Stephanus Cosimi
{{Short description|Roman Catholic prelate (1629–1707)}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Stephanus Cosimi
| title = Archbishop of Split
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| church = Catholic Church
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| term = 1678–1707
| predecessor = Bonifazio Albani
| successor = Stefano Cupilli
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| consecration = 18 September 1678
| consecrated_by = Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
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| birth_date = 27 September 1629
| death_date = 10 May 1707 (age 77)
| death_place = Split, Croatia
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| nationality = Italian
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Stephanus Cosimi, C.R.S. (Croatian: Stjepan I. Cosmi) (27 September 1629 – 10 May 1707), was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Split (1678–1707).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V|pages=361|date=1952|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii|ISBN=}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcosimi.html "Archbishop Stephanus Cosimi, C.R.S."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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 in Phrygia, 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
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Archdiocese of Split-Makarska|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dspli.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Split-Makarska (Croatia)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/spli0.htm|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1678–1707
| before = Bonifazio Albani
| after = Stefano Cupilli}}
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Category:17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI
Category:Republic of Venice clergy
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