Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Reggio Emilia)
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Biography
Claudio Rangoni (26 Sep 1559-2 Sep 1621) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1592-1606) and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1598-1606).
Biography
Claudio Rangoni was born in Modena, Italy on 26 Sep 1559. On 16 Dec 1592, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Reggio Emilia. On 10 Jan 1593, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Giovanni Domenico Marcot, Archbishop of Split, and Feliciano Ninguarda, Bishop of Como, serving as co-consecrators. On 20 Oct 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. He served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland until his resignation on 16 Sep 1606. He died on 2 Sep 1621.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Wawrzyniec Gembicki, Bishop of Chelmno (1601),
- Jerzy Zamoyski, Bishop of Chełm (1601), and
- Simon Rudnicki, Bishop of Warmia (1605).