Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Antonius Serra | |
Bishop of Milos | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Milos |
Term: | 1642–1669 |
Predecessor: | Gerolamo de Paduano |
Successor: | Giovanni Antonio de Camillis |
Consecration: | 7 September 1642 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta |
Birth Date: | 1610 |
Birth Place: | Chios, Greece |
Death Date: | October 1669 (age 59) |
Death Place: | Milos, Greece |
Nationality: | Greek |
Antonius Serra (1610 – October 1669) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Milos (1642–1669).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Antonius Serra was born in Chios, Greece in 1610. On 14 July 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Milos. On 7 September 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Maria Pallotta, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Milos until his death in October 1669.