Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Paggi | |
Bishop of Brugnato | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Brugnato |
Term: | 1655–1663 |
Predecessor: | Giantommaso Gastaldi |
Successor: | Giambattista Dadece |
Consecration: | 20 June 1655 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti |
Cardinal: | ≤ |
Birth Date: | 1615 |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Death Date: | 8 February 1663 (age 48) |
Death Place: | Brugnato, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giovanni Battista Paggi, B. (1615 – 8 February 1663) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Brugnato (1655–1663).[1]
Giovanni Battista Paggi was born in Genoa, Italy in 1615 and ordained a priest in the Barnabite Order.[2] On 14 June 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Brugnato. On 20 June 1655, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Francesco Antonio Sacchetti, Bishop of Troia, and Giacinto Cordella, Bishop of Venafro, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Brugnato until his death on 8 February 1663.