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Biography

Cristóforo Chrisostome Carletti was born on 1 April 1564 in

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and ordained a priest in the

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. On 23 May 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Termia. On 29 May 1622, he was

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bishop by Marco Antonio Gozzadini,

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of Sant'Eusebio, with Petrus Salinates,

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, and Benedikt Orsini, Bishop of Lezhë, as

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. In 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Auxiliary Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada. In 1627, he resigned as Bishop of Termia and in 1634, he resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carletti, Cristoforo Chrisostome 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XV Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII 1564 births 1634 deaths