title: Benedetto Baaz
text: # Benedetto Baaz
  
  Benedetto Baaz or Benedetto Vaez (died 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Umbriatico (1622–1631).
  
  ## Biography
  
  On 2 May 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Umbriatico. On 8 May 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, and Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Umbriatico until his death in 1631.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Gaspar Gajosa, Bishop of L'Aquila (1628);
  * Patrick Comerford, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1629);
  * Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1630); and
  * Gil Carrillo de Albornoz, Archbishop of Taranto (1630).
  