Giovanni Battista del Tufo, C.R. (1543 – 13 June 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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Biography

Giovanni Battista del Tufo was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

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in 1543 and ordained a deacon on 20 May 1570 and a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence in March 1572. On 17 August 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as

. On 13 December 1587, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Acerra until his resignation on 23 June 1603. He died on 13 June 1622.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of:

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