Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Marco Giustiniani | |
Roman Catholic Bishop of Chios | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Chios |
Term: | 1604–1640 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Giustiniani |
Successor: | Andrea Soffiani |
Consecration: | 12 June 1604 |
Consecrated By: | Girolamo Bernerio |
Birth Date: | 1547 |
Birth Place: | Chios, Greece |
Death Date: | 1640 |
Death Place: | Chios, Greece |
Marco Giustiniani (1547–1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Roman Catholic Bishop of Chios (1604–1640).[1] [2] [3]
Marco Giustiniani was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 31 May 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Chios. On 12 June 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, and Vincenzo Giustiniani, Bishop of Gravina di Puglia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Chios until his death in 1640.