Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Bernardo Florio | |
Archbishop of Zadar | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Zadar |
Term: | 1621–1642 |
Predecessor: | Benedetto Cappello |
Successor: | Teodoro Balbo |
Consecration: | 13 June 1621 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1587 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Death Date: | 14 February 1656 (age 69) |
Death Place: | Zadar, Croatia |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Canea (1642–1656) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Bernardo Florio, O.Cruc. (1587 – 14 February 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zadar (1621–1642) and Bishop of Canea (1642–1656).[1] [2] [3]
Bernardo Florio was born in Venice, Italy, in 1587 and ordained a priest in the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross.On 7 June 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Canea.On 13 June 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, and Girolamo Ricciulli, Bishop of Belcastro, serving as co-consecrators. On 28 April 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Zadar.He served as Archbishop of Zadar until his death on 14 February 1656.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: