Francisco de Cosío y Otero

Francisco de Cosío y Otero was born in Turieno, Spain on 12 Apr 1640.[2] On 14 Jan 1704, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.[1][2] On 6 Apr 1704, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán, Patriarch of West Indies, with Benito Madueño y Ramos, Titular Bishop of Sion and Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui, Titular Bishop of Lycopolis, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his death on 29 Nov 1715.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1704).[2]

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