title: Pietro Francesco Montorio
text: # Pietro Francesco Montorio
  
  Pietro Francesco Montorio (1556–1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1621–1624) and Bishop of Nicastro (1594–1620).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Pietro Francesco Montorio was born in Rome, Italy in 1556. On 7 Feb 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Nicastro. On 24 Feb 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Castrucci, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, with Angelo Cesi, Bishop of Todi, and Lorenzo Celsi, Bishop of Castro del Lazio, serving as co-consecrators. In 1620, he resigned as Bishop of Nicastro. On 4 Aug 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany. He served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany until his resignation on 15 Jun 1624. He died on 6 Jun 1643.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
  
  * Giovan Battista Curiale, Bishop of Nicastro (1632);
  
  and the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Gerolamo Mezzamico, Bishop of Trevico (1608);
  * Bartolomeo Cesi (cardinal), Archbishop of Conza (1608);
  * Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1615);
  * Giovanni Battista Lancellotti, Bishop of Nola (1615);
  * Alessandro Del Monte, Bishop of Gubbio (1616);
  * Miguel Angel Zaragoza Heredia, Bishop of Teano (1617);
  * Augustin Potier, Bishop of Beauvais (1617);
  * Juan de Guevara, Bishop of Teano (1627);
  * Carlo Emmanuele Pio di Savoia, Bishop of Albano (1627);
  * Angelo Cesi, Bishop of Rimini (1627);
  * Giuseppe Candido, Bishop of Lipari (1628); and
  * Alessandro Castracani, Bishop of Nicastro (1629).
  