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Roman Catholic prelate This article is about the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bari. For the condottiero who sat for the Portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale, see Gian Galeazzo Sanvitale.

Most Reverend Galeazzo Sanvitale
Archbishop of Bari-Canosa
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa
In office	1604–1606
Predecessor	Bonviso Bonvisi
Successor	Decio Caracciolo Rosso
Orders
Consecration	4 April 1604 by Girolamo Bernerio
Personal details
Died	8 September 1622 Bari, Italy

Galeazzo Sanvitale (died 8 September 1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1604–1606).

Biography

Galeazzo Sanvitale was born in Parma, Italy in 1566. On 15 March 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa. On 4 April 1604, he was consecrated bishop in the chapel of the Apostolic Sacristy, Rome by Girolamo Bernerio, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, with Claudio Rangoni, Bishop of Piacenza, and Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia, Bishop of Castro del Lazio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa until his resignation in 1606. He died on 8 September 1622.

Episcopal succession of Galeazzo Sanvitale

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

Ludovico Ludovisi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina (1621). Through Sanvitale's episcopal consecration of Ludovico Ludovisi, he is part of the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis and most other modern bishops.

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^ "Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016.

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byBonviso Bonvisi	Archbishop of Bari-Canosa 1604–1606	Succeeded byDecio Caracciolo Rosso

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