Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Reggio Emilia)

Claudio Rangoni
Most Reverend; Claudio Rangoni
	Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1592–1606
Predecessor	Giulio Masetti (bishop)
Successor	Alessandro d'Este
Orders
Consecration	10 January 1593; by Girolamo Bernerio
Personal details
Born	26 September 1559; Modena, Italy
Died	2 September 1621 (age 61); Reggio Emilia, Italy
Previous post	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1598-1606)

Claudio Rangoni (26 September 1559 – 2 September 1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1592–1606)[1][2] and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1598–1606).

Biography

Claudio Rangoni was born in Modena, Italy on 26 September 1559.[3] On 16 December 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.[1][2][3] On 10 January 1593, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Giovanni Domenico Marcot, Archbishop of Split, and Feliciano Ninguarda, Bishop of Como, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 20 October 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland.[3] He served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland until his resignation on 16 September 1606.[1][2][3] He died on 2 September 1621.[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[3]

Wawrzyniec Gembicki, Bishop of Chelmno (1601);
Jerzy Zamoyski, Bishop of Chełm (1601);
Simon Rudnicki, Bishop of Warmia (1605);

and the principal co-consecrator of:[3]

Antonio Seneca, Bishop of Anagni (1607).

References

Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 284. (in Latin)
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 294. (in Latin)
Cheney, David M. "Bishop Claudio Rangoni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Poland". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature Poland". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Alberto Bolognetti	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland 1598–1606	Succeeded by Francesco Simonetta
Preceded by Giulio Masetti (bishop)	Bishop of Reggio Emilia 1592–1606	Succeeded by Alessandro d'Este

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[HierarchiaIII-ReggioEmilia-1] Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 284. (in Latin)

[HierarchiaIV-ReggioEmilia-2] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 294. (in Latin)

[CathHierClaudRang-3] Cheney, David M. "Bishop Claudio Rangoni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}