Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Cito | |
Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano |
Predecessor: | Antonio Molinari (bishop) |
Successor: | Domenico Antonio Gagliano |
Ordination: | 22 March 1671 |
Consecration: | 28 December 1698 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Matteo Petrucci |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1633 |
Death Date: | 15 October 1708 (age 75) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giovanni Cito (1633–1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1698–1708).
Giovanni Cito was born in Naples, Italy on 20 March 1633. He was ordained a deacon on 15 March 1671 and ordained a priest on 22 March 1671.On 22 December 1698, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano.On 28 December 1698, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Tommaso Guzzoni, Bishop of Sora, and Domenico Belisario de Bellis, Bishop of Molfetta, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death on 15 October 1708.