Giovanni Battista Gentile

Most Reverend
Giovanni Battista Gentile
Bishop of Ajaccio
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Ajaccio
In office 1694–1695
Predecessor Giovanni Paolo Inurea
Successor François Marie Sacco
Orders
Consecration 19 September 1694
by Bandino Panciatici
Personal details
Born 1658
Genoa, Italy
Died 2 September 1695 (age 37)
Ajaccio, France

Giovanni Battista Gentile, O.S.B. (1658–1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ajaccio (1694–1695).[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Giovanni Battista Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy in 1658 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[2] On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Ajaccio.[1][2] On 19 September 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Bishop of Como, and Pierre Lambert Ledrou, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Ajaccio until his death on 2 September 1695.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 68. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bishop Giovanni Battista Gentile, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Ajaccio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. ↑ "Diocese of Ajaccio" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giovanni Paolo Inurea		 Bishop of Ajaccio
1694–1695		 Succeeded by
François Marie Sacco
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