Diodato Gentile
Diodato Gentile, O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caserta and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples.Biography
Diodato Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy 1555 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.
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 ; and Giorgio Lazzari, Bishop of Minori.
