Giuseppe Cei (bishop)

Giuseppe Cei CO (1640–1704) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cortona (1695–1704).^[1][2]

Most Reverend Giuseppe Cei
Bishop of Cortona
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Cortona
In office	1695–1704
Predecessor	Pietro Luigi Malaspina
Successor	Sebastiano Zucchetti
Orders
Consecration	30 November 1695 by Bandino Panciatici
Personal details
Born	1640 Livorno, Italy
Died	6 March 1704 Cortona, Italy

Biography

Giuseppe Cei was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1640 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.^[2] On 28 November 1695, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Cortona.^[1][2] On 30 November 1695, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Cortona until his death on 6 March 1704.^[2]