Most Reverend

Ercole Visconti
Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1678–1712
PredecessorAngelo Maria Ranuzzi
SuccessorMarco Antonio Ansidei
Orders
Consecration31 July 1678
by Carlo Pio di Savoia
Personal details
Born1646
Milan, Italy
Died1712 (age 66)
Previous post(s)Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1678–1680)
Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1680–1687)

Ercole Visconti (1646–1712) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1678–1712), Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (1680–1687), and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1678–1680).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Ercole Visconti was born in Milan, Italy in 1646 and ordained a priest in the .[2] On 18 July 1678, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis.[1][2] On 31 July 1678, he was consecrated bishop by Carlo Pio di Savoia, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, and Egidio Colonna, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Francesco Casati, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 15 November 1678, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Apostolic Nuncio to Florence; he resigned on 13 October 1680.[2] On 12 October 1680, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany; he resigned in July 1687.[2] He remained as Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis until his death in 1712.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

and the principal co-consecrator of:

References

  1. 1 2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 181. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Archbishop Ercole Visconti" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. ↑ "Nunciature to Germany" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 18, 2017
  4. ↑ "Apostolic Nunciature to Germany" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. ↑ "Tamiathis (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 18, 2017
  6. ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Tamiathis" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016


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