Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Soriani | |
Bishop of Bisceglie | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Bisceglie |
Term: | 1576–1582 |
Predecessor: | Leonardo Bonaccorsi |
Successor: | Nicola Secadenari |
Consecration: | 2 September 1576 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Antonio Santorio |
Death Date: | 25 June 1582 |
Death Place: | Barletta, Italy |
Giovanni Battista Soriani, O. Carm. (died 25 June 1582) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bisceglie (1576–1582).
Giovanni Battista Soriani was ordained a priest in the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.[1] On 22 August 1576, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Bisceglie. On 2 September 1576, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Gaspare Viviani, Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia, and Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce, Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bisceglie until his death on 25 June 1582 in Barletta, Italy.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Paolo Bellardito, Bishop of Lipari (1580).