Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Montoya de Cardona | |
Bishop of Gallipoli | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Gallipoli |
Term: | 1659–1667 |
Predecessor: | Andrea Massa |
Successor: | Antonio del Buffalo |
Consecration: | 15 June 1659 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Maria Brancaccio |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 9 March 1667 |
Death Place: | Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy |
Giovanni Montoya de Cardona or Giovanni Montoja de Cardona (died 1667) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gallipoli (1659–1667).[1]
Giovanni Montoya de Cardona was born in Naples, Italy.[2] On 4 December 1658, he was selected as Bishop of Gallipoli and confirmed by Pope Alexander VII on 9 June 1659.On 15 June 1659, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Stefano Quaranta, Archbishop of Amalfi, and Persio Caracci, Bishop Emeritus of Larino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Gallipoli until his death on 9 March 1667.