About Giovan Battista Foppa
Lived 1603 – 1673 (aged 69–70). Giovan Battista Foppa was a catholic priest.
Giovan Battista Foppa, C.R. (1603–1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1643–1673).
Biography Giovan Battista Foppa was born in Bergamo, Italy in 1603 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence on 14 Sep 1622. On 18 May 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Benevento. On 25 May 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Vincenzo Maculani, Cardinal-Priest of San Clemente, with Giovanni Battista Altieri (seniore), Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Cesare Facchinetti, Bishop of Senigallia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 16 Dec 1673.
Episcopal succession While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
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Italian archbishop (1603-1673)
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Giovan Battista Foppa was born in 1603 in Rome.
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Giovan Battista Foppa died on 7 July 1673 in Rome.
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