Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giorgio Emo | |
Archbishop of Corfu | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Corfu |
Term: | 1688–1705 |
Predecessor: | Marcantonio Barbarigo |
Successor: | Augusto Antonio Zacco |
Ordination: | 1 February 1688 |
Consecration: | 27 June 1688 |
Consecrated By: | Gasparo Carpegna |
Birth Date: | 23 June 1644 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Death Date: | January 1705 (age 60) |
Death Place: | Corfu, Greece |
Giorgio Emo (1644–1705) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Corfu (1688–1705).[1] [2]
Giorgio Emo was born in Venice, Italy on 23 June 1644 and ordained a priest on 1 February 1688.On 14 June 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Corfu.On 27 June 1688, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Stephanus Cosimi, Archbishop of Split, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia serving as co-consecrators.He served as Archbishop of Corfù until his death in January 1705.