Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Granafei | |
Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa) | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) |
Term: | 1666–1683 |
Predecessor: | Diego Sersale |
Successor: | Tommaso Marie Ruffo |
Consecration: | 22 June 1653 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Franciotti |
Birth Date: | 1605 |
Birth Place: | Brindisi, Italy |
Death Date: | 18 March 1683 (aged 77–78) |
Death Place: | Bari, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Alessano (1653–1666) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giovanni Granafei (1605 – 18 March 1683) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) (1666–1683) and Bishop of Alessano (1653–1666).[1] [2]
Giovanni Granafei was born in Brindisi, Italy in 1605. On 9 June 1653, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Alessano. On 22 June 1653, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Giambattista Spada, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. On 11 October 1666, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa). He served as Bishop of Bari (-Canosa) until his death on 18 March 1683. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Annibale Sillano, Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1653).