Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi
Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1645–1681
Predecessor:Roberto Strozzi
Successor:Pietro Pietra
Consecration:8 Oct 1645
Consecrated By:Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli
Birth Date:1605

Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi (1605–1681) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa (1645–1681).[1]

Biography

Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi was born in Florence, Italy in 1605.[2] On 18 Sep 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa.On 8 Oct 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa until his death in Jan 1681.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1652); and Giuseppe Boncore, Bishop of Lavello (1652).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 156. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Giovanni Battista Buonacorsi . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. October 31, 2018.