Ercole Visconti

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Most Reverend Ercole Visconti
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1678–1712
Predecessor	Angelo Maria Ranuzzi
Successor	Marco Antonio Ansidei
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1678–1680) Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1680–1687)
Orders
Consecration	31 July 1678 by Carlo Pio di Savoia
Personal details
Born	1646 Milan, Italy
Died	1712 (age 66)

Ercole Visconti (1646–1712) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1678–1712), Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1680–1687), and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1678–1680).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Ercole Visconti was born in Milan, Italy in 1646 and ordained a priest in the .[2] On 18 July 1678, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis.[1][2] On 31 July 1678, he was consecrated bishop by Carlo Pio di Savoia, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, and Egidio Colonna, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Francesco Casati, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 15 November 1678, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Apostolic Nuncio to Florence; he resigned on 13 October 1680.[2] On 12 October 1680, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany; he resigned in July 1687.[2] He remained as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis until his death in 1712.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (1683);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Franciscus Liberati, Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1688);
• Petrus Draghi Bartoli, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1690); and
• Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia (1691).

References

1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 181. (in Latin)
2. "Archbishop Ercole Visconti" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
3. "Nunciature to Germany" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 18, 2017
4. "Apostolic Nunciature to Germany" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
5. "Tamiathis (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 18, 2017
6. "Titular Episcopal See of Tamiathis" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Florence (Tuscany)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^[self-published]

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia	Apostolic Nuncio to Florence 1678–1680	Succeeded by Giuseppe Archinto
Preceded by Opizio Pallavicini	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany 1680–1687	Succeeded by Sebastiano Antonio Tanara
Preceded by Angelo Maria Ranuzzi	Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis 1678–1712	Succeeded by Marco Antonio Ansidei