Giovanni Alfonso Petrucci (18 December 1650 – January 1688) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Belcastro The Diocese of Belcastro (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bellicastrensis'') in the town of Belcastro in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In 1828, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Santa Severina.

(1686–1688). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Giovanni Alfonso Petrucci was born in

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on 18 December 1650 and ordained a priest on 23 December 1673. On 15 July 1686, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as

. On 28 July 1686, he was consecrated bishop by

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, with Pietro de Torres, Archbishop of Dubrovnik, and

Marcantonio Barbarigo Marcantonio Barbarigo (6 March 1640 – 26 May 1706) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the founder of the Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini and also founded both the Religious Teachers Filippini o ...

, Archbishop of Corfù, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Belcastro until his death in January 1688.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) People from the Province of Crotone 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI 1650 births 1688 deaths {{17C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub