Pompeo Cornazzano Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pompeo Cornazzano
Bishop of Parma
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1615–1647
Predecessor:Alessandro Rossi
Successor:Girolamo Corio
Consecration:8 Dec 1615
Consecrated By:Fabrizio Verallo
Birth Date:1576
Death Date:5 Jul 1647

Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. (1576–1647) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Parma (1615–1647).[1]

Biography

Pompeo Cornazzano was born in Pavie, Italy in 1576 and ordained a priest in the Order of Cistercians.[2] On 2 Dec 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Parma.On 8 Dec 1615, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Verallo, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Giovanni Linati, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Antonio Massa, Bishop of Castro del Lazio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Parma until his death on 5 Jul 1647.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Hyacinthus Arnolfini, Bishop of Milos (1625); and Girolamo Binago, Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia and Auxiliary Bishop of Bologna (1637).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 275. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Pompeo Cornazzano, O. Cist. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.