Giuseppe Firrao, Jr.

Infobox cardinalbiog
name = Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao, Jr.


See = Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars Emeritus
Title = Cardinal priest of Sant'Eusebio
Period = 1795-1815
cardinal = February 23, 1801
Predecessor =
Successor = Fabrizio Sceberras Testaferrata
Reason for exit=
Reason =
post = Titular Archbishop of Petra in Palaestina
cardinal =
Rank =
date of birth = Birth date|1736|7|20|mf=y
place of birth = Fagnano Castello, Calabria, Italy
date of death = Death date and age|1830|1|24|1736|7|20
place of death = Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Firrao (July 20, 1736 — January 24, 1830) was an Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal.

Born in Fagnano Castello, Calabria to Pier Maria Firrao, Prince of Sant'Agata and of Luzi, and Livia Grillo di Agapito, Duchess of Mondragone and Countess of Carinola. He studied his first studies in Naples, then studied humanities at "Collegio Nazareno" and later completed a doctorate in canon and civil law at La Sapienza University, Rome. He received the minor orders in the period 1775-1782 and was ordained as a priest on March 16, 1782.

On February 25, 1782 Firrao was elected titular archbishop of Petra in Palaestina and appointed nuncio in Venice on April 8, 1782. From 1795 year became secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars.

Pope Pius VII created him cardinal in the consistory of February 23, 1801 with the title of Sant'Eusebio. In the period of 1802 - 1803 he was made Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals and "First Priest" of the same high eclessiastical body 1823 - 1830. He took part of the Papal conclave, 1823 and in the next conclave in 1829.

Cardinal Firrao died in Naples and buried in the metropolitan cathedral.

External links

* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1801.htm#Firrao The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfirr.html Catholic Hierarchy data for this cardinal]