Diego Merino

Most Reverend
Diego Merino
Bishop of Isernia
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Isernia
In office 1626–1637
Predecessor Gian Gerolamo Campanili
Successor Domenico Giordani
Orders
Consecration 26 November 1623
by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Personal details
Born 1570
Baeza, Spain
Died 1 January 1637 (age 67)
Isernia, Italy
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Diego Merino, O. Carm. (1570 – 1 January 1637) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Isernia (1626–1637) and Bishop of Montepeloso (1623–1626).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Diego Merino was born in Baeza, Spain in 1570 and ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.[2] On 20 November 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Montepeloso.[1][2] On 26 November 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Alessandro Bosco, Bishop of Gerace, and Tommaso Ximenes, Bishop of Fiesole, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 24 August 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Isernia.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Isernia until his death on 1 January 1637.[2] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1623) .[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. pp. 211 and 247.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Diego Merino, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Isernia-Venafro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David m. Cheney. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  4. ↑ "Diocese of Isernia-Venafro" GCatholic. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved January 30, 2016
  5. ↑ "Diocese of Montepeloso" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 23, 2016
  6. ↑ "Diocese of Irsina" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Honorius Griffagni		 Bishop of Montepeloso
1623–1626 		Succeeded by
Theodorus Pelleoni
Preceded by
Gian Gerolamo Campanili		 Bishop of Isernia
1626–1637 		Succeeded by
Domenico Giordani
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