title: Guglielmo Bastoni
text: # Guglielmo Bastoni
  
  Guglielmo Bastoni (1544–1609) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pavia (1593–1609) and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1606–1609).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Guglielmo Bastoni was born on 5 Dec 1544 in Milan, Italy. On 30 Apr 1593, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Pavia. On 6 May 1593, he was consecrated bishop by Michele Bonelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, and Owen Lewis, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio, serving as co-consecrators. On 26 May 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples. He served as Bishop of Pavia and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples until his death in Jan 1609.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Sebastiano Ghislieri, Bishop of Strongoli (1601);
  * Peter Lombard, Archbishop of Armagh (1601);
  * Stefano Spínola, Bishop of Ventimiglia (1602);
  * Alessandro Petrucci, Bishop of Massa Marittima (1602);
  * Fausto Malari, Bishop of Chiusi (1602);
  * Simone Lunadori, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1602);
  * Giovanni Giovenale Ancina, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1602);
  * Camillo Olario (Aulari, Ozario), Bishop of Bobbio (1602);
  * Andrés Fernández de Córdoba y Carvajal, Bishop of Badajoz (1602);
  * Pirro Imperoli, Bishop of Jesi (1604).
  