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]
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) .