| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Giovan Battista Foppa | |
| Archbishop of Benevento | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Benevento |
| Term: | 1643–1673 |
| Predecessor: | Vincenzo Maculani |
| Successor: | Giuseppe Bologna |
| Consecration: | 25 May 1643 |
| Consecrated By: | Vincenzo Maculani |
| Birth Date: | 1603 |
| Birth Place: | Bergamo, Italy |
| Death Date: | 16 Dec 1673 (age 70) |
Giovan Battista Foppa, C.R. (1603–1673) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1643–1673).[1] [2]
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.[3] 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.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: