Church Catholic Church Predecessor Sebastiano Valenti Nationality Italian | In office 1553-1565 Successor Tommaso Scotti Died Terni, Italy | |
Consecration 6 June 1546
by Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia | ||
Giovanni Giacomo Barba or Jean Jacques Barba (1490 – 1 October 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Terni (1553–65) and Bishop of Teramo (1546–53).
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Biography
Giovanni Giacomo Barba was born in Naples, Italy in 1490 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 26 May 1546, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Teramo. On 6 June 1546, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella, Bishop of Castro del Lazio, with Cristoforo Spiriti, Bishop of Cesena, and Luigi Magnasco di Santa Fiora, Bishop of Assisi, serving as co-consecrators. On 3 July 1553, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Terni. He served as Bishop of Terni until his death on 1 October 1565.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
and principal co-consecrator of: