Ascanio Gesualdo

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Most Reverend

Ascanio Gesualdo
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa)
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseArchdiocese of Bari-Canosa
In office1613–1638
PredecessorDecio Caracciolo Rosso
SuccessorDiego Sersale
Personal details
Died27 January 1638
Bari, Italy

Ascanio Gesualdo (died 27 January 1638) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bari (1613–1638), Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1618–1638), and Apostolic Nuncio to the Emperor (1617–1621).[1]

Biography[edit]

Gesualdo was born in Naples in the later sixteenth century, the son of Michele Gesualdo and Maria Caracciolo. In 1609 he became a referendary of the Apostolic Signatura.[2]

On 1 July 1613, during the papacy of Pope Paul V, he was appointed to the Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa.[1] On 21 October 1615 he was appointed papal nuncio to the Brussels court of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella.[3] On 17 June 1617, he was transferred to Prague as Apostolic Nuncio to the Emperor.[1]

On 25 June 1618, he was appointed by Pope Paul V as Titular Patriarch of Constantinople.[1] On 17 April 1621, he resigned as imperial nuncio.[1] He arrived in Bari on 19 March 1622 and dedicated himself full-time to his duties as Bishop of Bari. He held diocesan synods in 1624 and 1628.[2] He remained Titular Patriarch of Constantinople until his death on 27 January 1638.[1]

He died in Bari, where he was buried in the cathedral.

Episcopal succession[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Patriarch Ascanio Gesualdo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  2. ^ a b Simona Feci, "Gesualdo, Ascanio", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 53 (2000)
  3. ^ Gesualdo's correspondence as nuncio in Brussels has been calendared in the Analecta Vaticano-Belgica, as Correspondance des nonces Gesualdo, Morra, Sanseverino avec la Secrétairerie d'Etat pontificale, 1615-1621, edited by L. Van Meerbeeck (Brussels, 1937).

External links and additional sources[edit]

  • Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Emperor (Germany)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Constantinople (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Patriarchal See of Constantinople (Turkey)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa
1613–1638
Succeeded by
Preceded by Papal nuncio to Flanders
1615–1617
Succeeded by
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor
1617–1621
Succeeded by
Preceded by Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
1618–1638
Succeeded by