Church Roman Catholic Name Girolamo Ghinucci Predecessor Silvestro de' Gigli In office 1522-1541 Role Bishop of Worcester Appointed September 26, 1522 | Rank Cardinal Priest Died 1541, Rome, Italy Created cardinal May 21, 1535 Nationality Italian Successor Hugh Latimer | |
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Other posts Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
Administrator of Tropea Previous post Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1512-1518)
Administrator of Malta (1523-1530)
Administrator of Cavaillon (1537-1540) Diocese Anglican Diocese of Worcester | ||
Girolamo Ghinucci (1480 in Siena – 1541) was an Italian papal administrator, diplomat and Cardinal.
He was Secretary to Pope Julius II. He was Bishop of Worcester (the last of the Italian absentees to hold the see). He was bishop from 1522 to 1535 when he was deprived of the position by Henry VIII of England. In the same year he was made a Cardinal by Pope Paul III.
Previously, he had been bishop of Ascoli Piceno from 1512 to 1518. He was then papal nuncio in England, where Henry VIII retained him for a period as advisor, and ambassador to Spain. He also served as Bishop Administrator of the Diocese of Malta from 1523 to 1538.
He was involved, with Silvester Prierias, in the papal reaction to Martin Luther after 1518. He was an active participant in both the Fifth Lateran Council and the Council of Trent, and as a cardinal sat on reforming bodies.
He maintained English contacts through Richard Croke.
A prominent Latin inscription commemorating him is to be seen in the north aisle of the basilica of St.Clement (to the right of the entrance to the sacristy and excavations) in Rome.