Most Reverend

Giovanni Battista Nepita
Bishop of Massa Lubrense
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Massa Lubrense
In office1685–1701
PredecessorAndrea Massarenghi
SuccessorJacopo Maria Rossi
Orders
Ordination20 March 1649
Consecration14 January 1680
by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Personal details
Born1624
Vastro Villari, Italy
Died12 July 1701 (age 77)
Massa Lubrense, Italy
NationalityItalian
Previous post(s)Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (1680–1685)

Giovanni Battista Nepita (1624 – 12 July 1701) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Massa Lubrense (1685–1701) and Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia (1680–1685).[1]

Biography

Giovanni Battista Nepita was born in Vastro Villari, Italy, in 1624 and ordained a priest on 20 March 1649.[2] On 8 January 1680, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi e Bisaccia.[1][2] On 14 January 1680, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, with Domenico Gianuzzi, Titular Bishop of Dioclea in Phrygia, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 26 March 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Massa Lubrense.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Massa Lubrense until his death on 12 July 1701.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 85 and 259. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Giovanni Battista Nepita". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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