Tommaso Tomassoni Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Tommaso Tomassoni
Bishop of Umbriatico
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Umbriatico
Term:1652–1654
Predecessor:Domenico Blanditi
Successor:Giuseppe de Rossi
Consecration:21 January 1652
Consecrated By:Marcantonio Franciotti
Birth Date:1616
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Death Date:October 1654 (age 38)
Death Place:Umbriatico, Italy

Tommaso Tomassoni, O.P. (1616 – October 1654) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Umbriatico (1652–1654).[1]

Biography

Tommaso Tomassoni was born in Rome, Italy in 1616 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 8 January 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Umbriatico.On 21 January 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop Emeritus of Minori, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Umbriatico until his death in October 1654.While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francesco Gozzadini, Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante (1654).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 352. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btmssn.html "Bishop Thomas Tomassoni, O.P."