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Recanati.In 1571, he resigned as Bishop of Macerata.He served as Bishop of Recanati until his death in 1583. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Benedetto Lomellini, Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1565); and Giulio Sauli, Bishop of Brugnato (1566) .

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 281. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 231. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Gerolamo Melchiori . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  4. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Bishop Gerolamo Melchiorri . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018.