Bonaventura Secusio

Most Reverend
Bonaventura Secusio
Patriarch (personal title) of Catania
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Catania
In office 1609-1618
Predecessor Juan Ruiz Villoslada
Successor Juan Torres de Osorio
Orders
Consecration 14 Mar 1599
by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
Personal details
Died March 1618
Catania, Italy

Bonaventura Secusio (died March 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Catania (1609-1618), Bishop of Messina (1605-1609), Bishop of Patti (1601-1605), the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1599-1601), and as Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor (1593-1600).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Bonaventura Secusio was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Observants.[1] In 1593, he was appointed the Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor.[1] On 10 Mar 1599, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Latin Patriarch of Constantinople and consecrated bishop on 14 Mar 1599 by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence with Fabio Blondus de Montealto, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Domenico Bolano, Bishop of Canea, serving as co-consecrators.[1] In 1600, he resigned as Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor.[1] On 30 Apr 1601, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Patti.[1] On 17 Aug 1605, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Messina.[1] On 10 Jun 1609, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Catania where he served until his death in March 1618.[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Paolo Tolosa, Bishop of Bovino.[1]

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini
Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
1599-1601
Succeeded by
Ascanio Gesualdo
Preceded by
Gilberto Isfar y Corillas
Bishop of Patti
1601-1605
Succeeded by
Juan de Rada
Preceded by
Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca
Bishop of Messina
1605-1609
Succeeded by
Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso
Preceded by
Juan Ruiz Villoslada
Bishop of Catania
1609-1618
Succeeded by
Juan Torres de Osorio
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