Giuseppe Firrao (seniore)


Giuseppe Firrao was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao. On 11 Apr 1717, he was consecrated bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach, Bishop of Basel, with Johann Christoph Haus, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis, and Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg, Titular Bishop of Tricale, serving as co-consecrators.
On 4 October 1733, Pope Clement XII appointed Firrao his Secretary of State.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: