Giovanni Battista Costanzo Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovanni Battista Costanzo
Archbishop of Cosenza
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Cosenza
Term:1591–1617
Predecessor:Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta
Successor:Paolo Emilio Santori
Consecration:21 April 1591
Consecrated By:Giulio Antonio Santorio
Death Date:1617
Death Place:Cosenza, Italy

Giovanni Battista Costanzo (died 1617) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cosenza (1591–1617).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

On 5 April 1591, Giovanni Battista Costanzo was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Archbishop of Cosenza. On 21 April 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon and Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Tricarico serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Cosenza until his death in 1617. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Francesco Monaco, Bishop of Martirano (1592); and Decio Caracciolo Rosso, Archbishop of Bari (1606).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcostanz.html "Archbishop Giovanni Battista Costanzo"
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcobi.html "Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cose0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cosenza–Bisignano"