Alfonso_Gonzaga Knowpia

Most Reverend

Alfonso Gonzaga
Most Reverend; Alfonso Gonzaga
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1621–1649
Predecessor	Filippo Spinelli
Successor	Karl Kaspar von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck
Orders
Consecration	18 April 1621; by Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini
Personal details
Born	1588; Novellara, Italy
Died	1649 (age 60); Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nationality	Italian

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

Biography edit

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 edit

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 edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 296. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Archbishop Alfonso Gonzaga" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
^ "Rhodus (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Archbishop Alfonso Gonzaga" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016