Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Capano | |
Bishop of Bitonto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Bitonto |
Term: | 1700–1720 |
Predecessor: | Carlo de Ferrari |
Successor: | Domenico Maria Cedronio |
Consecration: | 24 Jun 1700 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Matteo Petrucci |
Birth Date: | 28 Nov 1659 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 14 Jan 1720 (age 60) |
Giovanni Battista Capano, C.R. (1659–1720) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1700–1720).[1]
Giovanni Battista Capano was born in Naples, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[2] On 21 Jun 1700, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Bitonto,On 24 Jun 1700, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Gerolamo Ventimiglia, Bishop of Lipari, and Domenico Belisario de Bellis, Bishop of Molfetta.He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death on 14 Jan 1720.