Tommaso de Franchi

Tommaso de Franchi was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.

Biography

Tommaso de Franchi was born in Genoa, Italy in 1626.
On 24 August 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla.
On 6 September 1671, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Borromeo (iuniore), Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Giacomo Altoviti, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in May 1696.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marcos de Ostos, Archbishop of Salerno ; and Teofilo Testa, Bishop of Tropea.