Giacomo Della Rocca Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giacomo Della Rocca
Bishop of Termia
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Termia
Term:1634–1644
Predecessor:Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti
Successor:Giovanni Camponeschi
Birth Date:1569
Death Date:1644
Death Place:Kythnos, Greece

Giacomo Della Rocca (1569  - 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Termia (1634–1644).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Giacomo Della Rocca was born in 1569. On 25 September 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Termia.He served as Bishop of Termia until his death in 1644. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francesco Antonio Frasella, Titular Archbishop of Myra (1637); and Matthieu de Castro Malo, Vicar Apostolic of Great Mogul (1637).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bderoc.html "Bishop Giacomo Della Rocca"
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dt538.html "Diocese of Termia (Thermae)"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0448.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Cea"