Gaetano Cossa Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Gaetano Cossa
Archbishop of Otranto
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Otranto
Term:1635–1657
Predecessor:Fabrizio degli Antinori
Successor:Gabriel Adarzo de Santander y Martínez de Viaí
Consecration:13 May 1635
Consecrated By:Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Death Date:1657
Death Place:Otranto, Italy

Archbishop Gaetano Cossa, C.R. (died 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Otranto (1635–1657).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Gaetano Cossa was ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[4] On 28 February 1633, he was selected as Archbishop of Otranto and confirmed on 7 May 1635 by Pope Urban VIII.On 13 May 1635, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Giacomo Theodoli, Bishop of Forlì and Alessandro Suardi, Bishop of Lucera, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Otranto until his death in 1655 or 1657.

Episcopal succession

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 205. 2022-02-22. 2018-10-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20181004040718/http://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002719&mediaType=application%2Fpdf. dead.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dotra.html "Archdiocese of Otranto"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/otra0.htm "Archdiocese of Otranto"
  4. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Gaetano Cossa, C.R. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.