Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Gambacorta | |
Bishop of Marsico Nuovo | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Marsico Nuovo |
Term: | 1676–1683 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Battista Falvo |
Successor: | Francesco Antonio Leopardi |
Consecration: | 26 April 1676 |
Consecrated By: | Camillo Massimi |
Birth Date: | 1613 |
Birth Place: | Limatola, Italy |
Death Date: | 25 May 1683 (age 70) |
Death Place: | Marsico Nuovo, Italy |
Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R. (1613 – 25 May 1683) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1676–1683).[1]
Giovanni Gambacorta was born in Limatola, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2]
On 23 March 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Marsico Nuovo.On 26 April 1676, he was consecrated bishop by Camillo Massimi, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio, and Egidio Colonna (patriarch), Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Angelo della Noca, Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Marsico Nuovo until his death on 25 May 1683.