Ranuccio Scotti Douglas

Ranuccio Scotti Douglas or Ranuzio Scotti Douglas (19 July 1597 – 10 May 1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1627–1650),^[1] Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1630-1639), and Apostolic Nuncio to France (1639–1641).^[2]

Biography

Ranuccio Scotti Douglas was born on 19 July 1597 in Parma, Italy.^[3] On 22 March 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino.^[1]^[3] On 18 April 1627, he was consecrated bishop by Laudivio Zacchia, Bishop of Corneto and Montefiascone and installed on 30 May 1627.^[3] On 20 May 1630, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland.^[3] On 7 September 1639, he was appointed by Pope Urban VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to France.^[3] In 1641, he resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France.^[3] He served as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino until his resignation on 13 March 1650.^[1]^[3] He died on 10 May 1659.^[3]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Ranuccio Scotti Douglas
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[3] Johann Flugi d'Apremont, Bishop of Chur (1636); and; Giuseppe Battaglia, Bishop of Montemarano (1657); and the principal co-consecrator of:^[3] John Roche, Bishop of Ferns (1627);; Pietro Antonio Spinelli, Archbishop of Rossano (1629);; Giovanni Battista Malaspina, Bishop of Massa Marittima (1629);; Muzio Colonna, Bishop of Marsi (1629);; Giambattista Spada, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1643);; Pietro Vidoni (seniore), Bishop of Lodi (1644);; Aniello Campagna, Bishop of Nusco (1645);; Girolamo Codebò, Bishop of Montalto delle Marche (1645);; Jacques Lebret, Bishop of Toul (1645);; Michel Mazarin, Archbishop of Aix (1645);; Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara, Archbishop of Aleppo (1645); Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi, Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (1645);; Andrea Massa, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1645);; Antonio Lupi, Bishop of Treviso (1645);; Pomponio Spreti, Bishop of Cervia (1646);; Pier Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico (1646);; Donato Pascasio, Bishop of Trevico (1646);; Ascanio Maffei, Archbishop of Urbino (1646);; Bonaventura Claverio, Bishop of Potenza (1646);; Louis de Fortia-Montréal, Bishop of Cavaillon (1646);; Martino Megali, Bishop of Bova (1646);; Giacomo Carafa, Archbishop of Rossano (1646);; Francesco Antonio Depace, Bishop of Aquino (1646);; Caesar Reghini, Bishop of Sarsina (1646);; Federico Sforza, Bishop of Rimini (1646);; César Argelli, Archbishop of Avignon (1647);; Raphael Levacovich, Archbishop of Achrida (1647);; Simeone de Summis, Bishop of Sapë (1647);; Tommaso Imperato, Bishop of Vico Equense (1647);; Giovanni Ambrogio Bicuti, Bishop of Acqui (1647);; Pompeo Mignucci, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1647);; Antonio Pavonelli, Bishop of Venosa (1648);; Gregorio Carafa, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1648);; Tommaso d'Aquino, Bishop of Mottola (1648);; Nicola Dalmazzo, Bishop of Fossano (1648);; Paolo Teutonico, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1649);; Gian Giacomo Cristoforo, Bishop of Lacedonia (1649);; Pietro Rota, Bishop of Lucca (1650);; Leonardo Severoli, Bishop of San Severo (1650);; Giuseppe Sanfelice, Archbishop of Cosenza (1650);; Andreas Lanfranchi, Bishop of Ugento (1651);; Benedetto Geraci, Bishop of Lipari (1651);; Filippo Casoni, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1651);; Ercole Coppola, Bishop of Nicotera (1651);; Giacomo Giordano, Bishop of Lacedonia (1651);; Thomas Tomassoni, Bishop of Umbriatico (1652);; Sallustio Cherubini, Bishop of Città Ducale (1652);; Rodrigo Cruzado Caballero, Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (1652);; Girolamo Boncompagni, Archbishop of Bologna (1652);; Ascanio Ugolini, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1652);; Carlo Nembrini, Bishop of Parma (1652);; Francesco Gaetano, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1652);; Neri Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1652);; Giantommaso Gastaldi, Bishop of Brugnato (1652);; Theodorus Skuminowicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652);; Filippo Jacobio, Bishop of Policastro (1652);; Martino Denti de' Cipriani, Bishop of Strongoli (1652);; Marcello Santacroce, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (1652);; Antonio Bichi, Bishop of Montalcino (1652);; Girolamo Borghese, Bishop of Sovana (1652);; Carlo Sgombrino, Bishop of Belcastro (1652);; Paolo Emilio Rondinini, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1653);; Gerolamo Bollini, Bishop of Isernia (1653);; Giovanni Granafei, Bishop of Alessano (1653);; Celestino Bruni, Bishop of Boiano (1653); and; Raimondo Castelli, Bishop of Narni (1656).

