Bishop Giovanni Antonio Volpi †

Deceased

Bishop of Como, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Dec 1513		Born
17 Apr 1559	45.2	Appointed	Bishop of Como, Italy
16 Jul 1559	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Como, Italy
25 Mar 1560	46.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
Jul 1579³	65.5	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
30 Aug 1588	74.6	Died	Bishop of Como, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Antonio Volpi
Bishop Giovanni Antonio Volpi
(born 30 Dec 1513, died 30 Aug 1588)
Bishop of Como

Event Place
Birth Place Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop San Giacomo, Church, Como, Diocese of Como

a bishop for 29.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giulio Giovio †
Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jerónimo Teodoli †
Bishop of Cádiz
Bishop Melchiorre Crivelli (Cribelli), O.P. †
Titular Bishop of Thagaste

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giulio Giovio † (1553)
Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani
Bishop Giovanni Giacomo (Jean Jacques) Barba, O.S.A. † (1546)
Bishop of Teramo
Bishop Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella † (1543)
Bishop of Castro [del Lazio]
Archbishop Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. † (1535)
Archbishop of Amalfi
Archbishop Martin de Portugal † (1533)
Archbishop of Funchal
Girolamo Cardinal Grimaldi †
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alessandro Molo (Mollo) † (1563)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Como, Diocese of Como
Ordained Bishop	San Giacomo, Church, Como, Diocese of Como

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/273703
Vatican Library: 495/50802
VIAF: 3643312
WikiData: Q35222214

Source(s):

ob/c2+: CB, 1 Dec 2012
nunc: Les Nonciatures Apostoliques Permanentes (Biaudet), Page 292
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1559, Number 6
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 60, Number 4,446

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