Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Reggio Emilia)

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The Most Reverend

Claudio Rangoni
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1592–1606
PredecessorGiulio Masetti (bishop)
SuccessorAlessandro d'Este
Previous post(s)Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1598-1606)
Orders
Consecration10 January 1593
by Girolamo Bernerio
Personal details
Born26 September 1559
Modena, Italy
Died2 September 1621 (age 61)
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Claudio Rangoni (26 September 1559 – 2 September 1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1592–1606)[1][2] and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1598–1606).

Biography

Claudio Rangoni was born in Modena, Italy on 26 September 1559.[3] On 16 December 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.[1][2][3] On 10 January 1593, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Giovanni Domenico Marcot, Archbishop of Split, and Feliciano Ninguarda, Bishop of Como, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 20 October 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland.[3] He served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland until his resignation on 16 September 1606.[1][2][3] He died on 2 September 1621.[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3]

and the principal co-consecrator of:[3]

Notes

Through Wawrzyniec Gembicki, he is credited as the progenitor of a cadet branch within the Rebiba episcopal line, which is also the episcopal genealogy of Pope Pius XI.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 284. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 294. (in Latin)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Cheney, David M. "Bishop Claudio Rangoni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
1598–1606 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Reggio Emilia
1592–1606 		Succeeded by


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