Gaspare Visconti
| Gaspare Visconti | |
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| Archbishop of Milan | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Milan |
| Appointed | 28 November 1584 |
| Term ended | 12 January 1595 |
| Predecessor | Charles Borromeo |
| Successor | Federico Borromeo |
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| Consecration | 13 December 1584 by Tolomeo Gallio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1538 |
| Died | 12 January 1595 |
| Previous post | bishop of Novara |
Gaspare Visconti (1538 – 12 January, 1595) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1584 to 1595.
Born in 1538 to the noble family of Visconti, Gaspare Visconti earned a doctorate in utroque iure at the University of Pavia, where he became a professor of Law. Entered in the ecclesiastic career, he moved to Rome where he was appointed auditor (judge) of the Roman Rota. In 1580 Pope Gregory XIII appointed Visconti as own legate to investigate and to settle a dispute in the Order of Malta about the contested deposition of the Grand Master Jean de la Cassière. Returned in Italy from Malta in 1583, on 4 November 1584 Visconti was appointed bishop of Novara, as advised by Saint Charles Borromeo to the pope.
The Archbishop of Milan Charles Borromeo died during the night of 3/4 November 1584, and the following 28 November the pope transferred Gaspare Visconti from the diocese of Novara, where he was not jet entered, to Milan. He was consecrated bishop on 13 December 1584 by Cardinal Tolomeo Gallio. He made his formal entrance in Milan on 22 July 1585.
During his tenure as archbishop many religious institutes opened their convents in the archdiocese, such as the Camaldoleses in 1590 and the Camillians in 1594. In 1594 he published the new edition of Ambrosian Missal which preparation was started under Charles Borromeo.
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