Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pietro Paolo Russo | |
Bishop of Nusco | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Nusco |
Term: | 1649–1657 |
Predecessor: | Aniello Campagna |
Successor: | Benedetto Rocci |
Consecration: | 7 March 1649 |
Consecrated By: | Bernardino Spada |
Birth Date: | 1611 |
Birth Place: | Santomenna, Italy |
Death Date: | May 1657 |
Death Place: | Nusco, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Pietro Paolo Russo (1611–1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nusco (1649–1657).[1]
Pietro Paolo Russo was born in Santomenna, Italy in 1611.[2] On 1 March 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Nusco.On 7 March 1649, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Sallustio Pecólo, Bishop Emeritus of Venosa, and Donato Pascasio, Bishop of Trevico, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Nusco until his death in May 1657.