Benedetto Baaz
# Benedetto Baaz

Benedetto Baaz or Benedetto Vaez (died 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Umbriatico (1622–1631).

## Biography

On 2 May 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Umbriatico. On 8 May 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Cesare Ventimiglia, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, and Alfonso Giglioli, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Umbriatico until his death in 1631.

## Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

* Gaspar Gajosa, Bishop of L'Aquila (1628);
* Patrick Comerford, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1629);
* Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1630); and
* Gil Carrillo de Albornoz, Archbishop of Taranto (1630).
