Gaspare Viviani Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Gaspare Viviani
Bishop of Anagni
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Anagni
Term:	1579–1605
Predecessor:	Benedetto Lomellini
Successor:	Vittorio Guarini
Death Date:	25 January 1605
Death Place:	Anagni, Italy
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Gaspare Viviani (died 25 January 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Anagni (1579–1605), Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia (1571–1579), and Bishop of Sitia (1556–1571).^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Biography

On 17 July 1556, Gaspare Viviani was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Bishop of Sitia. On 16 July 1571, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia. On 3 August 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Anagni. He served as Bishop of Anagni until his death on 25 January 1605.

Episcopal succession

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

• Giovanni Battista Soriani, Bishop of Bisceglie (1576);
• Giovanni Battista Ansaldo, Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1576);
• Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli, Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1576);
• Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet, Bishop of Lérida (1577); and
• Mario Bolognini, Archbishop of Lanciano (1579).

External links and additional sources

• Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Anagni-Alatri . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Diocese of Anagni-Alatri (Italy) . GCatholic.org. June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvivianig.html "Bishop Gaspare Viviani"
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dh534.html "Diocese of Hierapetra et Sitia"
3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0844.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Hierapytna”
4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds604.html "Diocese of Sitia"