His Excellency Gaspare Gori-Mancini O.S.Io.Hieros.
Bishop of Malta
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Malta
Appointed	1 June 1722
In office	1722-1727
Predecessor	Joaquín Canaves
Successor	Paul Alpheran de Bussan
Orders
Ordination	25 March 1676
Consecration	7 June 1722 by Antonfelice Zondadari
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1653-04-01)1 April 1653 Rigomagno, Sinalunga, Italy
Died	16 July 1727(1727-07-16) (aged 74) Malta
Buried	St. John's Co-Cathedral
Nationality	Italian

Gaspare Gori-Mancini (April 1653 – 16 July 1727) was an Italian prelate who was appointed as Bishop of Malta in 1722.

Biography

Gori-Mancini was born in the spring of 1653 in Rigomagno in the Province of Siena Italy. In 1676 he was ordained priest of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. On 1 June 1722 Pope Innocent XIII appointed him as the successor of Bishop Joaquín Canaves as Bishop of Malta. He was consecrated on 7 June 1722 by Cardinal Antonfelice Zondadari.^[1] In 1723 Bishop Gori-Mancini, duly authorised by the Holy See, transferred the Seminary of the diocese from Mdina to Valletta. Gori-Mancini was bishop during the reign of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena. Bishop Gori-Mancini died after only five years as bishop on 16 July 1727 at the age of 74. He was buried in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. The tabernacle door and altar front with a medallion depicting the martyrdom of St. Catherine in the Chapel of Italy of the same Church were donated by him but later stolen by Napoleon.

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