Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara,
O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archbishop of Aleppo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo (in Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Aleppensis) is an apostolic vicariate (Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, entitled to a titular bishop) and is immediately subject to the ...
(1645–1650).
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Biography
Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara was ordained a priest in the
Order of Friars Minor.
On 31 July 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent X as
Archbishop of Aleppo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo (in Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Aleppensis) is an apostolic vicariate (Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, entitled to a titular bishop) and is immediately subject to the ...
.
On 13 August 1645, he was consecrated bishop by
Alfonso Gonzaga,
Titular Archbishop of ''Rhodus'', with
Alfonso Sacrati,
Bishop Emeritus of Comacchio, and
Ranuccio Scotti Douglas,
Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, serving as
co-consecrators
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...
.
He served as Archbishop of Aleppo until his resignation in 1650.
References
17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent X
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