Catholic-Hierarchy.org
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in Ka ...
''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 8, 2017
On 18 March 1562, Giovanni Battista Sighicelli was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Pius IV
Pope Pius IV ( it, Pio IV; 31 March 1499 – 9 December 1565), born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 December 1559 to his death in December 1565. Born in Milan, his family considered ...
as
Bishop of Faenza
The Diocese of Faenza-Modigliana ( la, Dioecesis Faventina-Mutilensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy.San Giovanni in Persiceto
San Giovanni in Persiceto (from 1912 to 1927: ''Persiceto''; Western Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, northern Italy.
Located in the northern part of the Metropolitan City, bordering with the province ...
, he served as Bishop of Faenza until his death on 12 July 1575.