Type: | bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Francesco Rusticucci | |
Bishop of Fano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Fano |
Term: | 1567–1587 |
Predecessor: | Ippolito Capilupo |
Successor: | Giulio Ottinelli |
Consecration: | 21 September 1566 |
Consecrated By: | Scipione Rebiba |
Death Date: | 1587 |
Death Place: | Fano, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Venosa (1566–1567) |
Francesco Rusticucci (died 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fano (1567–1587) and Bishop of Venosa (1566–1567).[1]
On 21 August 1566, Francesco Rusticucci was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Venosa.[2] [3] On 21 September 1566, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia, with Giulio Antonio Santorio, Archbishop of Santa Severina, and Carlo Grassi, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, serving as co-consecrators. On 31 January 1567, he was appointed by Pope Pius V as Bishop of Fano. He served as Bishop of Fano until his death in 1587.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: