Most Reverend

Giovanni Battista Capilupi
Bishop of Polignano
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Polignano
In office1694–1716
PredecessorIgnatius Fiumi
SuccessorPietro Antonio Pini
Orders
Ordination5 March 1678
Consecration19 September 1694
by Bandino Panciatici
Personal details
Born27 December 1653
Matera, Italy
Died3 May 1716 (age 62)
Polignano, Italy

Giovanni Battista Capilupi (27 December, 1643 – 3 May, 1716) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Polignano (1694–1716).[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Giovanni Battista Capilupi was born in Matera, Italy on 27 December 1653.[2] He was and ordained deacon on 21 March 1676 and ordained a priest on 5 March 1678.[2] On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Polignano.[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 Polignano until his death on 3 May 1716.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Dominico Tomati, Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1700).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 319. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Giovanni Battista Capilupi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Polignano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved May 1, 2016
  4. ↑ "Titular Episcopal See of Polignano" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved May 1, 2016
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