Alfonso Gonzaga

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Alfonso Gonzaga (died 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1621–1649).[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Alfonso Gonzaga was born in Novellara, Italy in 1588.[2] On 17 March 1621, Alfonso Gonzaga was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus.[1][2] On 18 April 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere.[2] He served as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus until his death in 1649 in Reggio Emilia, Italy.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Alfonso Gonzaga
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2] Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara, Archbishop of Aleppo (1645); and the principal co-consecrator of:[2] Pierre François Maletti, Bishop of Nice (1622);; Carlo Bovi, Bishop of Bagnoregio (1622);; Giovanni Battista Deti, Bishop of Albano (1623);; Ludovicus Galbiati, Bishop of Acerno (1637);; Marco Antonio Mandosio, Bishop of Nicastro (1637); Giovanni Battista Falesi, Bishop of Mottola (1638);; Gaspare Conturla, Bishop of Venosa (1638);; Francesco Tontori, Bishop of Ischia (1638);; Antonio Marenzi, Bishop of Pedena (1638);; Angelo Pichi, Archbishop of Amalfi (1638);; Stefano Sauli, Archbishop of Chieti (1638);; Benedetto Cappello, Archbishop of Zadar (1639);; Marco Morosini, Bishop of Treviso (1639);; Michael Chumer, Titular Bishop of Christopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana (1640);; Francesco Romolo Mileti, Bishop of Segni (1640);; Otto Friedrich von Buchheim, Bishop of Ljubljana (1641);; Franz Johann von Vogt von Altensumerau und Prasberg, Titular Bishop of Megara and Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz (1641);; Marco Antonio Tomati, Bishop of Bitetto (1641);; Paul Posilovich, Bishop of Scardona (1642);; Antonius Serra, Bishop of Milos (1642);; Bonaventura D'Avalos, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1643);; Giulio Cesare Bergera, Archbishop of Turin (1643);; Martin Bogdan, Bishop of Zagreb (1643);; Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1644);; Mario Theodoli, Bishop of Imola (1644);; Carlo Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa (1645);; Giovanni Quirino, Archbishop of Candia (1645);; Giovanni Camponeschi, Bishop of Termia (1645);; Annibale Bentivoglio (archbishop), Titular Archbishop of Thebae (1645);; Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi, Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa (1645);; Andrea Massa, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1645);; Antonio Lupi, Bishop of Treviso (1645);; Luca Torreggiani, Archbishop of Ravenna (1645);; Cristofor Segni, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica (1646);; Maffeo Vitale, Bishop of Mantova (1646); and; Francesco Angelo Rapaccioli, Bishop of Terni (1646).

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 296. (in Latin)
  2. 2.[2.2][2.3][2.4][2.5][2.6][2.7]"Archbishop Alfonso Gonzaga" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  3. 3."Rhodus (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. 4."Archbishop Alfonso Gonzaga" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016