Agostino Gonzaga (died 1557) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria
The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova ( la, Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, southern Italy. It received its current title in 1986, when the independe ...
(1537–1557).
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Biography
On 11 April 1537, Agostino Gonzaga was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549.
He came to ...
as
Archbishop of Reggio Calabria
The Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova ( la, Archidioecesis Rheginensis-Bovensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria, southern Italy. It received its current title in 1986, when the independe ...
.
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He served as Archbishop of Reggio Calabria until his death in 1557.
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III
1557 deaths
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