Episcopal succession of Ranuccio Scotti Douglas

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[3] Johann Flugi d'Apremont, Bishop of Chur (1636); and; Giuseppe Battaglia, Bishop of Montemarano (1657); and the principal co-consecrator of:^[3] John Roche, Bishop of Ferns (1627);; Pietro Antonio Spinelli, Archbishop of Rossano (1629);; Giovanni Battista Malaspina, Bishop of Massa Marittima (1629);; Muzio Colonna, Bishop of Marsi (1629);; Giambattista Spada, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1643);; Pietro Vidoni (seniore), Bishop of Lodi (1644);; Aniello Campagna, Bishop of Nusco (1645);; Girolamo Codebò, Bishop of Montalto delle Marche (1645);; Jacques Lebret, Bishop of Toul (1645);; Michel Mazarin, Archbishop of Aix (1645);; Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara, Archbishop of Aleppo (1645); Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi, Bishop of Colle di Val d’Elsa (1645);; Andrea Massa, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1645);; Antonio Lupi, Bishop of Treviso (1645);; Pomponio Spreti, Bishop of Cervia (1646);; Pier Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico (1646);; Donato Pascasio, Bishop of Trevico (1646);; Ascanio Maffei, Archbishop of Urbino (1646);; Bonaventura Claverio, Bishop of Potenza (1646);; Louis de Fortia-Montréal, Bishop of Cavaillon (1646);; Martino Megali, Bishop of Bova (1646);; Giacomo Carafa, Archbishop of Rossano (1646);; Francesco Antonio Depace, Bishop of Aquino (1646);; Caesar Reghini, Bishop of Sarsina (1646);; Federico Sforza, Bishop of Rimini (1646);; César Argelli, Archbishop of Avignon (1647);; Raphael Levacovich, Archbishop of Achrida (1647);; Simeone de Summis, Bishop of Sapë (1647);; Tommaso Imperato, Bishop of Vico Equense (1647);; Giovanni Ambrogio Bicuti, Bishop of Acqui (1647);; Pompeo Mignucci, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1647);; Antonio Pavonelli, Bishop of Venosa (1648);; Gregorio Carafa, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1648);; Tommaso d'Aquino, Bishop of Mottola (1648);; Nicola Dalmazzo, Bishop of Fossano (1648);; Paolo Teutonico, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1649);; Gian Giacomo Cristoforo, Bishop of Lacedonia (1649);; Pietro Rota, Bishop of Lucca (1650);; Leonardo Severoli, Bishop of San Severo (1650);; Giuseppe Sanfelice, Archbishop of Cosenza (1650);; Andreas Lanfranchi, Bishop of Ugento (1651);; Benedetto Geraci, Bishop of Lipari (1651);; Filippo Casoni, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1651);; Ercole Coppola, Bishop of Nicotera (1651);; Giacomo Giordano, Bishop of Lacedonia (1651);; Thomas Tomassoni, Bishop of Umbriatico (1652);; Sallustio Cherubini, Bishop of Città Ducale (1652);; Rodrigo Cruzado Caballero, Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (1652);; Girolamo Boncompagni, Archbishop of Bologna (1652);; Ascanio Ugolini, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1652);; Carlo Nembrini, Bishop of Parma (1652);; Francesco Gaetano, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1652);; Neri Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1652);; Giantommaso Gastaldi, Bishop of Brugnato (1652);; Theodorus Skuminowicz, Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652);; Filippo Jacobio, Bishop of Policastro (1652);; Martino Denti de' Cipriani, Bishop of Strongoli (1652);; Marcello Santacroce, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio (1652);; Antonio Bichi, Bishop of Montalcino (1652);; Girolamo Borghese, Bishop of Sovana (1652);; Carlo Sgombrino, Bishop of Belcastro (1652);; Paolo Emilio Rondinini, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1653);; Gerolamo Bollini, Bishop of Isernia (1653);; Giovanni Granafei, Bishop of Alessano (1653);; Celestino Bruni, Bishop of Boiano (1653); and; Raimondo Castelli, Bishop of Narni (1656).

References

1.[1.2][1.3]Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 124. (in Latin)
2.Chiesa di Fidenza: "La genesi della Diocesi" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine retrieved November 30, 2016
3.[3.2][3.3][3.4][3.5][3.6][3.7][3.8][3.9][3.10]Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]