Francisco de Cosío y Otero


Francisco de Cosío y Otero was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.

Biography

Francisco de Cosío y Otero was born in Turieno, Spain on 12 Apr 1640.
On 14 Jan 1704, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.
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.
He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his death on 29 Nov 1715.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, Bishop of Puerto Rico.