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Diodato Gentile

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Most Reverend
Diodato Gentile
Bishop of Caserta
Apostolic Nuncio to Naples
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Caserta
In office 1604–1616
Predecessor Benedetto Mandina
Successor Antonio Díaz (bishop)
Previous post Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1611–1616)
Orders
Consecration 1 August 1604
by Domenico Pinelli
Personal details
Born 1555
Genoa, Italy
Died April 1616 (age 61)
Caserta, Italy

Diodato Gentile, O.P. (1555–1616) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caserta (1604–1616) and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1611–1616).[1]

Biography

Diodato Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy 1555 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 9 July 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Caserta.[1][2] On 1 August 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Domenico Pinelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Giuseppe Ferrerio, Archbishop of Urbino, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 6 March 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples.[2] He served as Bishop of Caserta and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples until his death in April 1616.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Martius Andreucci, Bishop of Trogir (1604); and Giorgio Lazzari, Bishop of Minori (1604).[2]

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