Giuseppe Bologna (1634 – 2 August 1697) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Archbishop of Capua
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(1691–1697) and
Archbishop of Benevento (1674–1680).
["Archbishop Giuseppe Bologna"]
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Biography
Giuseppe Bologna 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 ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
in 1634.
On 12 March 1674, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement X
Pope Clement X ( la, Clemens X; it, Clemente X; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death in July 1676. Elected pope at ag ...
as
Archbishop of Benevento.
He resigned in 1680.
On 26 November 1691, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XII
Pope Innocent XII ( la, Innocentius XII; it, Innocenzo XII; 13 March 1615 – 27 September 1700), born Antonio Pignatelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1691 to his death in September 1700.
He ...
as
Archbishop of Capua
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua ( la, Archidioecesis Capuana) is an archdiocese (originally a suffragan bishopric) of the Roman Catholic Church in Capua, in Campania, Italy, but its archbishop no longer holds metropolitan rank and has no e ...
.
He served as Archbishop of Capua until his death on 2 August 1697.
Episcopal succession
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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References
External links and additional sources
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X
Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII
1634 births
1697 deaths
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