Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Pignatelli | |
Archbishop of Rossano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Rossano |
Term: | 1615–1618 |
Predecessor: | Mario Sassi |
Successor: | Ercole Vaccari |
Consecration: | 28 May 1615 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1566 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 22 December 1618 (age 52) |
Death Place: | Rossano, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Girolamo Pignatelli, C.R. (1566 – 22 December 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Rossano (1615–1618).[1]
Girolamo Pignatelli was born in Naples, Italy in 1566 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.On 18 May 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Rossano.On 28 May 1615, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Ascanio Gesualdo, Archbishop of Bari-Canosa, and Giovanni Battista del Tufo, Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Rossano until his death on 22 December 1618.