 On 17 June 1582, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators.On 23 July 1584, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Bisignano.He served as Bishop of Bisignano until his death in 1598.