Federico Caccia
| Federico Caccia | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 13 April 1693 |
| Term ended | 14 January 1699 |
| Predecessor | Federico Visconti |
| Successor | Giuseppe Archinto |
| Other posts | Cardinal Priest of Santa Pudenziana |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 January 1693 (Bishop) by Galeazzo Marescotti |
| Created Cardinal | 12 December 1695 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 June 1635 Milan |
| Died | 14 January 1699 (aged 63) Milan |
| Buried | Cathedral of Milan |
| Coat of arms |  |
Federico Caccia (April 13, 1635 – January 14, 1699) was an Italian diplomat, Cardinal and Archbishop of Milan from 1693 to 1699.
Caccia was born on 10 June 1635 in Milano to a noble family from Novara. Orphaned early in childhood, he studied under the Jesuits in the College of Brera in Milan and later he was admitted at the Collegio Borromeo. He earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia and took up a career as lawyer in Milan.
In 1667 he moved to Rome where, as lawyer, he gained assignments in the Roman Curia. He was also rector for four years of the Archgimnasium of Rome. His works as lawyer is almost lost.
In view of more demanding services, he was appointed titular archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia on 2 January 1693 and consecrated bishop on 4 January 1693 by Cardinal Galeazzo Marescotti in Rome with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Titular Bishop of Cyrene, serving as co-consecrators. The day after he left from Rome as Nuncio to the Kingdom of Spain, where he succeeded to gain the confidence of Charles II.
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