Gian Giacomo Cristoforo
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Gian Giacomo Cristoforo
| title = Bishop of Lacedonia
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| diocese = Diocese of Lacedonia
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| term = 1649
| predecessor = Ferdinando Bruno
| successor = Ambrosio Viola
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| consecration = 18 Apr 1649
| consecrated_by = Pier Luigi Carafa
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| birth_date = 1588
| birth_place = Piaggine, Italy
| death_date = 8 May 1649 (age 61)
| death_place = Lacedonia, Italy
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Gian Giacomo Cristoforo (1588 – 8 May 1649) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lacedonia (1649).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=215|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} (in Latin)
Biography
Gian Giacomo Cristoforo was born in Piaggine, Italy in 1588.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Gian Giacomo Cristoforo |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcristof.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
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.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Lacedonia |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dl203.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Lacedonia (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/lace0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1649
| before = Ferdinando Bruno
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent X
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