Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giambattista Morea | |
Bishop of Lacedonia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lacedonia |
Term: | 1684–1711 |
Predecessor: | Benedetto Bartolo |
Successor: | Gennaro Scalea |
Consecration: | 8 October 1684 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1640 |
Birth Place: | Bitonto, Italy |
Death Date: | 11 December 1711 (age 71) |
Death Place: | Lacedonia, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giambattista Morea (22 September 1640 – 11 December 1711) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lacedonia (1684–1711).[1]
Giambattista Morea was born in Bitonto, Italy on 22 September 1640.[2] On 2 October 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Lacedonia. On 8 October 1684, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Benedetto Bartolo, Bishop of Belcastro, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lacedonia until his death on 11 December 1711.