Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Braschi | |
Titular Archbishop of Nisibis Bishop Emeritus of Sarsina | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1724–1736 |
Successor: | José de Bolaños Calzado |
Consecration: | 22 June 1699 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Matteo Petrucci |
Birth Date: | 1657 |
Birth Place: | Cesene, Papal States |
Death Date: | 24 November 1736 (age 79) |
Death Place: | Rome, Papal States |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Sarsina (1699–1724) |
Giovanni Battista Braschi or Giambattista Braschi (1657–1736) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis (1724–1736) and Bishop of Sarsina (1699–1724).[1]
Giovanni Battista Braschi was born in Cesene, Italy in 1657.[2] On 1 June 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Sarsina.On 22 June 1699, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Domenico Belisario de Bellis, Bishop of Molfetta, and Stefano Cupilli, Bishop of Trogir, serving as co-consecrators.On 14 May 1718, he resigned as Bishop of Sarsina.On 20 December 1724, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Benedict XIII as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis.He served as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis until his death on 24 November 1736 .