| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi | |
| Archbishop of Milan | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Milan |
| Term: | 1526–1550 |
| Predecessor: | Ippolito II d'Este |
| Successor: | Ippolito II d'Este |
| Consecration: | 22 May 1526 |
| Consecrated By: | Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1485 |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
| Death Date: | 6 April 1555 |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Novara (1550–1555) |
Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi (1485–1555) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1526–1550)[1] andArchbishop of Milan (1550–1555).[2]
Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi was born in Milan, Italy on 27 September 1485.[3] [4]
In 1508, he rediscovered books 1–6 of Tacitus' Annals at the Princely Abbey of Corvey.[5]
On 2 March 1526, Arcimboldi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Novara. On 22 May 1526, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, with Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Archbishop of Manfredonia, and Bernardo Ruggieri, Bishop of Sora, serving as co-consecrators.
On 19 March 1550, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Archbishop of Milan, in which capacity he served until his death on 6 April 1555.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of: