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Giuseppe Cei (bishop)

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Most Reverend
Giuseppe Cei
CO
Bishop of Cortona
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Cortona
In office 1695–1704
Predecessor Pietro Luigi Malaspina
Successor Sebastiano Zucchetti
Orders
Consecration 30 November 1695
by Bandino Panciatici
Personal details
Born 1640
Livorno, Italy
Died 6 March 1704 (aged 63–64)
Cortona, Italy

Giuseppe Cei CO (1640–1704) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cortona (1695–1704).[1][2]

Biography

Giuseppe Cei was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1640 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.[2] On 28 November 1695, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Cortona.[1][2] On 30 November 1695, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Cortona until his death on 6 March 1704.[2]

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