Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Marcantonio Genovesi | |
Bishop of Isernia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Isernia |
Term: | 1611–1624 |
Predecessor: | Alessio Geromoaddi |
Successor: | Gian Gerolamo Campanili |
Consecration: | 11 May 1603 |
Consecrated By: | Mariano Pierbenedetti |
Death Date: | 7 November 1624 |
Death Place: | Isernia, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Montemarano (1603–1611) |
Marcantonio Genovesi (died 7 November 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Isernia (1611–1624) and Bishop of Montemarano (1603–1611).[1] [2] [3] [4]
On 9 May 1603, Marcantonio Genovesi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Montemarano.On 11 May 1603, he was consecrated bishop by Mariano Pierbenedetti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro. On 26 September 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Isernia.He served as Bishop of Isernia until his death on 7 November 1624.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of François-Etienne Dulci, Archbishop of Avignon (1609); and Gregorius Pedrocca, Bishop of Acqui (1620).