Girolamo Farnese
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| consecration = 26 Apr 1639
| consecrated_by = Giovanni Battista Scanaroli
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| birth_date = 30 Sep 1599
| death_date = 18 Feb 1668 (age 68)
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Girolamo Farnese (1599–1668) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
On 26 Apr 1639, was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, titular Bishop of Sidon, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvino, and Giovanni Battista Altieri (seniore), Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators.{{cite web |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=FARNESE, Girolamo (1599-1668)|url=http://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1657.htm#Farnese|work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |access-date=January 19, 2019|publisher=Florida International University}}{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Girolamo Cardinal Farnese |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfarng.html|access-date=January 19, 2019}} Wikipedia:SPS
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
the principal co-consecrator of
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- Luca Torreggiani, Archbishop of Ravenna (1645);
- Cristofor Segni, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1646);
- Maffeo Vitale, Bishop of Mantova (1646);
- Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli, Bishop of Terni (1646);
- Pietro Vito Ottoboni, Bishop of Brescia (1654); and
- Giovanni Battista Brescia, Bishop of Vicenza (1655).
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| title = Titular Archbishop of Patrae
| years = 1639–1658
| before = Ciriaco Rocci
| after = Ottaviano Carafa}}
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| title = Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
| years = 1639–1643
| before = Ranuccio Scotti Douglas
| after = Lorenzo Gavotti}}
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| title = Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura
| years = 1658–1668
| before = Baccio Aldobrandini
| after = Vitaliano Visconti}}
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Category:17th-century Italian cardinals
Category:Cardinals created by Pope Alexander VII
Category:Apostolic nuncios to Switzerland
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