Filippo Casoni (bishop)

This article is about the 17th century Roman Catholic Bishop. For the 19th century Roman Catholic cardinal, see Filippo Casoni.

Filippo Casoni (1599–1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1651–1659).^[1]

Most Reverend Filippo Casoni
Bishop of Borgo San Donnino
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Borgo San Donnino
In office	1651–1659
Predecessor	Ranuccio Scotti Douglas
Successor	Alessandro Pallavicini
Orders
Consecration	12 Mar 1651 by Giulio Roma
Personal details
Born	1599
Died	22 Jul 1659

Biography

Filippo Casoni was born in 1599 in Sarzana, Italy.^[2] On 27 Feb 1651, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino.^[1][2] On 12 Mar 1651, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Roma, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Francesco Biglia, Bishop of Pavia, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino until his death on 22 Jul 1659.^[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Rinaldo d'Este, Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1651); and Antonio Bichi, Bishop of Montalcino (1652).^[2]

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 124. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Filippo Casoni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 3, 2019. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Fidenza". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Fidenza (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ranuccio Scotti Douglas	Bishop of Borgo San Donnino 1651–1659	Succeeded by Alessandro Pallavicini