Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Melzi | |
Bishop of Pavia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Pavia |
Predecessor: | Francesco Biglia |
Successor: | Lorenzo Trotti |
Ordination: | 21 Sep 1659 |
Consecration: | 16 Nov 1659 |
Consecrated By: | Giacomo Corradi |
Birth Date: | 1599 |
Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
Death Date: | 29 Sep 1672 (age 73) |
Death Place: | Pavia, Italy |
Girolamo Melzi (1599–1672) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pavia (1659–1672).[1]
Girolamo Melzi was born in 1599 and ordained a priest on 21 Sep 1659.[2] On 22 Sep 1659, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Pavia.On 16 Nov 1659, he was consecrated bishop by Giacomo Corradi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina, with Marco Antonio Tomati, Bishop Emeritus of Bitetto, and Marcantonio Oddi, Bishop of Perugia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Pavia until his death on 29 Sep 1672.