Loreto de Franchis explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Loreto de Franchis
Bishop of Minori
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Minori
Term:1636–1638
Predecessor:Tommaso Brandolini
Successor:Patrizio Donati
Ordination:1604
Consecration:26 March 1634
Consecrated By:Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Birth Date:1578
Death Date:1638 (age 60)
Death Place:Minori, Italy
Previous Post:Bishop of Capri (1634–1636)
Nationality:Italian

Loreto de Franchis or Loreto di Franco (1578–1638) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Minori (1636–1638)[1] and Bishop of Capri (1634–1636).[2]

Biography

Loreto de Franchis was born in Castel di Sangro, Italy in 1578 and was ordained a priest in 1604.[3] [4] On 22 March 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capri.On 26 March 1634, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Bishop of Capaccio, Fausto Caffarelli, Archbishop of Santa Severina, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. On 1 December 1636, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Minori.He served as Bishop of Minori until his death in 1638.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 244. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 133. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Loreto Di Franco (De Franchis) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  4. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Bishop Loreto Di Franco De Franchis . GCatholic.org. February 14, 2019.