Marco Antonio Quirino Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Marco Antonio Quirino
Archbishop of Naxos
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Naxos
Term:1622–1625
Predecessor:Angelo Gozzadini
Successor:Raffaele Schiattini
Consecration:13 March 1622
Consecrated By:Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Birth Date:1581

Marco Antonio Quirino, O. Cruc. or Marco Sebastianus Quirino (born 1581) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Naxos (1622–1625).[1]

Biography

Marco Antonio Quirino was born in 1581 and ordained a priest in the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross.[2] On 24 January 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Naxos.On 13 March 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Tommaso Ximenes, Bishop of Fiesole, and Pierre François Maletti, Bishop of Nice, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Naxos until his resignation in 1625.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 253. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Marco Antonio (Sebastianus) Quirino, O. Cruc. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.