Girolamo Bernerio

Girolamo Bernerio
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Bishop Emeritus of Ascoli Piceno
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Ascoli Piceno
In office	1586-1605
Predecessor	Giulio Roma
Successor	Federico Sforza
Orders
Consecration	7 Sep 1586 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Created cardinal	14 Jan 1587
Rank	Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born	1540 Corregio, Italy
Died	5 Aug 1611 (age 71)
Nationality	Italian

Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. (1540 – 5 August 1611) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Bernerio was born in Corregio. He served as Bishop of Ascoli Piceno from 1586 until his resignation in 1605. He was elevated to Cardinal on 16 November 1586 and installed as the Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione the following year. He subsequently became the Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1589), the Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina (1602), the Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1603) and the Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1607).

On 7 Sep 1586, Bernario was consecrated to the episcopacy by Giulio Antonio Santorio with Giulio Masetti, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, and Ottaviano Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria, serving as co-consecrators. Through his own consecration of Galeazzo Sanvitale, Cardinal Bernerio is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI, and most modern bishops.

Episcopal Succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

2

He also served as the principal co-consecrator of:

• Simeone Tagliavia d'Aragonia (1602).

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• College of Cardinals
• List of living cardinals
• Politics of Vatican City
• Roman Curia

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy