Girolamo Boncompagni

His Eminence Girolamo Boncompagni
Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Bologna
Appointed	11 December 1651
Term ended	24 January 1684
Other post	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro (1664–84)
Orders
Consecration	4 February 1652 by Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi
Created cardinal	14 January 1664 by Pope Alexander VII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1622-03-23)23 March 1622 Isola del Liri, Papal States
Died	24 January 1684(1684-01-24) (aged 61) Bologna, Papal States

Don Girolamo Boncompagni (23 March 1622 – 24 January 1684) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

He was born in Isola del Liri, the son of Don Gregorio I Boncompagni, 2nd Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino, 3rd Marquess of Vignola, and his wife, Eleonora Zapata, called Zappi and the great-grandson of Pope Gregory XIII. There were several other Cardinals in his family; he was the Grand-nephew of Cardinal Filippo Boncompagni (1572), nephew of Cardinal Francesco Boncompagni (1621) and uncle of another Cardinal Girolamo Boncompagni, archbishop of Bologna (1695).

On 4 February 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Niccolò Albergati-Ludovisi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Carlo Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa, serving as co-consecrators.

He died in Bologna.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Giulio Spinola, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia (1658);
• Niccolo Pietro Bargellini, Titular Archbishop of Thebae (1665);
• Girolamo Gastaldi, Archbishop of Benevento (1680);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Ascanio Ugolini, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1652).