Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Gian Giacomo Cristoforo | |
Bishop of Lacedonia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lacedonia |
Term: | 1649 |
Predecessor: | Ferdinando Bruno |
Successor: | Ambrosio Viola |
Consecration: | 18 Apr 1649 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Luigi Carafa |
Birth Date: | 1588 |
Birth Place: | Piaggine, Italy |
Death Date: | 8 May 1649 (age 61) |
Death Place: | Lacedonia, Italy |
Gian Giacomo Cristoforo (1588 – 8 May 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lacedonia (1649).[1]
Gian Giacomo Cristoforo was born in Piaggine, Italy in 1588.[2] On 12 April 1649, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Lacedonia.On 18 April 1649, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Enea di Cesare Spennazzi, Bishop of Ferentino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lacedonia until his death on 8 May 1649.