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Paul Posilovich

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Marianus Maravich

In office
  
1655–1657

Successor
  
Michel Pommer

Consecration
  
7 September 1642 by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta

Died
  
1657 (age 60) Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Paul Posilovich, O.F.M. or Pavao Posilović (1597–1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Duvno (1655–1657) and Bishop of Scardona (1642–1655).

Biography

Paul Posilovich was born in Glamoch in 1597 and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 16 June 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Scardona. On 7 September 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori, serving as co-consecrators. On 25 October 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Duvno. He served as Bishop of Duvno until his death in 1657.

References

Paul Posilovich Wikipedia