Stephanus Cosimi

Most Reverend

Stephanus Cosimi
Archbishop of Split
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1678–1707
PredecessorBonifazio Albani
SuccessorStefano Cupilli
Orders
Consecration18 September 1678
by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Personal details
Born27 September 1629
Died10 May 1707 (age 77)
Split, Croatia
NationalityItalian

Stephanus Cosimi, C.R.S. (27 September 1629 – 10 May 1707) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Split (1678–1707).[1][2]

Biography

Stephanus Cosimi was born in Venice, Italy on 27 September 1629 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Clericorum Regularium a Somascha.[2] On 5 September 1678, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Split.[1][2] On 18 September 1678, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, with Domenico Gianuzzi, Titular Bishop of Dioclea in Phrygia, and Bartolomeo Menatti, Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Archbishop of Split until his death on 10 May 1707.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

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

References

  1. ^ a b c Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 361. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Archbishop Stephanus Cosimi, C.R.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Split
1678–1707
Succeeded by