Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Luigi de Franchis | |
Bishop of Nardò | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Nardò |
Term: | 1611–1617 |
Predecessor: | Lelio Landi |
Successor: | Girolamo de Franchis |
Death Date: | 1617 |
Death Place: | Nardò, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Vico Equense (1607–1611) |
Luigi de Franchis, C.R. (died 1617) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1611–1617) and Bishop of Vico Equense (1607–1611).[1]
Luigi de Franchis was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 1 October 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Vico Equense. On 24 January 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nardò. He served as Bishop of Nardò until his death in 1617.