Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta | |
Bishop of Hvar | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Hvars |
Term: | 1693–1704 |
Predecessor: | Gerolamo Priuli |
Successor: | Raimondo Asperti |
Ordination: | 18 December 1655 |
Consecration: | 14 June 1693 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Barbarigo |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1632 |
Birth Place: | Brixien |
Death Date: | 14 April 1719 |
Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta, O.P. (8 September 1632 – 14 April 1719) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Hvar (1693–1704).[1]
Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta was born in Brixien on 8 September 1632 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers on 18 December 1655.On 8 June 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Hvar.On 14 June 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Barbarigo, Bishop of Corneto e Montefiascone, with Ercole Domenico Monanni, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.He served as Bishop of Hvar until his resignation on 1 April 1704. He died on 14 April 1719.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francesco Martinengo, Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (1711).