Giulio Piazza

His Eminence Giulio Piazza
Bishop of Faenza
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Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Ravenna
Diocese	Faenza
See	Faenza
Appointed	21 July 1710
Term ended	23 April 1726
Predecessor	Marcello Durazzo
Successor	Tommaso Cervioni da Montalcino
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna (1714–1726)
Orders
Consecration	22 December 1697 by Gasparo Carpegna
Created cardinal	18 May 1712 by Pope Clement XI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Giulio Piazza 13 March 1663 Forlì, Papal States
Died	23 April 1726 (age 63) Faenza, Papal States
Parents	Francesco Piazza Francesca Savorelli
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Rhodes (1697–1706) Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1698–1702) Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne (1702–06) Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1706–09) Archbishop of Nazareth in Barletta (1706–10) Bishop of Canne (1706–10) Bishop of Monteverde (1706–10) Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1709–12)
Alma mater	Collegio Clementino

Giulio Piazza (1663–1726) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.

Biography

On 22 Dec 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria, and Antonio Spinelli, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as co-consecrators.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Giulio Piazza

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:<CathHierGiuPia/>

• Franz Joseph Supersaxo, Bishop of Sion (1702);
• Johannes Werner von Veyder, Titular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in Macedonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cologne (1704);
• Wilhelm von Leslie, Titular Bishop of Abdera and Coadjutor Bishop of Trieste (1712);
• Adamus Benedictus Ratkaj (Ádám Ratkay), Bishop of Senj (1713);
• Francesco Bentini, Bishop of Comacchio (1714);

and the principal co-consecrator of:<CathHierGiuPia/>

• Giovanni Battista Bussi, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1706).