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Francesco Gonzaga, C.R. (1602 – 18 December 1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nola (1657–1673) and Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1633–1657).

Biography

Francesco Gonzaga was born in 1602 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 21 February 1633, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia. On 24 February 1633, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Marcello Barberini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio. On 17 December 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Nola. He served as Bishop of Nola until his death on 18 December 1673.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Fabrizio Savelli, Archbishop of Salerno (1642); and
• Pietro Jerónimo Martínez y Rubio, Archbishop of Palermo (1657).

References

1. ^ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 260 and 135. (in Latin)
2. ^ "Bishop Francesco Gonzaga, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 24, 2016

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Cariati". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Cariati (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Nola". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Nola (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

• 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
• Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII
• Bishops appointed by Pope Alexander VII
• 1602 births
• 1673 deaths
• Theatine bishops