Bishop Giovanni Battista Desio †

Deceased

Bishop of Venosa, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Apr 1628		Born
8 Apr 1651	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 May 1674	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
16 May 1674	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Venosa, Italy
Aug 1677³	49.2	Died	Bishop of Venosa, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Battista Desio
Bishop Giovanni Battista Desio
(born 28 Apr 1628, died Aug 1677)
Bishop of Venosa

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 26.3 years
a bishop for 3.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giulio Cardinal Spinola †
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giacomo de Angelis †
Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino
Bishop Pier Antonio Capobianco †
Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giulio Cardinal Spinola † (1658)
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri
Archbishop Girolamo Boncompagni † (1652)
Archbishop of Bologna
Niccolò Cardinal Albergati-Ludovisi † (1645)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Girolamo Cardinal Colonna † (1633)
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

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WikiData: Q41796424

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 410
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1674, Number 17

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