Diofebo Farnese

Most Reverend Diofebo Farnese
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1621–1622
Predecessor	Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
Successor	Alfonso Manzanedo de Quiñones
Orders
Consecration	18 April 1621 by Luigi Capponi
Personal details
Died	1622

Diofebo Farnese (died 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1621–1622).

Biography

On 17 March 1621, Diofebo Farnese was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem. On 18 April 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Luigi Capponi, Archbishop of Ravenna, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, and Alessandro Scappi, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death in 1622.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Cosimo de Torres, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (1621); and
• Giovanni Mascardi, Bishop of Nebbio (1621); and
• Odoardo Farnese, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1621).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Patriarchal See of Jerusalem (Israel)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}