Baldassare Cenci, seniore (1648–1709) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography Baldassare Cenci was born in 1648 in Rome, the youngest and fifth child of Virginio Cenci and Maria Vittoria Verospi. His nephew is cardinal Baldassare Cenci (iuniore).
On 30 September 1691, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Ercole Visconti, Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis, and Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, serving as co-consecrators.
Cenci died on 26 May 1709 in Fermo, Italy.
Episcopal succession Episcopal succession of Baldassare CenciWhile bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: Antonio Spinelli, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1697); Giuseppe Maria Bondola, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna (1697); Alessandro Croce, Bishop of Cremona (1697); Simone Paolo Aleotti, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte (1698); Joseph-François Gualtieri, Bishop of Vaison (1703); and the principal co-consecrator of: Giovanni Giacomo Cavallerini, Titular Archbishop of Nicaea and Apostolic Nuncio to France (1692); Alessandro Lambert, Bishop of Aosta (1692); and Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, Bishop of Alba (1692).
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