Giuseppe Faraon (died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Crotone
The Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria in southern Italy, created in 1986 when it was combined with the Diocese of Santa Severina. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
(1581–1588)
[ ''(in Latin)''] and
Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1577–1581).
[ ''(in Latin)'']
Biography
On 9 March 1577, Giuseppe Faraon was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XIII
Pope Gregory XIII (, , born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake ...
as
Bishop of Massa Lubrense.
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On 26 November 1581, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as
Bishop of Crotone
The Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria in southern Italy, created in 1986 when it was combined with the Diocese of Santa Severina. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...
.
He served as Bishop of Crotone until his death in 1588.
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
The Italian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Italy, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion, communion with the Pope in Rome, under the Conference of Italian Bishops. The pope serves also as Primate of Italy and Bishop ...
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XII
1588 deaths
Burials at Crotone Cathedral
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