Ercole Cardinal Gonzaga †

Deceased

Bishop of Mantova, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Nov 1505		Born
10 May 1521	15.4	Appointed	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
3 May 1527	21.4	Elevated to Cardinal
5 May 1527	21.4	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Nuova
29 Apr 1528	22.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
5 Jul 1529	23.6	Appointed	Administrator of Sovana (Soana), Italy
17 Apr 1532	26.4	Resigned	Administrator of Sovana (Soana), Italy
26 Jun 1537	31.5	Appointed	Administrator of Tarazona, Spain
3 Dec 1546	41.0	Resigned	Administrator of Tarazona, Spain
1556²	50.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
6 Jul 1556	50.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
8 Jun 1561	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mantova, Italy
3 Mar 1563	57.2	Died	Bishop of Mantova, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Ercole Gonzaga
(VIAF: 858762; WikiData: Q2631018)
Ercole Cardinal Gonzaga (born 23 Nov 1505, died 3 Mar 1563) Bishop of Mantova

Consistory - May 1527: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1534: Participated
Conclave - 1549/1550: Participated
Conclave - April 1555: Participated
Conclave - May 1555: Participated
Conclave - 1559: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Mantova, Diocese of Mantova
Ordained Bishop S. Vigilio, Cathedral, Trento, Diocese of Trento
Death Place Trento, Diocese of Trento
Buried Place (Original) Ancestors' tomb, S. Pietro chapel, Cathedral, Mantova, Diocese of Mantova

a priest for 7.1 years
a bishop for 1.7 years
a cardinal for 35.8 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Principal Consecrator:
Girolamo Cardinal Seripando, O.E.S.A. †
Archbishop of Salerno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Sanfelice †
Bishop Emeritus of Cava (de’ Tirreni)
Bishop Angelo Massarelli †
Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Girolamo Cardinal Seripando, O.E.S.A. † (1554)
Archbishop of Salerno
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mantova, Diocese of Mantova
Ordained Bishop	S. Vigilio, Cathedral, Trento, Diocese of Trento
Death Place	Trento, Diocese of Trento
Buried Place (Original)	Ancestors' tomb, S. Pietro chapel, Cathedral, Mantova, Diocese of Mantova

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 3 May 1527
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 70, Number 411
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 234
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1561, Number 6
od/c0: CB, 12 Dec 2017
od/c0: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,280

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