Pedro Gamboa Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pedro Gamboa
Bishop of Carinola
Church:Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Carinola
Term:1497–1510
Successor:Giovanni Antonio Orfei
Consecration:30 September 1498
Consecrated By:Geremia Contugi
Death Date:18 November 1510
Death Place:Carinola, Italy

Pedro Gamboa (died 18 November 1510) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Carinola (1497–1510).

Biography

On 20 December 1497, Pedro Gamboa was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Coadjutor Bishop of Carinola.[1] On 30 September 1498, he was consecrated bishop by Geremia Contugi, Bishop of Assisi, with Giuliano Maffei, Bishop of Bertinoro, and Carlo Bocconi, Bishop of Vieste, serving as co-consecrators. In 1501, he succeeded to the bishopric. He served as Bishop of Carinola until his death on 18 November 1510.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgamboap.html "Bishop Pedro Gamboa"