Most Reverend

Tommaso Brancaccio
Bishop of Nardò
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Nardò
In office1669–1677
PredecessorGirolamo Cori
SuccessorOrazio Fortunato
Personal details
Born1621
Died29 April 1677 (age 56)
Nardò, Italy
NationalityItalian
Previous post(s)Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1656–1669)

Tommaso Brancaccio (1621 29 April 1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (16691677) and Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (16561669).[1][2][3]

Biography

Tommaso Brancaccio was born in Ugento, Italy in 1621.[3] On 16 October 1656, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento.[1][3] On 19 August 1669, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Nardò.[2][3] He served as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento until his death on 29 April 1677.[2][3]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giuseppe Petagna, Bishop of Caiazzo (1657).[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 105. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 286. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Tommaso Brancaccio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016


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