Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile | |
Archbishop of Genoa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Genoa |
Term: | 1681–1694 |
Predecessor: | Giambattista Spínola |
Successor: | Giovanni Battista Spínola (archbishop) |
Consecration: | 23 March 1681 |
Consecrated By: | Giacomo Franzoni |
Birth Date: | 1620 |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Death Date: | June 1694 (age 74) |
Death Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile, O.P. (1620–1694) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Genoa (1681–1694).[1]
Giulio Vincenzo Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy in 1620 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 17 March 1681, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop of Genoa.On 23 March 1681, he was consecrated bishop by Giacomo Franzoni, Bishop of Camerino, with Niccolò Radulovich, Archbishop of Chieti, and Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators.He served as Archbishop of Genoa until his death in June 1694.