Diodato Gentile

Diodato Gentile
Most Reverend; Diodato Gentile
	Bishop of Caserta; Apostolic Nuncio to Naples
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Caserta
In office	1604–1616
Predecessor	Benedetto Mandina
Successor	Antonio Díaz (bishop)
Orders
Consecration	1 August 1604; by Domenico Pinelli
Personal details
Born	1555; Genoa, Italy
Died	April 1616 (age 61); Caserta, Italy
Previous post	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1611–1616)

Diodato Gentile, O.P. (1555–1616) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caserta (1604–1616) and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1611–1616).[1]

Biography

Diodato Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy 1555 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 9 July 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Caserta.[1][2] On 1 August 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Domenico Pinelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Giuseppe Ferrerio, Archbishop of Urbino, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 6 March 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples.[2] He served as Bishop of Caserta and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples until his death in April 1616.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Martius Andreucci, Bishop of Trogir (1604); and Giorgio Lazzari, Bishop of Minori (1604).[2]

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References

Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 138. (in Latin)
Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diodato Gentile, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Caserta". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Caserta". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Naples". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Valeriano Muti	Apostolic Nuncio to Naples 1611–1616	Succeeded by Paolo Emilio Filonardi
Preceded by Benedetto Mandina	Bishop of Caserta 1604–1616	Succeeded by Antonio Díaz (bishop)

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[HierarchiaIV-1] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 138. (in Latin)

[CathHierDioGent-2] Cheney, David M. "Bishop Diodato Gentile, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. ^{[self-published]}