Scipione Rebiba


Scipione Rebiba
Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina
ArchdioceseConstantinople
SeeConstantinople
Elected16 March 1541
Term ended23 July 1577
PredecessorGiovanni Ricci
SuccessorGiacomo Savelli
Previous post(s)
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Chieti (1541–1551)
  • Titular Bishop of Amyclae (1541–1551)
  • Bishop of Mottola (1551–1556)
  • Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (1556–1565)
  • Archbishop of Pisa (1556–1560)
  • Archbishop of Troia (1560)
  • Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1565–1566)
  • Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1565–1573)
  • Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria (1566–1570)
  • Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1570–1573)
  • Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1573–1574)
Orders
Ordination1528
by Archbishop Giovanni Carandolet
Consecration14 May 1541
by unknown
Created cardinal20 December 1555
by Pope Paul IV
RankCardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born
Scipione Rebiba

3 February 1504
San Marco d’Alunzio
Died23 July 1577(1577-07-23) (aged 73)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsScipione Rebiba's coat of arms

Scipione Rebiba (3 February 1504 – 23 July 1577) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a protégé of Gian Pietro Carafa, who became Pope Paul IV. He held a variety of positions in the Church hierarchy, including some of the most senior. He introduced the Inquisition to Naples in the 1550s and became a cardinal in 1555. He is mostly known today for having been the earliest bishop to whom most Roman Catholic bishops can trace their apostolic succession, as it is unknown who consecrated Rebiba.[citation needed]