Paolo Arese


Bishop Paolo Arese, C.R. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tortona.

Biography

Paolo Arese was born in 1574 to the House of Arese and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.
On 20 July 1620, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Tortona.
On 20 September 1620, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Tortona until his resignation in 1644. He died soon after on 14 June 1644.