Gaspare Cenci

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Church Catholic Church Predecessor Alessandro Ruffino		In office 1574-1590 Successor Orazio Celsi
Consecration 12 March 1574by Giulio Antonio Santorio Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa

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.

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).

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