Cristofor Segni
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| name = Cristofor Segni
| title = Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
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| term = 1645–1661
| predecessor = Francesco Vitelli
| successor = Lucas Bueno
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| consecration = 11 February 1646
| consecrated_by = Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli
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| birth_date = 1604
| birth_place = Bologna, Italy
| death_date = 8 July 1661 (age 57)
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Cristofor Segni (1604–1661) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1645–1661).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=335|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|isbn=}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsegnic.html "Archbishop Cristofor Segni"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
Biography
Cristofor Segni was born in Bologna, Italy in 1604.
On 24 April 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica.
On 11 February 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica until his death on 8 July 1661.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Alessandro Tassi, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1646);
- Lorenzo Pollicini, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1653);
- Nicolaus Carpenia, Archbishop of Durrës (1657);
- Carlo Roberti de' Vittori, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1658); and
- Odoardo Vecchiarelli, Bishop of Rieti (1660).
References
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Thessalonica (Titular See)|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2t91.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Titular Metropolitan See of Thessalonica (Greece)|work=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1763.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
| years = 1645–1661
| before = Francesco Vitelli
| after = Lucas Bueno}}
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