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]
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.