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Stephanus Cosimi

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Bonifazio Albani

Nationality
  
Italian

In office
  
1678–1707

Successor
  
Stefano Cupilli

Consecration
  
18 September 1678 by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Died
  
10 May 1707, Split, Croatia

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

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Biography

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

Episcopal succession

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

  • Giorgio Emo, Archbishop of Corfu (1688);
  • Giovanni Vusich, Bishop of Nona (1688); and
  • Stefano Cupilli, Bishop of Trogir (1699).
  • References

    Stephanus Cosimi Wikipedia