Giovanni Battista Vergerio (died 1548) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Pula The Diocese of Pula (''Italian: Diocese of Pola'') was a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia, located in the city of Pula. In 1828, it was suppressed and united with the Diocese of Poreč to form the Archdiocese of Diocese of Poreč-Pula. Hist ...

(1497–1531). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

On 5 January 1532, Giovanni Battista Vergerio was appointed by

Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VII ( la, Clemens VII; it, Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the ...

. He served as Bishop of Pula until his death in 1548. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of

Pietro Paolo Vergerio Pier Paolo Vergerio ( 1498 – October 4, 1565), the Younger, was an Italian papal nuncio and later Protestant reformer. Life He was born at Capodistria (Koper), Istria, then part of the Venetian Republic and studied jurisprudence in Padua, ...

, Bishop of Modruš.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Croatia 1548 deaths Bishops appointed by Pope Clement VII {{Croatia-RC-bishop-stub