Francesco Gonzaga (bishop of Nola) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francesco Gonzaga
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Nola
Term:1657–1673
Predecessor:Giovanni Battista Lancellotti
Successor:Filippo Cesarini
Consecration:24 February 1633
Consecrated By:Antonio Marcello Barberini
Birth Date:1602
Death Date:18 December 1673 (age 71)
Death Place:Nola, Italy

Francesco Gonzaga, C.R. (1602 – 18 December 1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nola (1657–1673) and Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1633–1657).[1] [2]

Biography

Francesco Gonzaga was born in 1602 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 21 February 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia.On 24 February 1633, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Marcello Barberini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio. On 17 December 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Nola. He served as Bishop of Nola until his death on 18 December 1673.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 260 and 135. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgonzafr.html "Bishop Francesco Gonzaga, C.R."