Archbishop Francesco Gaetano †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Rhodus

Events

Date	Event	Title
12 Aug 1652	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
1 Sep 1652	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
28 Nov 1652	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
Dec 1654³	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Spain
17 Mar 1670	Died	Titular Archbishop of Rhodus

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francesco Gaetano
Archbishop Francesco Gaetano
(died 17 Mar 1670)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus

a bishop for 17.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Fabio Cardinal Chigi †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ranuccio (Ranuzio) Scotti Douglas †
Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino
Bishop Carlo Carafa della Spina, C.R. †
Bishop of Aversa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
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)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. † (1666)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q78773766

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 296
ob/c2+: Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 115, Number 700
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1652, Number 21
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Karttunen), Page 244

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