Gaspare Paluzzi degli Albertoni
# Gaspare Paluzzi degli Albertoni

Gaspare Paluzzi degli Albertoni (1566–1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (1601–1614) and Apostolic Collector to Portugal (1609–1614).

## Biography

Gaspare Paluzzi degli Albertoni was born in Rome in 1566. On 4 April 1601, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia. On 31 January 1609, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Apostolic Collector to Portugal. He served as Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia until his death in 1614.

## Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

* Rui Pires da Veiga, Bishop of Elvas (1613);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

* Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Titular Archbishop of Colossae (1605); and
* Paolo Emilio Sammarco, Bishop of Umbriatico (1609).
