Giovanni Battista del Tufo

Giovanni Battista del Tufo, C.R. (1543 – 13 June 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerra (1587–1603).

Biography
Giovanni Battista del Tufo was born in Naples, Italy in 1543 and ordained a deacon on 20 May 1570 and a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence in March 1572. On 17 August 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Acerra. On 13 December 1587, he was consecrated bishop. He served as Bishop of Acerra until his resignation on 23 June 1603. He died on 13 June 1622.

Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: • Jerónimo Bernardo de Quirós, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1601);

• Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, Bishop of Troia (1607);

• Timocrate Aloigi, Bishop of Cagli (1607);

• Fabrizio Degli Afflitti, Bishop of Boiano (1608);

• Girolamo Asteo, Bishop of Veroli (1608);

• Michael Consoli, Bishop of Sora (1609);

• François-Etienne Dulci, Archbishop of Avignon (1609);

• Pedro de Mata y Haro, Bishop of Belcastro (1609);

• Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso, Archbishop of Messina (1609);

• Giovanni Antonio Angrisani, Archbishop of Sorrento (1612);

• Pietro Emo, Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria and Coadjutor Bishop of Crema (1612);

• Nicola Antonio Spinelli, Bishop of Alessano (1612);

• Fulvio Tesorieri, Bishop of Belcastro (1612);

• Muzio Vitali, Bishop of Vieste (1613);

• Girolamo Pignatelli, Archbishop of Rossano (1615);

• Vincenzo Periti, Bishop of Lavello (1615); and

• Achille Caracciolo, Bishop of Potenza (1616).

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