Giovan Battista Serbelloni Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovan Battista Serbelloni
Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio
Term:1561–1579
Predecessor:Mark Sittich von Hohenems
Successor:Tiberio Carafa
Consecration:6 Apr 1567
Consecrated By:Thomas Goldwell

Giovan Battista Serbelloni was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1561–1579).[1] [2]

Biography

On 17 Dec 1561, Giovan Battista Serbelloni was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio. On 6 Apr 1567, he was consecrated bishop by Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of Saint Asaph, with Ippolito Capilupo, Bishop Emeritus of Fano, and Ventura Buralini, Bishop of Massa Marittima, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio until his resignation in 1579.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Giuliano de' Medici (bishop), Bishop of Béziers (1567).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 156. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bserbgb.html "Bishop Giovan Battista Serbelloni"