Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Cristoforo Memmolo | |
Bishop of Ruvo | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Ruvo |
Term: | 1621–1646 |
Predecessor: | Giuseppe Saluzzo |
Successor: | Marco Romano (bishop) |
Consecration: | 18 April 1621 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1586 |
Birth Place: | Benevento, Italy |
Death Date: | May 1646 (age 60) |
Bishop Cristoforo Memmolo, C.R. (1586 – 1646) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ruvo (1621–1646).[1] [2]
Cristoforo Memmolo was born in Benevento, Italy in 1586 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.On 29 March 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Ruvo.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. He served as Bishop of Ruvo until his death in May 1646.