Gianfrancesco Bembo (bishop)

Gianfrancesco Bembo was born in Venice, Italy on 30 December 1659 and ordained a priest in the Clerks Regular of Somasca in 1678.^[2] On 1 March 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Belluno.^[1][2] On 7 March 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, with Odoardo Cibo, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, and Petrus Draghi Bartoli, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Belluno until his death on 21 July 1720.^[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marco Gradenigo, Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia and Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1701) .^[2]

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Belluno-Feltre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Belluno-Feltre (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

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