Cristofor Segni Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Cristofor Segni
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica
Church:	Catholic Church
Term:	1645–1661
Predecessor:	Francesco Vitelli
Successor:	Lucas Bueno
Consecration:	11 February 1646
Consecrated By:	Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli
Birth Date:	1604
Birth Place:	Bologna, Italy
Death Date:	8 July 1661 (age 57)

Cristofor Segni (1604–1661) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1645–1661).^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Cristofor Segni was born in Bologna, Italy in 1604.On 24 April 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica.On 11 February 1646, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica until his death on 8 July 1661.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Alessandro Tassi, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1646);
• Lorenzo Pollicini, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1653);
• Nicolaus Carpenia, Archbishop of Durrës (1657);
• Carlo Roberti de' Vittori, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1658); and
• Odoardo Vecchiarelli, Bishop of Rieti (1660).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Thessalonica (Titular See). Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Titular Metropolitan See of Thessalonica (Greece). GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 335. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsegnic.html "Archbishop Cristofor Segni"