Federico Gonzaga (cardinal)

Federico Gonzaga, Cardinal of Monferrato (1540 – 21 February 1565) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.

[1] He was the posthumous son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

[1] Pope Pius IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 6 January 1563.

[1] He received the red hat and the titular church of Santa Maria Nova (a deaconry raised pro illa vice to the status of title) on 4 March 1563.

[1] On 4 June 1563 he became administrator of the Diocese of Mantua, with dispensation for not having reached the canonical age.