Georgius Perpignani Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Georgius Perpignani
Bishop of Canea
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1619–1621
Predecessor:Joannes Albertus de Garzoni
Successor:Bernardo Florio
Consecration:20 November 1594
Consecrated By:Gianfrancesco Morosini
Birth Date:1555
Birth Place:Crete, Greece
Death Date:1621 (age 66)
Death Place:Canea, Greece
Previous Post:Bishop of Tinos (1594–1619)
Nationality:Cretan

Georgius Perpignani (1555–1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Canea (1619–1621) and Bishop of Tinos (1594–1619).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Georgius Perpignani was born in Crete in 1555.On 14 November 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Tinos.On 20 November 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Gianfrancesco Morosini, Bishop of Brescia, with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. On 15 July 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Canea.He served as Bishop of Canea until his death in 1621. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva, Bishop of Agrigento.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bperpig.html "Bishop Georgius Perpignani"
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc572.html "Diocese of Canea (Cydonia, Egée)"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t3073.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Canea"