Cristoforo Memmolo

Most Reverend

Cristoforo Memmolo
Bishop of Ruvo
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Ruvo
In office1621–1646
PredecessorGiuseppe Saluzzo
SuccessorMarco Romano (bishop)
Orders
Consecration18 April 1621
by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Personal details
Born1586
Benevento, Italy
DiedMay 1646 (age 60)
Ruvo, Italy

Bishop Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R. (1586 – 1646) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ruvo (1621–1646).[1][2]

Biography

Cristoforo Memmolo was born in Benevento, Italy in 1586 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 29 March 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Ruvo.[1][2] On 18 April 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Ruvo until his death in May 1646.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 298. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Bishop Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
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Preceded by Bishop of Ruvo
1621–1646 		Succeeded by


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