Gianfrancesco Bembo (bishop)

Most Reverend
Gianfrancesco Bembo
Bishop of Belluno
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Belluno
In office 1694–1720
Predecessor Giulio Berlendi
Successor Valerio Rota
Orders
Ordination 1678
Consecration 7 March 1694
by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni
Personal details
Born 30 December 1659
Venice, Italy
Died 21 July 1720 (age 60)
Belluno, Italy

Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S. (30 December 1659 – 21 July 1720) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Belluno (1694–1720).[1][2][3][4]

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. 1 2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 117. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Belluno-Feltre" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 20, 2016
  4. ↑ "Diocese of Belluno–Feltre" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 20. 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giulio Berlendi		 Bishop of Belluno
1694–1720		 Succeeded by
Valerio Rota
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