Giorgio Giorgicci Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giorgio Giorgicci
Bishop of Krk
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1653–1660
Predecessor:Costantino de Rossi
Successor:Francesco de Marchi
Consecration:8 September 1652
Consecrated By:Marcantonio Franciotti
Birth Date:1614
Birth Place:Spalati
Death Date:February 1660 (age 46)
Death Place:Krk, Croatia
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Giorgio Giorgicci or Georgius Georgiceo (1614 – February 1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Krk (1653–1660) and Bishop of Nona (1649–1653).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Giorgio Giorgicci was born in Spalati in 1614.On 21 June 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Nona.On 8 September 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, Archbishop of Manfredonia, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop Emeritus of Minori serving as co-consecrators. On 22 September 1653, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Krk.He served as Bishop of Krk until his death in February 1660.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Baldassarre Bonifazio, Bishop of Capodistria (1653); and Francesco de Andreis, Bishop of Nona (1653).

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 261 and 361. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgiorgic.html "Bishop Giorgio Giorgicci"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkrkc.html "Diocese of Krk (Veglia)"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/krkz0.htm "Diocese of Krk"
  5. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dn532.html "Diocese of Nona (Nin)"
  6. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1277.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Nin"