Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Ludovico Gonzaga | |
Bishop of Alba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Alba |
Term: | 1619–1632 |
Predecessor: | Vincenzo Agnello Suardi |
Successor: | Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo |
Consecration: | 18 August 1619 |
Consecrated By: | Benedetto Giustiniani |
Birth Date: | 1588 |
Birth Place: | Mantua, Italy |
Death Date: | 1632 (age 44) |
Death Place: | Alba, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Ludovico Gonzaga (1588–1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alba (1619–1632).[1] By birth, he was member of the House of Gonzaga.
Ludovico Gonzaga was born in Mantua, Italy in 1588 as the son of Marchese Prospero Gonzaga di Luzzara (1543-1614) and his wife, Isabella Gonzaga di Sabbioneta and Bozzolo (b. 1555).[2] On 12 August 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Alba.On 18 August 1619, he was consecrated bishop by Benedetto Giustiniani, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, with Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, and Vincenzo Agnello Suardi, Coadjutor Bishop of Mantova, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Alba until his death in 1632.