Luigi Galli

Luigi Galli
Most Reverend; Luigi Galli
	Bishop of Ancona e Numana
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Ancona e Numana
In office	1622–1657
Predecessor	Giulio Savelli
Successor	Giannicolò Conti
Orders
Consecration	16 May 1622; by Giulio Savelli
Personal details
Born	Osimo, Italy
Died	22 Jul 1657
Previous post	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy (1627–1629)

Luigi Galli or Giovanni Galli (Latin: Ioannes Aloysius Galli) (died 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ancona e Numana (1622–1657) and Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy (1627–1629).[1]

Biography

Luigi Galli was born in Osimo, Italy.[2] On 2 May 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Ancona e Numana.[1][2] On 16 May 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Savelli, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina, with Marinus Bizzius, Archbishop of Bar, and Giulio Sansedoni, Bishop Emeritus of Grosseto, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 3 Jul 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy where he served until his resignation on 11 Oct 1629.[2] He served as Bishop of Ancona e Numana until his death on 22 Jul 1657.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ercole Rangoni, Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (1622); and Andrea Baroni Peretti, Bishop of Palestrina (1624).[2]

References

Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 82. (in Latin)
Cheney, David M. "Bishop (Giovanni) Aloysius Galli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Savoy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ancona–Osimo (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giulio Savelli	Bishop of Ancona e Numana 1622–1657	Succeeded by Giannicolò Conti
Preceded by Lorenzo Campeggi	Apostolic Nuncio to Savoy 1627–1629	Succeeded by Alessandro Castracani

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[HierarchiaIV-Ancona-1] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 82. (in Latin)

[CathHierAloGalli-2] Cheney, David M. "Bishop (Giovanni) Aloysius Galli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. ^{[self-published]}