Diego Merino

Diego Merino
Most Reverend; Diego Merino
	Bishop of Isernia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Isernia
In office	1626–1637
Predecessor	Gian Gerolamo Campanili
Successor	Domenico Giordani
Orders
Consecration	26 November 1623; by Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Personal details
Born	1570; Baeza, Spain
Died	1 January 1637 (age 67); Isernia, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Montepeloso (1623–1626)

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

Biography

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]

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References

Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 211. (in Latin)
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 247–248. (in Latin)
"Bishop Diego Merino, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Montepeloso". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Irsina (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Isernia-Venafro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Isernia-Venafro (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Honorius Griffagni	Bishop of Montepeloso 1623–1626	Succeeded by Theodorus Pelleoni
Preceded by Gian Gerolamo Campanili	Bishop of Isernia 1626–1637	Succeeded by Domenico Giordani

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[HierarchiaIV-Isernia-1] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 211. (in Latin)

[HierarchiaIV-Montepeloso-2] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 247–248. (in Latin)

[CathHierDieMer-3] "Bishop Diego Merino, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016