Bonaventura Secusio

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Most Reverend Bonaventura Secusio
Patriarch (personal title) of Catania

Church	Catholic
Diocese	Diocese of Catania
In office	1609–1618
Predecessor	Juan Ruiz Villoslada
Successor	Juan Torres de Osorio
Orders
Consecration	14 March 1599 by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
Personal details
Died	March 1618 Catania, Sicily

Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs. (died March 1618) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Catania (1609–1618), Bishop of Messina (1605–1609), Bishop of Patti (1601–1605), the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1599–1618), and as Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor (1593–1600).^[1]^[2]

Biography

Bonaventura Secusio was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Observants.^[2] In 1593, he was appointed the Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor.^[2] On 10 March 1599, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Latin Patriarch of Constantinople and consecrated bishop on 14 March 1599 by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence with Fabio Blondus de Montealto, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Domenico Bolano, Bishop of Canea, serving as co-consecrators.^[1]^[2] In 1600, he resigned as Minister General of the Order of Observant Friars Minor.^[2] On 30 April 1601, he was appointed by Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Patti.^[1]^[2] On 17 August 1605, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Messina.^[1]^[2] On 10 June 1609, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Bishop of Catania where he served until his death in March 1618.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 141–142 and 162 and 239. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2021-06-05. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Patriarch Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 30, 2016

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini	Latin Patriarch of Constantinople 1599–1601	Succeeded by Ascanio Gesualdo
Preceded by Gilberto Isfar y Corillas [it]	Bishop of Patti 1601–1605	Succeeded by Juan de Rada
Preceded by Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca	Bishop of Messina 1605–1609	Succeeded by Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso
Preceded by Juan Ruiz Villoslada	Bishop of Catania 1609–1618	Succeeded by Juan Torres de Osorio

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