Simeone de Summis explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Simeone de Summis
Bishop of Sapë
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Sapë
Term:1647–1672
Predecessor:Gjergj Bardhi (Giorgio Bianchi)
Successor:Stefano de Gaspare
Consecration:2 June 1647
Consecrated By:Pier Luigi Carafa
Death Date:December 1672
Death Place:Sapë, Albania

Simeone de Summis, O.F.M. or Simon Suma (died 1672) was an Albanian[1] Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sapë (1647–1672).[2] [3] [4] [5]

Biography

Born in Krujë, Suma was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.On 27 May 1647, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Sapë.On 2 June 1647, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Alessandro Vittrici, Bishop of Alatri, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Sapë until his death in December 1672.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ivan Antun Zboronac, Bishop of Kotor (1656).

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=oevqDwAAQBAJ&q=rebels+believers+survivors+noel+malcolm Rebels, Believers, Survivors: Studies in the History of the Albanians
  2. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 305. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsummis.html "Bishop Simeone de Summis, O.F.M."
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsape.html "Diocese of Sapë"
  5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sape0.htm "Diocese of Sapë"