Francisco de Cosío y Otero

Francisco de Cosío y Otero was born in Turieno, Spain on 12 April 1640.^[2]

On 14 January 1704, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.^[1][2] On 6 April 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 November 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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