| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
| Giovanni Giorgio Linati | |
| Bishop of Piacenza | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Piacenza |
| Term: | 1619–1627 |
| Predecessor: | Claudio Rangoni |
| Successor: | Alessandro Scappi |
| Consecration: | 13 December 1606 |
| Consecrated By: | Carlo Conti |
| Birth Date: | 1562 |
| Birth Place: | Parma, Italy |
| Death Date: | 3 April 1627 (age 65) |
| Death Place: | Piacenza, Italy |
| Previous Post: | Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1606–1619) |
Giovanni Linati (1562–1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Piacenza (1619–1627) and Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1606–1619).[1] [2]
Giovanni Linati was born in Parma, Italy in 1562.On 4 December 1606, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Borgo San Donnino and was installed on 24 December 1606.On 13 December 1606, he was consecrated bishop by Carlo Conti, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, with Galeazzo Sanvitale, Archbishop Emeritus of Bari-Canosa, and Claudio Rangoni, Bishop of Piacenza, serving as co-consecrators. On 9 October 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Piacenza.He served as Bishop of Piacenza until his death on 3 April 1627.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pompeo Cornazzano, Bishop of Parma (1615).