Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Orsaja | |
Archbishop of Rossano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Archdiocese of Rossano |
Term: | 1676–1683 |
Predecessor: | Angelo della Noca |
Successor: | Girolamo Compagnone |
Consecration: | 1 March 1676 |
Consecrated By: | Bernardino Rocci |
Death Date: | 13 June 1683 |
Death Place: | Rossano, Italy |
Girolamo Orsaja, O.M. (died 1683) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Rossano (1676–1683).[1] [2]
Girolamo Orsaja was ordained a priest in the Order of Minims.On 24 February 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Archbishop of Rossano.On 1 March 1676, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Rocci, Bishop of Orvieto, with Francesco de' Marini, Titular Archbishop of Amasea, and Giuseppe Eusanio, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Rossano until his death on 13 June 1683.
Minims (religious order)