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Giorgio Giorgicci

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Most Reverend
Giorgio Giorgicci
Bishop of Krk
Church Catholic Church
In office 1653–1660
Predecessor Costantino de Rossi
Successor Francesco de Marchi
Previous post Bishop of Nona (1649–1653)
Orders
Consecration 8 September 1652
by Marcantonio Franciotti
Personal details
Born 1614
Spalati
Died February 1660 (age 46)
Krk, Croatia

Giorgio Giorgicci or Georgius Georgiceo (1614 – February 1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Krk (1653–1660) and Bishop of Nona (1649–1653).[1]

Biography

Giorgio Giorgicci was born in Spalati in 1614. On 21 June 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Nona.[1] On 8 September 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, Archbishop of Manfredonia, and Patrizio Donati, Bishop Emeritus of Minori serving as co-consecrators. On 22 September 1653, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Krk.[1] He served as Bishop of Krk until his death in February 1660.[1]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Baldassarre Bonifazio, Bishop of Capodistria (1653); and Francesco de Andreis, Bishop of Nona (1653).

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