Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Paolo Vincenzo Rovero | |
Bishop of Asti | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Asti |
Term: | 1655–1665 |
Predecessor: | Ottavio Broglia |
Successor: | Marco Antonio Tomati |
Consecration: | 31 October 1655 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Franciotti |
Birth Place: | Italy |
Death Date: | 25 October 1665 |
Death Place: | Asti, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Paolo Vincenzo Rovero, B. or Paolo Vincenzo Roero or Paolo Vincenzo Roverio (died 25 October 1665) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Asti (1655–1665).[1]
Paolo Vincenzo Rovero was born in Italy and ordained a priest in the Clerics Regular of Saint Paul.[2] On 5 October 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Asti.On 31 October 1655, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace. He served as Bishop of Asti until his death on 25 October 1665.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Filiberto Alberto Bailly, Bishop of Aosta (1659); and Michael Angelus Broglia, Bishop of Vercelli (1663).