Girolamo Bevilacqua Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Girolamo Bevilacqua
Archbishop of Nazareth
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1587–1604
Predecessor:Francesco Spera
Successor:Maffeo Barberini
Birth Place:Spello, Italy
Death Date:4 September 1604

Girolamo Bevilacqua O.F.M. (died 1604) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nazareth (1587–1604).[1] [2]

Biography

Girolamo Bevilacqua was born in Spello, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 2 December 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Nazareth.On 27 Dec 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli.He served as Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 4 September 1604.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and Thomas Cammerota, Bishop of Vieste (1589).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 254. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbevilg.html "Archbishop Girolamo Bevilacqua, O.F.M."