Gaspare Cenci

The Most Reverend Gaspare Cenci
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Melfi e Rapolla
In office	1574–1590
Predecessor	Alessandro Ruffino
Successor	Orazio Celsi
Orders
Consecration	12 March 1574 by Giulio Antonio Santorio

Gaspare Cenci was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1574–1590).

Biography

On 8 January 1574, Gaspare Cenci was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla. On 12 Mar 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, and Giuseppe Pamphilj, Bishop of Segni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his resignation in 1590.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Gaspare Cenci

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

• Giovanni Battista Castrucci, Archbishop of Chieti (1585);
• Gian Francesco Biandrate di San Giorgio Aldobrandini, Bishop of Acqui (1585);
• Marcantonio Bizzoni, Bishop of Foligno (1586); and
• Lorenzo Celsi (bishop), Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1591).

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}