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Sebastien Knab

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Thomas Tatumensis

Nationality
  
German

In office
  
1682–1690

Successor
  
Paul Baptiste Avanian

Consecration
  
18 Oct 1682 by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Died
  
8 September 1690, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

Sebastien Knab, O.P. (1632 – 8 September, 1690) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nakhchivan (1682–1690).

Biography

Sebastien Knab was born in Bamberg in 1632 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 28 Sep 1682, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Nakhchivan. On 18 Oct 1682, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, with Odoardo Cibo, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, and Gregorio Carducci, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Nakhchivan until his death on 8 Sep 1690.

References

Sebastien Knab Wikipedia