Pietro Orsini (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pietro Orsini
Bishop of Aversa
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Aversa
Term:1591–1598
Predecessor:Giorgio Manzoli
Successor:Bernardino Morra
Consecration:17 Apr 1580
Consecrated By:Giulio Antonio Santorio
Death Date:1598
Death Place:Aversa, Italy
Previous Post:Bishop of Spoleto (1581–1591)

Pietro Orsini (died 1598) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Aversa (1591–1598) and Bishop of Spoleto (1581–1591).

Biography

On 11 Apr 1580, Pietro Orsini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Coadjutor Bishop of Spoleto and Titular Bishop of Hippos. On 17 Apr 1580, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Paolo Odescalchi, Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Atri, and Ludovico Taverna, Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators. On 16 May 1581, he succeeded Flavio Orsini as Bishop of Spoleto. On 5 Apr 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Aversa, he succeeded Giorgio Manzolo as Bishop of Aversa. He served as Bishop of Aversa until his death in 1598.

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