Gianfrancesco Bembo (bishop)

Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S. or Giovanni Francesco Bembo (30 December 1659 – 21 July 1720) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Belluno (1694–1720).[1][2]

Most Reverend

Gianfrancesco Bembo
Bishop of Belluno
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Belluno
In office1694–1720
PredecessorGiulio Berlendi
SuccessorValerio Rota
Orders
Ordination1678
Consecration7 March 1694
by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni
Personal details
Born30 December 1659
Venice, Italy
Died21 July 1720 (age 60)
Belluno, Italy

Biography

Gianfrancesco Bembo was born in Venice, Italy on 30 December 1659 and ordained a priest in the Clerks Regular of Somasca in 1678.[2] On 1 March 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Belluno.[1][2] On 7 March 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, with Odoardo Cibo, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, and Petrus Draghi Bartoli, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Belluno until his death on 21 July 1720.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marco Gradenigo, Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia and Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1701) .[2]

References
  1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 117. (in Latin)
  2. "Bishop Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017


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