Gasparo Cardinal Contarini †

Deceased

Bishop of Belluno, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede

Administrator of Salisbury, England

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Oct 1483		Born
21 May 1535	51.5	Elevated to Cardinal
31 May 1535	51.6	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro
15 Sep 1535	51.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aquiro
19 Sep 1535	51.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale
23 Oct 1536	53.0	Appointed	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
15 Jan 1537	53.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina
Jun 1537	53.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Feb 1538	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Belluno, Italy
23 Jul 1539	55.7	Appointed	Administrator of Salisbury, England, Great Britain
9 Nov 1539	56.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare
15 Feb 1542	58.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
24 Aug 1542	58.8	Died	Bishop of Belluno, Italy

MicroData Summary
Gasparo Contarini
Gasparo Cardinal Contarini
(born 16 Oct 1483, died 24 Aug 1542)
Bishop of Belluno

Consistory - 21 May 1535: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place Bologna, Diocese of Bologna
Buried Place (Original) S. Petronio, Bologna, Diocese of Bologna
Buried Place (Current) Family Tomb, S. Maria dell'Orto, Church, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}

a priest for 5.2 years
a bishop for 4.5 years
a cardinal for 7.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul III
(Alessandro Farnese †)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul III (1519)
(Alessandro Farnese †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}
Ordained Bishop	Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}
Death Place	Bologna, Diocese of Bologna
Buried Place (Original)	S. Petronio, Bologna, Diocese of Bologna
Buried Place (Current)	Family Tomb, S. Maria dell'Orto, Church, Venezia, Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/25794
VIAF: 5009389
WikiData: Q728931

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 21 May 1535
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 131, and Page 292
ob/c2: AT, 15 Dec 2016
b/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Number 19,112
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1538, Number 5

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