Berardo Bongiovanni

Most Reverend Berardo Bongiovanni
Bishop of Camerino
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Camerino
In office	1537–1574
Predecessor	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis
Successor	Alfonso Binarini
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1560–1563)
Personal details
Died	12 September 1574 Camerino, Italy

Berardo Bongiovanni (died 1574) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Camerino (1537–1574) and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1560–1563).

Biography

On 5 March 1537, Berardo Bongiovanni was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Camerino. On 23 April 1560, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. He resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland on May 1563. He served as Bishop of Camerino until his death on 12 September 1574.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Giovanni Andrea Mercurio, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1545);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Antonio Bernardo de Mirandola, Bishop of Caserta (1552);
• Mario Carafa, Archbishop of Naples (1566); and
• Pietro Lunello, Bishop of Gaeta (1566).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Camerino–San Severino Marche". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Camerino–San Severino Marche (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to Poland". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature Poland". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}