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Bishop Francesco Gonzaga, C.R. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nola, Italy

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mantova, Diocese of Mantova
Death Place	Nola, Diocese of Nola

a bishop for 40.8 years

Principal Consecrator: Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625) Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605) Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604) Archbishop of Ravenna Pope Clement VIII (1592) (Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †) Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527) Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) 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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Fabrizio Cardinal Savelli † (1642) Archbishop Pietro Jerónimo Martínez y Rubio † (1657)

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