Francesco Gonzaga (bishop of Mantua)

Most Reverend Francesco Gonzaga
Bishop of Mantua
Church	Roman Catholic Church
In office	1593–1620
Predecessor	Alessandro Andreasi
Successor	Vincenzo Agnello Suardi
Orders
Consecration	15 November 1587 by Alessandro Andreasi
Personal details
Died	2 March 1620 Mantua, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Cefalù (1587–1593) Bishop of Pavia (1593)

Francesco Gonzaga OFM (died 2 March 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantua (1593–1620), Bishop of Pavia (1593), and Bishop of Cefalù (1587–1593).

Francesco Gonzaga was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.
On 26 October 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Cefalù. On 15 November 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Andreasi, Bishop of Mantova, with Jacopo Roveglio, Bishop of Feltre, and Matteo Brumani, Titular Bishop of Nicomedia, serving as co-consecrators.
On 29 January 1593, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Pavia.
On 30 April 1593, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Mantova. He served as Bishop of Mantova until his death on 2 March 1620. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Juan Corrionero, Bishop of Catania (1589); Carlo Bescapè, Bishop of Novara (1593); and François Martinengo, Bishop of Nice (1600).