Carlo Gaetano Stampa
| Carlo Gaetano Stampa | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 6 May 1737 |
| Term ended | 23 December 1742 |
| Predecessor | Benedetto Erba Odescalchi |
| Successor | Giuseppe Pozzobonelli |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of Santi Bonifacio e Alessio |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 31 Oct 1717 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 23 Jan 1718 (Bishop) by Ferdinando d'Adda |
| Created Cardinal | 23 February 1739 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 November 1667 Milan |
| Died | 23 December 1742 (aged 75) Milan |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
| Coat of arms |  |
Carlo III Gaetano Stampa (1667–1742) was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1737 to 1742.
Carlo Gaetano Stampa was born on 1 November 1667 in Milan to count Cristierno Stampa and to Giustina of the House of Borromeo. Carlo Gaetano entered in the clerical state in his youth, he studied in Rome at the Pontifical Roman Seminary and on 10 July 1698 he earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia. He took up a career as lawyer in Milan. In 1703 he moved to Rome where he entered in the administration of the Papal States: in 1705 he became referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature, on 10 December 1706 he was appointed Vice-legate of Romagna, a position he kept until 1709. Later he was governor of Spoleto and from 1714 to 1717 he was governor of Ancona, where he won a victory over the pirates. In 1716 he was appointed Inquisitor in Malta, but he never moved to such island.
Carlo Gaetano was ordained priest on 31 October 1717 and he was appointed Titular archbishop of Chalcedon on 6 December 1717, being consecrated bishop on 23 Jan 1718 by Cardinal Ferdinando d'Adda in Rome. From 1718 to 1720 he served as Apostolic Nuncio to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and from 1720 to 1735 he served in the delicate position of Nuncio to the Republic of Venice. In 1735 he returned to Rome because on 12 December 1734 Pope Clement XII had appointed him Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.
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