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Gennaro Filomarino

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Most Reverend

Gennaro Filomarino
Bishop of Calvi Risorta
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Calvi Risorta
In office1623–1650
PredecessorGregorio Del Bufalo
SuccessorFrancesco Maria Falcucci
Orders
Consecration24 December 1623
by Cosimo de Torres
Personal details
Born1591
DiedOctober 1650
Calvi Risorta, Italy

Gennaro Filomarino, C.R. (1591–1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1623–1650).[1]

Biography

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Gennaro Filomarino was born in 1591 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 18 December 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Calvi Risorta.[1][2] On 24 December 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Cosimo de Torres, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Alessandro di Sangro, Archbishop of Benevento, and Giuseppe Acquaviva, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta until his death in October 1650.[2]

Episcopal succession

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While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 130. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gennaro Filomarino, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Calvi Risorta
1623–1650
Succeeded by