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Marco Morosini

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Most Reverend
Marco Morosini
Bishop of Brescia
Church Catholic Church
In office 1645–1654
Predecessor Vincenzo Giustiniani (bishop of Brescia)
Successor Pietro Vito Ottoboni
Previous post Bishop of Treviso (1639–1645)
Orders
Consecration 9 October 1639
by Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
Personal details
Born 1605
Venice, Italy
Died 4 October 1654 (age 49)

Marco Morosini (1605–1654) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Brescia (1645–1654)[1] and Bishop of Treviso (1639–1645).[2]

Biography

Marco Morosini was born in 1605 in Venice, Italy.[3][4] On 3 October 1639, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Treviso.[2][3] On 9 October 1639, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro, Patriarch of Venice, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Carlo Carafa, Bishop of Aversa, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 31 July 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Brescia.[1][3] He served as Bishop of Brescia until his death on 4 October 1654.[1][3]

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