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Alfonso Gonzaga

Most Reverend
Alfonso Gonzaga
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Church Catholic Church
Predecessor Ascanio I Piccolomini
Successor Karl Kaspar von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck
Orders
Consecration 18 April 1621
by Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini
Personal details
Born 1588
Novellara, Italy
Died 1649 (age 60)
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nationality Italian

Alfonso Gonzaga (died 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1621-1649).

Alfonso Gonzaga was born in Novellara, Italy in 1588. On 17 March 1621, Alfonso Gonzaga was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus. On 18 April 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Bonifazio Bevilacqua Aldobrandini, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere. He served as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus until his death in 1649 in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

and the principal co-consecrator of:


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