Bonaventura Secusio

Most Reverend

Bonaventura Secusio
Patriarch (personal title) of Catania
ChurchCatholic
DioceseDiocese of Catania
In office1609–1618
PredecessorJuan Ruiz Villoslada
SuccessorJuan Torres de Osorio
Orders
Consecration14 March 1599
by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
Personal details
DiedMarch 1618
Catania, Sicily

Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs. (died March 1618) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Catania (1609–1618), Bishop of Messina (1605–1609), Bishop of Patti (1601–1605), the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1599–1618), and as Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor (1593–1600).[1][2]

Biography

Bonaventura Secusio was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Observants.[2] In 1593, he was appointed the Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor.[2] On 10 March 1599, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Latin Patriarch of Constantinople and consecrated bishop on 14 March 1599 by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence with Fabio Blondus de Montealto, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Domenico Bolano, Bishop of Canea, serving as co-consecrators.[1][2] In 1600, he resigned as Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor.[2] On 30 April 1601, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Patti.[1][2] On 17 August 1605, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Messina.[1][2] On 10 June 1609, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Catania where he served until his death in March 1618.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Jean-François Berliet [fr], Bishop of Tarentaise and the co-consecrator of Paolo Tolosa, Bishop of Bovino.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 141–142 and 162 and 239. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2021-06-05. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Patriarch Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 30, 2016

Further reading

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
1599–1601
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Patti
1601–1605
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Messina
1605–1609
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Catania
1609–1618
Succeeded by