Girolamo Boncompagni

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Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born(1622-03-23)23 March 1622
Died24 January 1684(1684-01-24) (aged 61)
Bologna, Papal States

Girolamo Boncompagni (23 March 1622 – 24 January 1684) was a

Roman Catholic
cardinal.

Biography

He was the great-grandson of Pope Gregory XIII. There were several other Cardinals in his family; he was the Grand-nephew of Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni (1572), nephew of Cardinal Francesco Boncompagni (1621) and uncle of another Cardinal Girolamo Boncompagni, archbishop of Bologna (1695).[1]

On 4 February 1652, he was

co-consecrators.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

  • Titular Archbishop
    of Laodicea in Phrygia (1658);
  • Titular Archbishop
    of Thebae (1665);
  • Archbishop of Benevento
    (1680);

and the

principal co-consecrator
of:

  • Bishop of Muro Lucano
    (1652).

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Archbishop of Bologna

1651–1684
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro

1664–1684
Succeeded by