Giacinto Gaggia

Most Reverend
Giacinto Gaggia
Bishop of Brescia
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Brescia
Installed 28 October 1913
Term ended 15 April 1933
Predecessor Giacomo Corna-Pellegrini
Successor Giacinto Tredici
Other posts
  • Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis in Rhodope
Orders
Ordination 1870
Consecration 3 May 1909
by Francesco di Paolo Satolli
Personal details
Birth name Giacinto Gaggia
Born 8 October 1847
Verolanuova, Brescia, Lombardy
Died 15 April 1933(1933-04-15) (aged 85)
Brescia, Italy
Previous post
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (1909-1913)
  • Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum (1909-1913)
Styles of
Giacinto Gaggia
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Archbishop

Giacinto Gaggia (8 October 1847 - 15 April 1933) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who served as the Bishop of Brescia. Ordained in Bergamo in 1870, he was consecrated in 1909 and made an archbishop the year after. He ordained Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI, to the priesthood in 1920.

Gaggia died in 1933 at the age of 85.

References

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgaggia.html Catholic-Hierarchy.org Profile


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