Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Melzi †

Deceased

Archbishop of Capua

Events

Date	Event	Title
27 Feb 1661	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Mar 1661	Appointed	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
20 Mar 1661	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
6 Apr 1687³	Died	Archbishop of Capua, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

a priest for 26.1 years
a bishop for 26.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
- Pope Giulio Rospigliosi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
- Bishop Giovanni Agostino Marliani †
- Archbishop Carlo de’ Vecchi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Antonio Melzi † (1661)
Pope Giulio Rospigliosi † (1644)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Sacres Episcopaux a Rome de 1565 a 1662, Page 123, Number 749
Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 4, Page 134

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