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Diego Merino (bishop)

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Most Reverend

Diego Merino
Bishop of Isernia
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Isernia
In office1626–1637
PredecessorGian Gerolamo Campanili
SuccessorDomenico Giordani
Previous post(s)Bishop of Montepeloso (1623–1626)
Orders
Consecration26 November 1623
by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Personal details
Born1570
Died1 January 1637 (age 67)
Isernia, Italy

Diego Merino, O. Carm. (1570 – 1 January 1637) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Isernia (1626–1637)[1] and Bishop of Montepeloso (1623–1626).[2][3]

Biography

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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.[3] On 20 November 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Montepeloso.[2][3] 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.[3] On 24 August 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Isernia.[1][3] He served as Bishop of Isernia until his death on 1 January 1637.[1][3] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1623).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 211. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 247–248. (in Latin)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Bishop Diego Merino, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Montepeloso
1623–1626
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Isernia
1626–1637
Succeeded by