Agostino Morosini Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Agostino Morosini
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1621–1632?
Predecessor:Francesco Sacrati (cardinal)
Successor:Antonio Sotomayor
Consecration:1 June 1621
Consecrated 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.[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. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 172. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. 2021-04-02. 2018-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20181004040718/http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002719&mediaType=application%2Fpdf. dead. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2d10.html "Damascus (Titular See)"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0614.htm "Titular Metropolitan See of Damascus"
  4. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Agostino Morosini . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.