Giulio Cesare Bergera Explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Giulio Cesare Bergera
Archbishop of Turin
Church:	Catholic Church
Archdiocese:	Archdiocese of Turin
Term:	1643–1660
Predecessor:	Antonio Provana
Successor:	Michele Beggiami
Consecration:	1 March 1643
Consecrated By:	Ciriaco Rocci
Birth Date:	1595
Birth Place:	Turin, Italy
Death Date:	1660 (age 65)

Giulio Cesare Bergera or Giulio Cesare Barbera (1595–1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Turin (1643–1660).^[1]

Biography

Giulio Cesare Bergera was born in 1595 in Turin, Italy.^[2] On 23 February 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Turin.On 1 March 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Ciriaco Rocci, Cardinal-Priest of San Salvatore in Lauro, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus and Lelio Falconieri, Titular Archbishop of Thebaes, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Turin until his death in 1660.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Michele Beggiami (Beggiamo), Bishop of Mondovi (1656);
• Filiberto Milliet de Faverges, Bishop of Aosta (1656); and
• Filiberto Alberto Bailly, Bishop of Aosta (1659).

External links and additional sources

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 329. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Giulio Cesare Bergera. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.