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(1579–1605), Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia (1571–1579), and Bishop of Sitia (1556–1571)."Bishop Gaspare Viviani"
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Biography

On 17 July 1556, Gaspare Viviani was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Paul IV Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, C.R. ( la, Paulus IV; it, Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death in August 1559. While serving as pap ...

as Bishop of Sitia. On 16 July 1571, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius V Pope Pius V ( it, Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1566 to his death in May 1572. He is v ...

as Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia. On 3 August 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Gregory XIII Pope Gregory XIII ( la, Gregorius XIII; it, Gregorio XIII; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585), born Ugo Boncompagni, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for ...

. He served as Bishop of Anagni until his death on 25 January 1605.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: *

Giovanni Battista Soriani Giovanni Battista Soriani, O. Carm. (died 25 June 1582) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bisceglie (1576–1582). Biography Giovanni Battista Soriani was ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Ca ...

Bishop of Bisceglie The Diocese of Bisceglie (Latin: ''Dioecesis Vigiliensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Bisceglie on the Adriatic Sea in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia in southern Italy. It is five miles south of Trani. In 1 ...

(1576); *

Giovanni Battista Ansaldo Giovanni Battista Ansaldo (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia (1576–1578).Bishop of Cariati e Cerenzia The Italian Catholic diocese of Cariati, in Calabria, existed until 1979. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati. The diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Santa Severina, and then of the archdiocese of Reggio Ca ...

(1576); *

Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli (died 1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1576–1590). Biography On 19 September 1576, Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as ...

Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Latin Catholic diocese located in the commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was merged into the Diocese of Castellamm ...

(1576); *

Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet Miguel Thomàs de Taxaquet (also Miguel Tomás de Taxaquet) (1529 – 9 July 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lérida (1577–1578).Bishop of Lérida The Diocese of Lleida, known as the Diocese of Lerida in English, (Latin, ''Ilerdensis'') is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical p ...

(1577); and *

Mario Bolognini Mario Bolognini (died 25 February 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Salerno (1591–1605), Bishop of Crotone, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Crotone (1588–1591), and Archbishop of Lanciano (1579–1588). ...

Archbishop of Lanciano The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona ( la, Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis) has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto. The historical Diocese of Lanciano was created in 151 ...

(1579).

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