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]
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).