Antonio Anastasio Rossi

{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

|type = Bishop

|image = Antoio Atanasio Rossi.jpg

|caption = Rossi pictured sometime in his Udine tenure.

|honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend

|name = Antonio Anastasio Rossi

|title = Patriarch of Constantinople

|church = Roman Catholic Church

|see = Constantinople

|appointed = 19 December 1927

|term_end = 29 March 1948

|predecessor = Michele Zezza di Zapponeta

|successor = {{small|Position abolished}}

|other_post = Bishop-Prelate of Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario (1927-48)

|ordination = 25 March 1887

|consecration = 3 April 1910

|consecrated_by = Francesco Ciceri

|birth_name = Antonio Anastasio Rossi

|birth_date = 18 July 1864

|birth_place = Milan, Kingdom of Italy

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1948|03|29|1864|07|18}}

|death_place = Pompeii, Italy

|buried = Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei

|previous_post = Archbishop of Udine (1910-27)
Apostolic Administrator of Patti (1930-31) }}

Antonio Anastasio Rossi (18 July 1864 – 29 March 1948) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate.

Rossi was Archbishop of Udine from 8 January 1910 to 1927.{{Catholic-hierarchy |bishop|brossa|Patriarch Antonio Anastasio Rossi|accessdate= 9 February 2019}} On 19 December 1927, was appointed Prelate of Pompei and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, and served in those roles until his death in 1948.{{cite web |title=Patriarchate of Constantinople |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0001.htm |website=GCatholic |accessdate=9 February 2019}} In the 1930s, as prelate he expanded the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei to accommodate the increasing number of pilgrims, and increased its social outreach among the poor and orphans.{{cite web |title=Monsignor Antonio Anastasio Rossi e il suo ventennio a Pompei da arcivescovo: continuatore delle Opere di Bartolo Longo |url=https://erreemmenews.it/monsignor-antonio-anastasio-rossi-e-il-suo-ventennio-a-pompei-da-arcivescovo-continuatore-delle-opere-di-bartolo-longo/ |website=Erreemme News |accessdate=9 February 2019 |language=it-IT |date=20 October 2018}} He was the last Latin Patriarch of Constantinople: the titular see was suppressed in 1964 without a successor being appointed.

Rossi died on 29 March 1948, aged 83, and is entombed in the crypt of the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei.{{cite web |title=La Cripta |url=http://www.santuario.it/component/content/article/20-santuario/storia-e-arte/109-la-cripta.html |website=Pontificio Santuario di Pompei |language=it |accessdate=9 February 2019}}