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His Eminence Giuseppe Firrao
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	11 Apr 1717 by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach
Personal details
Born	12 Jul 1670 Luzzi, Italy
Died	24 Oct 1744 (age 74)

Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (iuniore). On 11 Apr 1717, he was consecrated bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach, Bishop of Basel, with Johann Christoph Haus, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis, and Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg, Titular Bishop of Tricale, serving as co-consecrators.

On 4 October 1733, Pope Clement XII appointed Firrao his Secretary of State.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Marcello Filomarini, Bishop of Mileto (1734);
• Antonio Manerba, Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (1735);
• Octavio da Pozzo, Bishop of Catanzaro (1736);
• Antonio Falangola, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1736);
• Troiano Caracciolo del Sole, Bishop of Nola (1738);
• Nicola Antonio Schiaffinati, Bishop of Ischia (1739);
• Ferdinando Mandarini, Bishop of Strongoli (1741); and
• Antonio Zavarroni, Bishop of Tricarico (1741).

References

1. Miranda, Salvador. "FIRRAO, Giuseppe (1670-1744)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
2. ^ Cheney, David M. "Giuseppe Cardinal Firrao". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
3. Pastor, pp. 333-334.

Bibliography

• Cardella, Lorenzo (1794). Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Vol.VIII. Rome: Pagliarini, pp. 252–253. (in Italian)
• Pastor, Ludwig (von) (1941). The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages. Vol. XXXIV (London: Kegan Paul). pp. 37, 181,

334. 338, 385. 386, 390, 403.

• Weber, Christoph (1994). Legati e governatori dello Stato Pontificio : 1550-1809. Roma : Ministero per i beni culturali e ambientali, Ufficio centrale per i beni archivistici, pp. 117, 220, 282, 333, 418, 433 and 673. (in Italian)

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