 On 3 June 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of "Sidon", serving as co-consecrators.He served as Bishop of Lecce until his death on 6 March 1639.While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of