Francesco Rusticucci

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| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend

| name = Francesco Rusticucci

| title = Bishop of Fano

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Fano

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| term = 1567–1587

| predecessor = Ippolito Capilupo

| successor = Giulio Ottinelli

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| consecration = 21 September 1566

| consecrated_by = Scipione Rebiba

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| death_date = 1587

| death_place = Fano, Italy

| previous_post = Bishop of Venosa (1566–1567)

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Francesco Rusticucci (died 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fano (1567–1587) and Bishop of Venosa (1566–1567).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/330 330] and 194|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)

Biography

On 21 August 1566, Francesco Rusticucci was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Venosa.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francesco Rusticucci |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brustf.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Francesco Rusticucci |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/fano0.htm#38700 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

On 21 September 1566, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia, with Giulio Antonio Santorio, Archbishop of Santa Severina, and Carlo Grassi, Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone, serving as co-consecrators.

On 31 January 1567, he was appointed by Pope Pius V as Bishop of Fano.

He served as Bishop of Fano until his death in 1587.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

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Alessandro Mazza, Bishop of Fossombrone (1569);
Aurelio Griani, Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1570);
Giovanni Domenico Rebiba, Bishop of Ortona (1570);
Girolamo Rusticucci, Bishop of Senigallia (1570);
Carlo Montigli, Archbishop of Amalfi (1570);
Lelio Morelli, Bishop of Capaccio (1586); and
Bonaventura Furlani, Bishop of Alatri (1586).}}

References

External links and additional sources

{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Venosa |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dv204.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Venosa |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/veno0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dffcp.html |access-date=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola (Italy) |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/fano0.htm|access-date=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS

{{succession box

| title = Bishop of Venosa

| years = 1566–1567

| before = Simone Gattola

| after = Paolo Oberti}}

{{succession box

| title = Bishop of Fano

| years = 1567–1587

| before = Ippolito Capilupo

| after = Giulio Ottinelli}}

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Category:16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops

Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Pius V

Category:1587 deaths