title: Metello Bichi
text: # Metello Bichi
  
  Metello Bichi (1541–1619) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
  
  ## Biography
  
  On 18 Feb 1596, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence, with Matteo Sanminiato, Archbishop of Chieti, and Cristóbal Robuster y Senmanat, Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela, serving as co-consecrators.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  * Episcopal succession of Metello Bichi
  * While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
  * Fabio Piccolomini, Bishop of Massa Marittima (1615);
  * Bernardino Buratti, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1615);
  * Giovanni dei Gualtieri, Bishop of Sansepolcro (1615);
  * and the principal co-consecrator of:
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  * Alberto Drago, Bishop of Termoli (1599);
  * Laudivio Zacchia, Bishop of Corneto e Montefiascone (1605);
  * Diomede Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico (1605);
  * Cornelio Sozomeno, Bishop of Pula (1605);
  * Denis Delfino, Bishop of Vicenza (1606);
  * Octavius Saraceni, Bishop of Sovana (1606);
  * Giacomo Candido (bishop), Bishop of Lacedonia (1606);
  * Giulio Sansedoni, Bishop of Grosseto (1606);
  * Mario Cossa, Bishop of Montalcino (1607);
  * Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Colossae (1607);
  * Vincenzo Bonincontro, Bishop of Agrigento (1607);
  * Franciscus Manini, Bishop of Novigrad (1607);
  * Orazio Maffei, Archbishop of Chieti (1607);
  * Anastasio Germonio, Archbishop of Tarentaise (1607);
  * Pomponio de Magistris, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1608);
  * Francesco Vendramin, Patriarch of Venice (1608);
  * Michelangelo Tonti, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1608);
  * Filippo Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino (1608);
  * Domenico Rivarola, Bishop of Aleria (1608);
  * Benedetto Ala, Archbishop of Urbino (1610);
  * Luca Semproni, Bishop of Città di Castello (1610); and
  * Giovanni Canauli, Bishop of Fossombrone (1610);
  