| Styles of Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli[1] (1795- 1859) was a nineteenth century prelate named Archbishop of Milan by Pope Pius IX .
Born in Bergamo in a noble family he was ordained priest in 1818 then in 1846 became Bishop of Cremona. In the summer of 1847 pope Pius IX named him Archbishop of Milan at the time of THE Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia after Gaisruck an Austrian prelate. This appointment was welcomed by the people of his Archdiocese because after an Austrian prelate, an Italian was named to lead an Archdiocese in a territory where there was a strong desire for independence from Austria.[2] He died in Milan on 9 May 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence.
| Preceded by Bartolomeo Casati |
Bishop of Cremona 1846 - 1847 |
Succeeded by Antonio Novasconi |
| Preceded by Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck |
Archbishop of Milan 1847 - 1859 |
Succeeded by Luigi Nazari di Calabiana |