Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Rasponi | |
Bishop of Forlì | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Forlì |
Term: | 1689–1714 |
Predecessor: | Claudio Ciccolini |
Successor: | Tommaso Torelli |
Ordination: | 27 February 1689 |
Consecration: | 20 March 1689 |
Consecrated By: | Flavio Chigi (seniore) |
Birth Date: | 1646 |
Birth Place: | Ravenna, Italy |
Death Date: | 31 August 1714 (age 68) |
Giovanni Rasponi (1646–1714) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Forlì (1689–1714).[1]
Giovanni Rasponi was born in Ravenna, Italy and ordained a priest on 27 Feb 1689.[2] On 28 Feb 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Forlì.On 20 Mar 1689, he was consecrated bishop by Flavio Chigi (seniore), Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Muzio Dandini, Bishop of Senigallia, and Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Titular Bishop of Cyrene, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Forlì until his death on 31 Aug 1714.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Andrea Santacroce, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria (1690).