Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giuseppe Sanfelice | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano |
Term: | 1650–1660 |
Predecessor: | Alfonso Maurelli |
Successor: | Gennaro Sanfelice |
Ordination: | 25 May 1649 |
Consecration: | 16 Oct 1650 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Luigi Carafa (seniore) |
Birth Date: | 1615 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 20 Nov 1660 (age 45) |
Giuseppe Sanfelice or Francisco Maria Sanfelice (1615–1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1652–1659) and Archbishop of Cosenza (1650–1660).[1]
Giuseppe Sanfelice was born in 1615 in Naples, Italy and ordained a priest on 25 May 1649.[2] On 22 Aug 1650, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Archbishop of Cosenza.On 16 Oct 1650, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa (seniore), Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Pietro Vidoni (seniore), Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators. On 13 Apr 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany where he served until Sep 1659.He served as Archbishop of Cosenza until his death on 20 Nov 1660.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francesco Zeno, Bishop of Capodistria (1660); and Guido Bentivoglio, Bishop of Bertinoro (1660).