Giovanni Battista Santorio

Most Reverend Giovanni Battista Santorio
Bishop of Tricarico
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1586-1592
Predecessor	Nunzio Antonio de Capriolis
Successor	Ottavio Mirto Frangipani
Orders
Consecration	13 Dec 1568 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	29 Feb 1592 Tricarico, Italy
Previous post	Bishop of Alife (1568-1586)

Giovanni Battista Santorio (died 29 Feb 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1586-1592) and Bishop of Alife (1586-1592).^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Biography

On 19 Nov 1568, Giovanni Battista Santorio was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Alife.^[1] On 13 Dec 1568, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Archbishop of Santa Severina, with Felice Peretti Montalto, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, and Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On 8 Jan 1586, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Tricarico.^[1] He served as Bishop of Tricarico until his death on 29 Feb 1592.^[1]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Gaspare Cenci, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1574); Dermot O'Cleary, Bishop of Mayo (1574); Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino (1579); Domenico Petrucci, Bishop of Strongoli (1582); Nicola Stridoni, Bishop of Mylopotamos (1582); Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon (1582); Ignazio Danti, Bishop of Alatri (1583); Antonio Fera, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1584); Marco Pedacca, Bishop of Lacedonia (1584); Basilio Gradi, Bishop of Ston (1584); Marco Antonio Mocenigo, Bishop of Ceneda (1586); and Giovanni Battista Costanzo, Archbishop of Cosenza (1591).^[1]

References

1. "Bishop Giovanni Battista Santorio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
3. "Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 29, 2016
4. "Diocese of Tricarico" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
5. "Diocese of Tricarico GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 29, 2016