Decio Caracciolo Rosso (died 27 May 1613) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) (1606–1613).
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Biography
On 21 September 1577, Decio Caracciolo Rosso was ordained to the priesthood.
On 3 July 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Paul V
Pope Paul V (; ) (17 September 1552 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621. In 1611, he honored Galileo Galilei as a mem ...
to the
Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa
The Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto () is Metropolitan Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the administrative Bari province, Puglia (Apulia) region, southeastern Italy (the 'Heel'), created in 1986, when the historical diocese of Bitonto wa ...
.
On 1 October 1606, he was consecrated bishop by
Giovanni Battista Costanzo,
Archbishop of Cosenza
The Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano () a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria and has been a metropolitan see since 2001. , with
Alessandro Cospi,
Bishop of Bisceglie, and
Giovanni Antonio Viperani,
Bishop of Giovinazzo, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Bari (-Canosa) until his death on 27 May 1613.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of
Fulvio Tesorieri
Fulvio Tesorieri or Fulvio Thesauro (died 1616) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Belcastro (1612–1616). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
On 3 December 1612, Fulvio Tesorieri was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop ...
,
Bishop of Belcastro The Diocese of Belcastro (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bellicastrensis'') in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina. (1612) and
Selvaggio Primitelli,
Bishop of Lavello (1613).
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17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Kingdom of Naples
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V
1613 deaths
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