Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Guglielmo Bastoni | |
Bishop of Pavia Apostolic Nuncio to Naples | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Pavia |
Term: | 1593–1609 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Gonzaga |
Successor: | Giovanni Battista Biglia |
Consecration: | 6 May 1593 |
Consecrated By: | Michele Bonelli |
Birth Date: | 5 Dec 1544 |
Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
Death Date: | Jan 1609 (age 64) |
Guglielmo Bastoni (1544–1609) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pavia (1593–1609) and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1606–1609).[1] [2]
Guglielmo Bastoni was born on 5 Dec 1544 in Milan, Italy.On 30 Apr 1593, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Pavia.On 6 May 1593, he was consecrated bishop by Michele Bonelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, and Owen Lewis, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio, serving as co-consecrators. On 26 May 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples.He served as Bishop of Pavia and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples until his death in Jan 1609.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: