François Marie Sacco Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
François Marie Sacco
Bishop of Brugnato
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Brugnato
Term:1697–1721
Predecessor:Giambattista Dadece
Successor:Nicolò Leopoldo Lomellini
Consecration:30 Nov 1695
Consecrated By:Pier Matteo Petrucci
Birth Date:1643
Birth Place:Savona, Italy
Death Date:21 Dec 1721 (age 78)
Previous Post:Bishop of Ajaccio (1695–1697)

François Marie Sacco, C.R. or Francesco Maria Sacco (1643–1721) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Brugnato (1697–1721) and Bishop of Ajaccio (1695–1697).

Biography

François Marie Sacco was born in 1643 in Savona, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.On 28 Nov 1695, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Ajaccio.On 30 Nov 1695, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello al Corso, with Francesco Gori, Bishop of Catanzaro, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.On 27 Mar 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Brugnato.He served as Bishop of Brugnato until his death on 21 Dec 1721.

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