Giambattista Visconti Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giambattista Visconti
Bishop of Teramo
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1609–1638
Predecessor:Vincenzo Bugiatti da Montesanto
Successor:Girolamo Figini-Oddi
Consecration:29 March 1609
Consecrated By:Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Death Date:11 May 1638
Death Place:Teramo, Italy

Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. (died 11 May 1638) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Teramo (1609–1638).[1]

Biography

Giambattista Visconti was born in Milan, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 16 March 1609, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Teramo.On 29 March 1609, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Bishop of Imola, with Ottavio Belmosto, Bishop Emeritus of Aleria, and Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Teramo, until his death on 11 May 1638.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Dominico Giaconi, Bishop of Guardialfiera (1617); and Giovanni Michele de Varolis, Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante (1625).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 88. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Giambattista Visconti, O.S.A. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.