Giacomo Ponzetti or Giacomo Poncetti was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Molfetta The Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, southern Italy, which was established in 1986, when the diocese of Molfetta-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi was united with the diocese of Ruvo. Giovi ...

(1518–1553). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

On 12 July 1518, Giacomo Ponzetti was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X (; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political and banking Med ...

. He served as Bishop of Molfetta until his resignation in 1553.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of: * Pietro Ranieri,

Bishop of Strongoli The Diocese of Strongoli was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Strongoli, Calabria. In 1818 it was suppressed by Pope Pius VII's bull A bull is an intact (i.e., not Castration, castrated) adult male of the speci ...

(1535); *

Giovanni Michele Saraceni Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1 December 1498 – 27 April 1568) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Saraceni was born in Naples and was a relative of Cardinal Fabio Mignanelli. He was the archbishop of Acerenza and Matera f ...

Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera The Archdiocese of Acerenza () is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy, included in the provinces of Lecce and Potenza. It has existed as a diocese since the fourth or fifth centuries. In the 11th century it was elevated ...

(1536); and * François de Mauny,

Bishop of Saint-Brieuc The Diocese of Saint-Brieuc and Tréguier (Latin: ''Dioecesis Briocensis et Trecorensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier''; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the ...

(1545).

References

External links and additional sources

* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Leo X Bishops of Molfetta {{16C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub