Giacomo Filippo Fransoni

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His Eminence, the Most Rev. Lord Giacomo Filippo Fransoni
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Kardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni
Appointed	27 September 1822
Term ended	20 April 1856
Predecessor	Michele Belli
Successor	Giacomo Luigi Brignole
Other post(s)	Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (1834–1856)
Orders
Ordination	14 March 1807
Consecration	8 December 1822 by Pietro Francesco Galeffi
Created cardinal	2 October 1826 by Pope Leo XII
Rank	Cardinal Priest
Personal details
Born	(1775-12-10)10 December 1775 Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died	20 April 1856(1856-04-20) (aged 80) Rome, Papal States
Nationality	Genovese (1775–1797); Ligurian (1797–1805); French (1805–1814); Sardinian (1815–1856)
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal (1823–1834) Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (1826–1855)

Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (10 December 1775 – 20 April 1856) was an Italian prelate and cardinal who served from 1834 to 1856 as prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. He was the cardinal priest of the Church of San Lorenzo in Lucina at the time of his death.^[1]