title: Tommaso de Franchi
text: # Tommaso de Franchi
  
  Tommaso de Franchi (1626–1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1671–1696).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Tommaso de Franchi was born in Genoa, Italy in 1626. On 24 August 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla. On 6 September 1671, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Borromeo (iuniore), Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Giacomo Altoviti, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in May 1696.
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marcos de Ostos, Archbishop of Salerno (1692); and Teofilo Testa, Bishop of Tropea (1692).
  
  