Predecessor Luigi de Filippi Nationality Italian | In office 1686–1687 Successor Pietro de Torres | |
Consecration 19 May 1686by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo | ||
Baldassare de Benavente, O. de M. (1 March, 1638 – 30 October, 1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Potenza (1686–1687).
Biography
Baldassare de Benavente was born in Salamanca, Spain on 1 Mar 1638 and ordained a priest in the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy. On 12 Dec 1685, he was selected as Bishop of Potenza and confirmed by Pope Innocent XI on 13 May 1686. On 19 May 1686, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Francesco Onofrio Hodierna, Bishop of Bitetto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Potenza until his death on 30 Oct 1687.
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