Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Carrone | |
Bishop of Strongoli | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Strongoli |
Term: | 1692–1706 |
Predecessor: | Antonio Maria Camalda |
Successor: | Tommaso Olivieri |
Consecration: | 13 Jan 1692 |
Consecrated By: | Galeazzo Marescotti |
Birth Date: | 11 Dec 1641 |
Birth Place: | San Guido d'Ostuni, Italy |
Death Date: | Apr 1706 (age 76) |
Giovanni Battista Carrone (1641–1706) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Strongoli (1692–1706).[1]
Giovanni Battista Carrone was born on 11 December 1641 in San Guido d'Ostuni, Italy.[2] On 19 Dec 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Strongoli.On 13 Jan 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Giuseppe Bologna, Archbishop of Capua, and Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Titular Bishop of Cyrene, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Strongoli until his death in Apr 1706.