Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Compagnone | |
Archbishop of Rossano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Archdiocese of Rossano |
Term: | 1685–1687 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Orsaja |
Successor: | Andrea de Rossi (archbishop) |
Consecration: | 11 February 1685 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 17 January 1620 |
Birth Place: | Aversa, Italy |
Death Date: | 1 November 1687 (age 67) |
Death Place: | Rossano, Italy |
Girolamo Compagnone (17 January 1620 – 1 November 1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Rossano (1685–1687).[1] [2]
Girolamo Compagnone was born in Aversa, Italy on 17 January 1620. On 5 February 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Rossano. On 11 February 1685, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Giuseppe Felice Barlacci, Bishop of Narni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Rossano until his death on 1 November 1687.