Giuseppe Sanfelice

Most Reverend

Giuseppe Sanfelice
Most Reverend; Giuseppe Sanfelice
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
In office	1650–1660
Predecessor
Successor	Gennaro Sanfelice
Orders
Ordination	25 May 1649
Consecration	16 Oct 1650; by Pier Luigi Carafa (seniore)
Personal details
Born	1615; Naples, Italy
Died	20 Nov 1660 (age 45)

Giuseppe Sanfelice or Francisco Maria Sanfelice (1615–1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1652–1659) and Archbishop of Cosenza (1650–1660).^[1]

Biography[]

Giuseppe Sanfelice was born in 1615 in Naples, Italy and ordained a priest on 25 May 1649.^[2] On 22 Aug 1650, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Archbishop of Cosenza.^[1]^[2] On 16 Oct 1650, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa (seniore), Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Pietro Vidoni (seniore), Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] On 13 Apr 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany where he served until Sep 1659.^[2] He served as Archbishop of Cosenza until his death on 20 Nov 1660.^[1]^[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of , Bishop of Capodistria (1660); and Guido Bentivoglio, Bishop of Bertinoro (1660).^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 171. |volume= has extra text (help) (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Giuseppe (Francisco Maria) Sanfelice". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources[]

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Germany". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature to Germany". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by	Archbishop of Cosenza 1650–1660	Succeeded by Gennaro Sanfelice
Preceded by Fabio Chigi	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany 1652–1659	Succeeded by Agostino Franciotti

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[HierarchiaIV-Cosenza-1] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 171. |volume= has extra text (help) (in Latin)

[CathHierGiuSan-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Giuseppe (Francisco Maria) Sanfelice". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

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