Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista De Pace | |
Bishop of Capaccio | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Capaccio |
Term: | 1684–1698 |
Predecessor: | Andrea Bonito |
Successor: | Vincenzo Corcione |
Consecration: | 11 Jun 1684 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1627 |
Death Date: | 20 November 1698 (age 71) |
Death Place: | Capaccio, Italy |
Giovanni Battista De Pace, C.O. (5 June 1627 – 20 November 1698) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Capaccio (1684–1698).[1] [2]
Giovanni Battista De Pace was born in Naples, Italy on 5 June 1627 and ordained a priest in the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. On 5 June 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Capaccio. On 11 June 1684, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Francesco Maria Giannotti, Bishop of Segni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Capaccio until his death on 20 November 1698.