Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Lorenzo Gherardi | |
Bishop of Recanati e Loreto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Recanati |
Term: | 1693–1727 |
Predecessor: | Raimondo Ferretti |
Successor: | Benedetto Bussi |
Consecration: | 14 June 1693 |
Consecrated By: | Galeazzo Marescotti |
Birth Date: | 10 August 1645 |
Birth Place: | Monte Alboddo, Italy |
Death Date: | 5 April 1727 (age 81) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Lorenzo Gherardi (1645–1727) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Recanati e Loreto (1693–1727).[1]
Lorenzo Gherardi was born in Monte Alboddo, Italy on 10 August 1645.[2] On 8 June 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Recanati e Loreto. On 14 June 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Recanati e Loreto until his death on 5 April 1727.