Giuseppe Firrao (seniore)

Giuseppe Firrao (1670–1744) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography
He is the Great-uncle of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (iuniore). On 11 Apr 1717, he was consecrated bishop by Johann Konrad von Reinach-Hirzbach, Bishop of Basel, with Johann Christoph Haus, Titular Bishop of Domitiopolis, and Konrad Ferdinand Geist von Wildegg, Titular Bishop of Tricale, serving as co-consecrators.

On 4 October 1733, Pope Clement XII appointed Firrao his Secretary of State.

Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: • Marcello Filomarini, Bishop of Mileto (1734);

• Antonio Manerba, Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (1735);

• Octavio da Pozzo, Bishop of Catanzaro (1736);

• Antonio Falangola, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1736);

• Troiano Caracciolo del Sole, Bishop of Nola (1738);

• Nicola Antonio Schiaffinati, Bishop of Ischia (1739);

• Ferdinando Mandarini, Bishop of Strongoli (1741); and

• Antonio Zavarroni, Bishop of Tricarico (1741).