Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Vincenzo Agnello Suardi | |
Bishop of Mantua | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1616–1620 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Gonzaga |
Successor: | Maffeo Vitale |
Consecration: | 21 December 1616 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1582 |
Death Date: | September 1644 (age 62) |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Alba (1616–1620) |
Vincenzo Agnello Suardi (1582 – September 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantua (1620–1644) and Bishop of Alba (1616–1620).[1]
Vincenzo Agnello Suardi was born in Mantua, Italy in 1582.On 5 December 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Alba.On 21 December 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, and Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Titular Archbishop of Damascus. serving as co-consecrators. On 13 May 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Mantua; and succeeded on 2 March 1620.He served as Bishop of Mantua until his death in September 1644. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ludovico Gonzaga (bishop), Bishop of Alba (1619); and Scipione Agnelli, Bishop of Casale Monferrato (1624).