About Giovanni Francesco Bembo
Lived 1659 – 1720 (aged 60). Giovanni Francesco Bembo was an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Gianfrancesco Bembo, C.R.S. or Giovanni Francesco Bembo (30 December 1659 – 21 July 1720) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Belluno (1694–1720).
Biography Gianfrancesco Bembo was born in Venice, Italy on 30 December 1659 and ordained a priest in the Clerks Regular of Somasca in 1678. On 1 March 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Belluno. 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. He served as Bishop of Belluno until his death on 21 July 1720.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marco Gradenigo, Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia and Titular Bishop of Titopolis (1701) .
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Italian catholic bishop (1659-1720)
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Giovanni Francesco Bembo was born on 31 December 1659 in Venice.
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Giovanni Francesco Bembo died on 21 July 1720 in Belluno.
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