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Vincenzo Giustiniani (bishop of Gravina di Puglia)

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Most Reverend
Vincenzo Giustiniani
Church Catholic Church
See Diocese of Gravina di Puglia
In office 1593–1614
Predecessor Antonio Maria Manzolio
Successor Agostino Cassandra
Orders
Consecration 29 Aug 1593
by Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza
Personal details
Born 1550
Chios, Greece
Died 1614 (age 64)

Vincenzo Giustiniani (died 1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1593–1614).[1]

Biography

Vincenzo Giustiniani was born in Chios, Greece in 1550.[1] On 2 August 1593, he was appointed as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII.[1] On 29 August 1593, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso Gesualdo di Conza, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri, with Melchiorre Pelletta, Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia, and Cristóbal Robuster y Senmanat, Bishop of Orihuela, serving as co-consecrators.[1] He served as the local bishop until his death in 1614.[1]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marco Giustiniani, Bishop of Chios (1604).[1]

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