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Giuseppe Firrao | |
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Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme | |
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Church | Catholic Church |
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Consecration | 11 Apr 1717 by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach |
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Born | 12 Jul 1670 |
Died | 24 Oct 1744 (age 74) |
Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
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. [1] [2]
On 4 October 1733, Pope Clement XII appointed Firrao his Secretary of State. [3]
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: [2]
334. 338, 385. 386, 390, 403.