Odoardo Cibo

Odoardo Cibo or Odoardo Cybo (6 December 1619 – 6 April 1705) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1689–1705), Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1670–1679), and Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria (1670–1689).[1][2]

Most Reverend Odoardo Cibo
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople
In office	1689–1705
Predecessor	Stefano Ugolini
Successor	Lodovico Pico Della Mirandola
Personal details
Born	6 December 1619 Massa, Italy
Died	6 April 1705 (age 85)
Previous post	Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria (1670–1689) Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1670–1679)

Biography

Odoardo Cibo was born in Massa, Italy on 6 December 1619.[2] On 28 July 1670, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria.[1][2] On 11 August 1670, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland.[2] He resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland in 1679.[2] On 13 October 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople.[1][2] He served as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople until his death on 6 April 1705.[2]

Episcopal succession

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

• Bernardino della Chiesa, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Fo-Kien and Titular Bishop of Argos (1680);
• Diego Ortega y Escacena (Hortiago), Vicar Apostolic of Marocco and Titular Archbishop of Stauropolis (1693);
• Didacus Álvares, Archbishop of Cranganore (1694);
• Antonio Giustiniani, Bishop of Syros e Milos (1694);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Lorenzo Raggi, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1680);
• Francesco Berardino Corradini, Bishop of Marsi (1680);
• Pier Matteo Petrucci, Bishop of Jesi (1681);
• Sebastien Knab, Archbishop of Nachitschewan (1682);
• Urbano Sacchetti, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1683);
• Horatius Ondedei, Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado (1684);
• Jan Kazimierz Denhoff, Bishop of Cesena (1687);
• Franciscus Liberati, Titular Archbishop of Ephesus (1688);
• Gianfrancesco Bembo (bishop), Bishop of Belluno (1694); and
• Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang and Titular Bishop of Berytus (1700).

References

1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 170 and 352. (in Latin)
2. "Patriarch Odoardo Cibo (Cybo)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Switzerland". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature Switzerland". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Seleucia in Isauria (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Metropolitan See of Seleucia in Isauria (Turkey)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Constantinople (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Patriarchal See of Constantinople (Turkey)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}