Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Borghese | |
Bishop of Pienza | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Pienza |
Term: | 1668–1698 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Checconi |
Successor: | Antonio Forteguerra |
Consecration: | 29 December 1652 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Franciotti |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1616 |
Death Date: | 15 January 1698 (age 82) |
Death Place: | Pienza, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Sovana (1652–1668) |
Girolamo Borghese, O.S.B. (11 January 1616 – 15 January 1698) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pienza (1668–1698)[1] and Bishop of Sovana (1652–1668).[2]
Girolamo Borghese was born in Siena, Italy on 11 January 1616 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[3] [4] On 11 December 1652, he was appointed Bishop of Sovana by Pope Innocent X.On 29 December 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. On 17 December 1668, he was transferred to the diocese of Pienza by Pope Clement IX.
He served as Bishop of Pienza until his death on 15 January 1698.