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Carlo Bovi (1576–1646) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sarsina (1635–1646) and Bishop of Bagnoregio (1622–1635).
Biography
Carlo Bovi was born in Bologna, Italy in 1576 and ordained a deacon in January 1622. On 10 January 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Bagnoregio. On 30 January 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, and Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, serving as co-consecrators. On 29 January 1635, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Sarsina.
He served as Bishop of Sarsina until his death on 24 March 1646.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Fabrizio Carafa (bishop), Bishop of Bitonto (1622);
- Ernst Adalbert von Harrach zu Rohrau, Archbishop of Prague (1623);
- Ottaviano Garzadori, Bishop of Boiano (1623);
- Ovidio Lupari, Bishop of Teano (1623);
- Clemente Confetti, Coadjutor Bishop of Muro Lucano (1623);
- Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo, Bishop of Ventimiglia (1623); and
- Pace Giordano, Bishop of Trogir (1623).