Leonardo Balsarini was born in
Chios,
Greece in 1636. On 14 May 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement IX as
Coadjutor Roman Catholic Bishop of Chios and
Titular Bishop of
Philadelphia in Arabia. On 24 June 1668, he was
consecrated bishop by
Cesare Facchinetti,
Bishop of Spoleto, with
Giacomo Altoviti,
Titular Patriarch of
Antiochia, and
Stefano Brancaccio,
Titular Archbishop of
Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, serving as
co-consecrators. In March 1686, he succeeded to the bishopric of Chios. On 19 December 1698, he resigned as Bishop of Chios and was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XI as
Latin Archbishop of Corinth. He died in December 1699. While bishop, he was the
principal co-consecrator of
Nikola Bijanković,
Bishop of Makarska (1699). == References ==