Gerolamo Cappello

Most Reverend

Gerolamo Cappello
Bishop of Termoli
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Termoli
In office1626–1643
PredecessorHector de Monte
SuccessorAlessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Orders
Consecration30 November 1626
by Marcello Lante della Rovere
Personal details
Died1643
Termoli, Italy

Gerolamo Cappello, O.F.M. Conv. (died 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Termoli (1626–1643).[1]

Biography

Gerolamo Cappello ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.[1][2] On 26 November 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Termoli.[1][2] On 30 November 1626, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Lante della Rovere, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Fabrizio Caracciolo Piscizi, Bishop of Catanzaro, and Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Termoli until his death in 1643.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 334. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gerolamo Cappello, O.F.M. Conv". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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Preceded by Bishop of Termoli
1626–1643 		Succeeded by


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