Bonifacio Destefanis

Most Reverend Bonifacio Destefanis
Bishop of Ston
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Ston
In office	1564-1582
Predecessor	Pietro de Gozzo
Successor	Basilio Gradi
Personal details
Born	c. 1504 Lopud
Died	1582 Timișoara, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Romania)

Bonifacio Destefanis, O.F.M. (died 1582) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ston (1564-1582).

Destefanis' other names include Bonifacije Stefanić Drakolica, Darcoliza, Drakolica, Crassa, Grassa, Ragusinus, Stephani, Drkoličić and Stjepanović.

Pietro de Gozzo was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. Destefanis participated at the Council of Trent. On 17 Nov 1564, he was appointed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Ston.

In 1580 Destefanis, accompanied by Bartol Sfondrati, was appointed as apostolic visitor and delegate to Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Bosnia, Croatia, Vallachia, Slavonia, Serbia and other European territories governed by the Ottomans. Before this trip, based on Pope's instructions, Destefanis visited Franciscan province in Bosnia. On 15 December 1580 Destefanis reported to Rome that he met bishop of Smederevo, fra Nikola Ugrinović, during his journey to Bosnia. Since there were only five Catholic families in Smederevo, Destefanis proposed to move Ugrinović to Skradin.

He served as Bishop of Ston until his death in 1582.

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