Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Ferrero | |
Archbishop of Turin | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Turin |
Term: | 1626–1627 |
Predecessor: | Philibert François Milliet de Faverges |
Successor: | Antonio Provana |
Birth Date: | 1576 |
Birth Place: | Pinerolo, Italy |
Death Date: | 10 July 1627 (age 51) |
Giovanni Battista Ferrero, O.P. (1576–1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Turin (1626–1627).[1]
Giovanni Battista Ferrero was born in Pinerolo, Italy in 1576 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 7 September 1626, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Turin.He served as Archbishop of Turin until his death on 10 July 1627.