Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Gaetano | |
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1652–1670 |
Predecessor: | Karl Kaspar von Leyen-Hohengeroldseck |
Successor: | Lorenzo Gavotti |
Consecration: | 1 September 1652 |
Consecrated By: | Fabio Chigi |
Death Date: | 17 March 1670 |
Previous Post: | Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1652–1654) |
Francesco Gaetano or Francesco Caetani (died 1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1652–1670) and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1652–1654).[1]
On 12 August 1652, Francesco Gaetano was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus.[2] On 1 September 1652, he was consecrated bishop by Fabio Chigi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Carlo Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa, serving as co-consecrators. On 28 November 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain until his resignation in December 1654.He served as Titular Archbishop of Rhodus until his death on 17 March 1670.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Battista del Tinto, Archbishop of Trani (1666).