Archbishop Leonardo Balsarini †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio), Greece

Titular Archbishop of Corinthus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1636¹		Born
14 May 1668	32.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
14 May 1668	32.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia
24 Jun 1668	32.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia
Mar 1686³	50.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
19 Dec 1698	62.9	Resigned	Bishop of Chios (Scio), Greece
19 Dec 1698	62.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Corinthus
Dec 1699²	63.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio), Greece

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Leonardo Balsarini
(WikiData: Q30557340)
Archbishop Leonardo Balsarini (born 1636, died Dec 1699) Bishop Emeritus of Chios (Scio)

Event Place
Birth Place Chio

a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Cesare Cardinal Facchinetti †
Bishop of Spoleto
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Patriarch Giacomo Altoviti †
Titular Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch}
Archbishop Stefano Brancaccio †
Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Cesare Cardinal Facchinetti † (1639)
Bishop of Spoleto
Bishop Diego Castejón Fonseca † (1634)
Bishop Emeritus of Lugo
Bishop Melchor Soria Vera y Diaz † (1602)
Titular Bishop of Troas
Bernardo Cardinal de Rojas y Sandoval † (1586)
Archbishop of Toledo
Rodrigo Cardinal de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † (1574)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Bishop Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela † (1572)
Bishop of Cuenca
Diego Cardinal Espinosa Arévalo †
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nikola Bijanković, C.O. † (1699)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chio

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 158, and Page 173
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 267, and Page 313
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 149
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1668, Number 24

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