Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giuseppe di Giacomo | |
Bishop of Bovino | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Bovino |
Term: | 1673–1684 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Antonio Curzio |
Successor: | Angelo Cerasi |
Ordination: | 30 September 1657 |
Consecration: | 12 March 1673 |
Consecrated By: | Gasparo Carpegna |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1632 |
Birth Place: | Messina, Italy |
Death Date: | 21 March 1684 (age 51) |
Death Place: | Bovino, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giuseppe di Giacomo (3 November, 1632 – 21 March, 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bovino (1673–1684).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Giuseppe di Giacomo was born in Messina, Italy on 3 November 1632 and ordained a priest on 30 September 1657. On 27 February 1673, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Bovino. On 12 March 1673, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and Hyacinthe Libelli, Archbishop of Avignon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bovino until his death on 21 March 1684.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: