Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giuseppe Labonia | |
Bishop of Montemarano | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Montemarano |
Term: | 1670–1720 |
Predecessor: | Giuseppe Battaglia |
Successor: | Giovanni Crisostomo Verchio |
Ordination: | 24 September 1661 |
Consecration: | 23 November 1670 |
Consecrated By: | Marcello Santacroce |
Birth Date: | 6 November 1638 |
Death Date: | 30 March 1720 (age 81) |
Death Place: | Montemarano, Italy |
Giuseppe Labonia, O.A.D. (6 November 1638 – 30 March 1720) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Montemarano (1670–1720).[1]
Giuseppe Labonia was born in Rossano, Italy on 6 November 1638 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum on 24 September 1661.[2] On 17 November 1670, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Montemarano.On 23 November 1670, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Santacroce, Bishop of Tivoli, with Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Bishop Emeritus of Bitonto, and Ulisse Orsini, Bishop of Ripatransone, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Montemarano until his death on 30 March 1720.