Sebastien Knab Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Sebastien Knab
Archbishop of Nakhijevan
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Nakhchivan
Term:1682–1690
Predecessor:Thomas Tatumensis
Successor:Paul Baptiste Avanian
Consecration:18 October 1682
Consecrated By:Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Birth Date:c. 1632
Birth Place:Bamberg, Germany
Death Date:8 September 1690
Death Place:Nakhchivan, Safavid dynasty
Nationality:German

Sebastien Knab, O.P. (c. 1632 – 8 September 1690) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nakhijevan (1682–1690).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

Sebastien Knab was born in Bamberg in around 1632 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 28 September 1682, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Nakhchivan. On 18 October 1682, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, with Odoardo Cibo, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, and Gregorio Carducci, Bishop of Valva e Sulmona, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Nakhchivan until his death on 8 September 1690.

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 281. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bknabs.html "Archbishop Sebastien Knab, O.P. "
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dn531.html "Archdiocese of Nachitschewan (Naxivan, Nakhtchevan, Nakhchivan)"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/nach0.htm "Archdiocese of Nachitschewan”