Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) †

Deceased

Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Oct 1540		Born
26 Feb 1561	20.3	Elevated to Cardinal
10 Mar 1561	20.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Cecilia
14 Apr 1561	20.4	Appointed	Administrator of Conza, Italy
20 Dec 1561	21.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Oct 1563	23.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
1 Mar 1564	23.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
23 Apr 1564	23.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
17 Oct 1572	31.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca
19 Nov 1572⁶	32.0	Resigned	Archbishop of Conza, Italy
9 Jul 1578	37.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia
17 Aug 1579	38.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
5 Dec 1580	40.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente
4 Mar 1583	42.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
2 Dec 1587	47.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
22 Jan 1588	47.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
2 Mar 1589	48.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
20 Mar 1591	50.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
12 Feb 1596	55.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
14 Feb 1603	62.3	Died	Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Note(s): ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary for Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza)
(VIAF: 1184904; WikiData: Q1373399)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) (born 20 Oct 1540, died 14 Feb 1603) Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}

Consistory - 1561: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1565/1566: Participated
Conclave - 1572: Participated
Conclave - 1585: Participated
Conclave - September 1590: Participated
Conclave - October/December 1590: Participated
Conclave - 1591: Participated; Dean
Conclave - 1592: Participated; Dean

Event Place
Birth Place Calitri, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Death Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Current) S. Restituta, Church, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 41.1 years
a bishop for 38.8 years
a cardinal for 41.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Cardinal Pisani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Salvatore Caracciolo, C.R. † (1572)
Archbishop Marcantonio Pescara † (1574)
Archbishop Silvio de Sainte-Croix † (1574)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Filippo Cardinal Spinelli † (1592)
Bishop Marco Magnacervo, C.R. † (1593)
Bishop Vincenzo Giustiniani † (1593)
Bishop Basilio Pignatelli, C.R. † (1593)
Archbishop Annibale D’Afflitto † (1593)
Bishop Cesare Del Pezzo † (1593)
Bishop Benedetto Mandina, C.R. † (1594)
Archbishop Juan de Castro, O.S.B. † (1600)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Calitri, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Death Place	Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}
Buried Place (Current)	S. Restituta, Church, Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,629
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 255, and Page 175
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1564, Number 4
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Ascendance
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 47, Number 3,157
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 26 Jun 1561
op: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 67, Additions/Corrections (front)

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