Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Riccanale | |
Bishop of Boiano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Boiano |
Term: | 1684–1685 |
Predecessor: | Antonio Graziani |
Successor: | Francesco Antonio Giannone |
Consecration: | 8 October 1684 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 1634 |
Birth Place: | Teramo, Italy |
Death Date: | March 1685 (age 51) |
Death Place: | Boiano, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giovanni Riccanale (1634 – March, 1685) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Boiano (1684–1685).[1] [2]
Giovanni Riccanale was born in Teramo, Italy in 1634. On 2 October 1684, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Boiano. On 8 October 1684, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, and Benedetto Bartolo, Bishop of Belcastro, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Boiano until his death in March 1685.