{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate (died 1643)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = Most Reverend | name = Clemente Gera | title = Bishop of Lodi | other_names = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = Diocese of Lodi | see = | term = 1625–1643 | predecessor = Michelangelo Seghizzi | successor = Pietro Vidoni <!-- Orders --> | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = 30 November 1613 | consecrated_by = Paolo Emilio Sfondrati | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 23 November 1643 | death_place = Lodi, Italy | previous_post = Bishop of Terni (1613–1625) | nationality = | religion = | ethnicity = }}
'''Clemente Gera''' (died 23 November 1643) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lodi (1625–1643)<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Lodi>{{cite book|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/216/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=216|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} ''(in Latin)''</ref> and Bishop of Terni (1613–1625).<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Terni>{{cite book|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/210/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=210|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} ''(in Latin)''</ref>
==Biography== On 13 November 1613, Clemente Gera was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Terni.<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Terni /><ref name=CathHierCleGer>{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Clemente Gera |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgerac.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref><ref name=GCathCleGer>{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Clemente Gera |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lodi0.htm#34039 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref> On 30 November 1613, he was consecrated bishop by Paolo Emilio Sfondrati, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, and Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia, Bishop Emeritus of Castro del Lazio, serving as co-consecrators.<ref name=CathHierCleGer /> On 21 May 1625, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Lodi.<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Lodi /><ref name=CathHierCleGer /> He served as Bishop of Lodi until his death on 23 November 1643.<ref name=HierarchiaIV-Lodi /><ref name=CathHierCleGer />
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==External links and additional sources== *{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtena.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia (Italy) |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tern0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Lodi |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlodi.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] *{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Lodi (Italy) |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lodi0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Terni | years = 1613–1625 | before = Ludovico Riva | after = Cosimo Mannucci}} {{succession box | title = Bishop of Lodi | years = 1625–1643 | before = Michelangelo Seghizzi | after = Pietro Vidoni}} {{s-end}}
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