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Girolamo de Franchis

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Most Reverend
Girolamo de Franchis
Archbishop of Capua
Church Catholic Church
In office 1634–1635
Predecessor Girolamo Costanzo
Successor Camillo Melzi
Previous post Bishop of Nardò (1617–1634)
Orders
Consecration 26 November 1617
by Ladislao d'Aquino
Personal details
Born 1581
Naples, Italy
Died January 1635 (age 54)
Capua, Italy

Girolamo de Franchis (1581 – January 1635) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1617–1634) and Archbishop of Capua (1634–1635).[1]

Biography

Girolamo de Franchis was born in Naples, Italy in 1581.[2] On 13 November 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nardò.[3] On 26 November 1617, he was consecrated bishop by Ladislao d'Aquino, Bishop of Venafro, with Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, and Innico Siscara, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 27 November 1634, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Capua.[2] He served as Archbishop of Capua until his death in January 1635.[2]

While bishop, Franchis was the principal co-consecrator of Placido Padiglia, Bishop of Lavello (1627).[2]

References

  1. Back to citation Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 134 and 257. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Back to citation occurrence 2.4 Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Girolamo de Franchis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  3. Back to citation Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 134 and 257. (in Latin); Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Girolamo de Franchis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]; Chow, Gabriel. "Archbishop Girolamo de Franchis". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]