Giambattista Spada

Roman Catholic cardinal

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His Eminence Giambattista Spada
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono

Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Consecration	23 August 1643 by Marcantonio Franciotti
Personal details
Born	28 August 1597 Lyon, France
Died	23 January 1675 (age 77) Rome, Italy

Giambattista Spada or Giovanni Battista Spada (28 August 1597 – 23 January 1675) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

On 23 August 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Bishop of Lucca, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators.^[1]

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Giambattista Spada

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[2]

Francesco Antonio De Luca, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1654);
Carlo Pio di Savoia, Bishop of Ferrara (1655);
Paolo Suardo, Archbishop of Sorrento (1659);
Anselmo Dandini, Bishop of Cervia (1662);
Carlo Spinola, Archbishop of Rossano (1664);
Fabio Guinigi, Archbishop of Ravenna (1674);
Vincenzo Bonifacio, Titular Bishop of Famagusta (1674);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[2]

Ercole Coppola, Bishop of Nicotera (1651);
Girolamo Buonvisi, Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia (1651);
Gabriel Ortiz de Orbé, Bishop of Gaeta (1651);
Alessandro Argoli, Bishop of Veroli (1651);
Giovanni Alfonso Puccinelli, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1652);
Giuseppe Boncore, Bishop of Lavello (1652);
Alfonso Michele Litta, Archbishop of Milan (1652);
Marcello Santacroce, Bishop of Tivoli (1652);
Gerolamo Bollini, Bishop of Isernia (1653);
Giovanni Granafei, Bishop of Alessano (1653);
Marzio Ginetti, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1653);
Annibale Sillano, Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1653).

References

^ Miranda, Salvador. "SPADA, Giambattista (1597-1675)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Cheney, David M. "Giambattista Cardinal Spada". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople 1643–1654	Succeeded by Volumnio Bandinelli
Preceded by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna 1654–1659	Succeeded by Carlo Carafa della Spina
Preceded by Camillo Melzi	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello 1659–1673	Succeeded by Federico Baldeschi Colonna
Preceded by Lorenzo Imperiali	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono 1673–1675	Succeeded by Carlo Pio di Savoia