Girolamo Boncompagni

Girolamo Boncompagni (1622–1684) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Girolamo 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. 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).