Galeazzo Gegald Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Galeazzo Gegald Gallois de Regard
Bishop of Bagnoregio
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Bagnoregio
Term:	1563–1568
Predecessor:	Nicolò Vernely
Successor:	Umberto Locati
Death Place:	Bagnoregio, Italy

Galeazzo Gegald or Galeazzo Regardus (French: Gallois de Regard) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bagnoregio (1563–1568).^[1]

Biography

On 15 October 1563, Galeazzo Gegald was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Bagnoregio.^[2] He served as Bishop of Bagnoregio until his resignation in 1568.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Claude de Granier, Bishop of Geneva (1579);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Giuliano de' Medici, Bishop of Béziers (1567);
• Tommaso Sperandio Corbelli, Bishop of Trogir (1567);
• Andrea Minucci, Archbishop of Zadar (1568);
• Vincenzo Ercolano, Bishop of Sarno (1570);
• Donato Stampa, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1570);
• Claude de La Baume, Archbishop of Besançon (1570);
• Nicolò Ormanetto, Bishop of Padua (1570); and
• Wolfgang Holl, Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt (1570).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Bagnoregio (Bagnorea) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Titular Episcopal See of Bagnoregio (Italy) . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III. 128. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Galeazzo Gegald (Regardus) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.