| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Diodato Gentile | |
| Bishop of Caserta Apostolic Nuncio to Naples | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Caserta |
| Term: | 1604–1616 |
| Predecessor: | Benedetto Mandina |
| Successor: | Antonio Díaz (bishop) |
| Consecration: | 1 August 1604 |
| Consecrated By: | Domenico Pinelli |
| Birth Date: | 1555 |
| Birth Place: | Genoa, Italy |
| Death Date: | April 1616 (age 61) |
| Death Place: | Caserta, Italy |
| Previous Post: | Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1611–1616) |
Diodato Gentile, O.P. (1555–1616) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caserta (1604–1616) and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1611–1616).[1]
Diodato Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy 1555 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 9 July 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Caserta.On 1 August 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Domenico Pinelli, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Giuseppe Ferrerio, Archbishop of Urbino, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators.On 6 March 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples.He served as Bishop of Caserta and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples until his death in April 1616.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Martius Andreucci, Bishop of Trogir (1604); and Giorgio Lazzari, Bishop of Minori (1604).