Giovan Battista Foppa

Giovan Battista Foppa
Most Reverend; Giovan Battista Foppa
	Archbishop of Benevento
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Benevento
In office	1643–1673
Predecessor	Vincenzo Maculani
Successor	Giuseppe Bologna
Orders
Consecration	25 May 1643; by Vincenzo Maculani
Personal details
Born	1603; Bergamo, Italy
Died	16 Dec 1673 (age 70)

Giovan Battista Foppa, C.R. (1603–1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1643–1673).[1][2]

Biography

Giovan Battista Foppa was born in Bergamo, Italy in 1603 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence on 14 Sep 1622.[3] On 18 May 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Benevento.[1][2][3] On 25 May 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Vincenzo Maculani, Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente, with Giovanni Battista Altieri (seniore), Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Cesare Facchinetti, Bishop of Senigallia, serving as co-consecrators.[3] He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 16 Dec 1673.[1][2][3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[3]

Antonio Marullo, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1643)
Franciscus Perrone, Bishop of Caiazzo (1648)
Francesco Antonio Roberti, Bishop of Alessano (1648)
Pirro Luigi Castellomata, Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (1648)
Fabrizio Campana, Archbishop of Conza (1651)
Theodorus Skuminowicz, Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1652)
Filippo Jacobio, Bishop of Policastro (1652)
Martino Denti de' Cipriani, Bishop of Strongoli (1652)
Federico Borromeo (iuniore), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1654)

References

Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 113. (in Latin)
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 118. (in Latin)
Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Giovan Battista Foppa, C.O." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Benevento (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Vincenzo Maculani	Archbishop of Benevento 1643–1673	Succeeded by Giuseppe Bologna

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[HierarchiaIV-Benevento-1] Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 113. (in Latin)

[HierarchiaV-Benevento-2] Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 118. (in Latin)

[CathHierGioBatFop-3] Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Giovan Battista Foppa, C.O." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}