Agostino Morosini

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Agostino Morosini
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1621–1632?
PredecessorFrancesco Sacrati (cardinal)
SuccessorAntonio Sotomayor
Orders
Consecration1 June 1621
by Ulpiano Volpi

Agostino Morosini was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1621–1632?).[1][2][3]

Biography[]

On 17 May 1621, Agostino Morosini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Archbishop of Damascus.[1][4] On 1 June 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Ulpiano Volpi, Bishop of Novara, with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Cosimo de Torres, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, serving as co-consecrators.[4] It is uncertain how long he served as Titular Archbishop of Damascus. The next bishop of record is Antonio Sotomayor who was appointed on 16 July 1632.[4]

Episcopal succession[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 172. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2021-04-02. (in Latin)
  2. ^ "Damascus (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016
  3. ^ "Titular Metropolitan See of Damascus" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016
  4. ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Agostino Morosini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Archbishop of Damascus
1621–1632?
Succeeded by
Antonio Sotomayor


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