| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Giovanni Battista Pontano | |
| Bishop of Oppido Mamertina | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Oppido Mamertina |
| Predecessor: | Fabrizio Caracciolo Piscizi |
| Successor: | Paolo Diano-Parisi |
| Ordination: | 20 September 1608 |
| Consecration: | 25 January 1632 |
| Consecrated By: | Antonio Marcello Barberini |
| Death Date: | May 1662 |
| Death Place: | Oppido Mamertina, Italy |
Giovanni Battista Pontano or Giovanni Battista Montano (died 1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (1632–1662).[1]
Giovanni Battista Pontano was ordained a priest on 20 September 1608.[2] On 19 January 1632, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina.On 25 January 1632, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Marcello Barberini, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio, with Antonio Provana, Archbishop of Turin, and Giovanni Francesco Passionei, Bishop of Cagli, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Oppido Mamertina until his death in May 1662.