Giovanni Francesco Nicolai
Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, O.F.M. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Titular Bishop of Berytus.Biography
Giovanni Francesco Nicolai was born in Leonessa, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.
On 20 October 1696, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang and Titular Bishop of Berytus.
On 7 March 1700, he was consecrated bishop by Sperello Sperelli, Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina, with Odoardo Cibo, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, and Domenico Belisario de Bellis, Bishop of Molfetta, serving as co-consecrators.
On 20 April 1712, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang and Titular Bishop of Myra.
He served as Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang until his death on 27 December 1737.Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
