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(1579–1605), Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia (1571–1579), and Bishop of Sitia (1556–1571)."Bishop Gaspare Viviani"
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Biography

On 17 July 1556, Gaspare Viviani was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Paul IV Pope Paul IV (; ; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559), born Gian Pietro Carafa, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death, in August 1559. While serving as papal nuncio in Spain, he developed ...

as Bishop of Sitia. On 16 July 1571, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius V Pope Pius V, OP (; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572. He was an ...

as Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia. On 3 August 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Gregory XIII Pope Gregory XIII (, , born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake ...

. He served as Bishop of Anagni until his death on 25 January 1605.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: *

Giovanni Battista Soriani Giovanni Battista Soriani, O. Carm. (died 25 June 1582) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bisceglie (1576–1582). Biography Giovanni Battista Soriani was ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount ...

, Bishop of Bisceglie (1576); * Giovanni Battista Ansaldo,

Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia The Italian Catholic diocese of Cariati, in Calabria, existed until 1979. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati. The diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Santa Severina, and then of the archdiocese of Reggio ...

(1576); * Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli,

Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Latin Catholic diocese located in the commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was merged into the Diocese of Castellam ...

(1576); *

Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disam ...

, Bishop of Lérida (1577); and * Mario Bolognini,

Archbishop of Lanciano The Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that has existed under this name since 1986. Since 1982, it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto. The historical Diocese of Lanciano was created ...

(1579).

References

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Paul IV Bishops appointed by Pope Pius V Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII 1605 deaths {{16C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub