Giantommaso Gastaldi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giantommaso Gastaldi
Bishop of Brugnato
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Brugnato
Term:1652–1655
Predecessor:Francesco Durazzi
Successor:Giovanni Battista Paggi (bishop)
Consecration:1 September 1652
Consecrated By:Fabio Chigi
Birth Date:1597
Birth Place:Alassio Albinganen, Italy
Death Date:1655 (age 58)
Death Place:Brugnato, Italy

Giantommaso Gastaldi, O.P. (1597–1655) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Brugnato (1652–1655).[1]

Biography

Giantommaso Gastaldi was born in Alassio Albinganen, Italy in 1597 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 26 August 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Brugnato.On 1 September 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Fabio Chigi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Carlo Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Brugnato until his death in 1655.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 122. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Giantommaso Gastaldi, O.P.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.