Luigi de Franchis,
C.R. (died 1617) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Nardò (1611–1617) and
Bishop of Vico Equense The Diocese of Vico Equense (Latin: Dioecesis Vicanus Aequensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the coastal town of Vico Equense in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. It was suppressed in 1818 to the Archdiocese of Sorrento. (1607–1611).
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Biography
Luigi de Franchis was ordained a priest in the
Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence
The Theatines officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium), abreviated CR, is a Catholic order of clerics regular of Pontifical Right for men founded by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa in Sept. 14, 1524. I ...
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On 1 October 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Paul V
Pope Paul V ( la, Paulus V; it, Paolo V) (17 September 1550 – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death in January 1621. In 1611, he honored ...
as
Bishop of Vico Equense The Diocese of Vico Equense (Latin: Dioecesis Vicanus Aequensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the coastal town of Vico Equense in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in Italy. It was suppressed in 1818 to the Archdiocese of Sorrento. .
On 24 January 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as
Bishop of Nardò.
He served as Bishop of Nardò until his death in 1617.
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V
1617 deaths
Theatine bishops
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