Vincenzo Agnello Suardi

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Vincenzo Agnello Suardi

| title = Bishop of Mantua

| image = Ritratto di Vincenzo Agnello Suardi.png

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| church = Catholic Church

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| term = 1616–1620

| predecessor = Francesco Gonzaga

| successor = Maffeo Vitale

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| consecration = 21 December 1616

| consecrated_by = Giovanni Garzia Mellini

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| birth_date = 1582

| birth_place = Mantua, Italy

| death_date = September 1644 (age 62)

| death_place = Mantua, Italy

| previous_post = Bishop of Alba (1616–1620)

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Vincenzo Agnello Suardi (1582 – September 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantua (1620–1644) and Bishop of Alba (1616–1620).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsuardiv.html "Bishop Vincenzo Agnello Suardi"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016. Wikipedia:SPS

Biography

Vincenzo Agnello Suardi was born in Mantua, Italy in 1582.

On 5 December 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Alba.

On 21 December 1616, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop Emeritus of Chieti, and Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Titular Archbishop of Damascus. serving as co-consecrators.

On 13 May 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Mantua; and succeeded on 2 March 1620.

He served as Bishop of Mantua until his death in September 1644.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ludovico Gonzaga (bishop), Bishop of Alba (1619); and Scipione Agnelli, Bishop of Casale Monferrato (1624).

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