title: Giacomo Ponzetti
text: # Giacomo Ponzetti
  
  Giacomo Ponzetti or Giacomo Poncetti was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Molfetta (1518–1553).
  
  ## Biography
  
  On 12 July 1518, Giacomo Ponzetti was appointed during the papacy of Pope Leo X as Bishop of Molfetta. He served as Bishop of Molfetta until his resignation in 1553.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Pietro Ranieri, Bishop of Strongoli (1535);
  * Giovanni Michele Saraceni, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1536); and
  * François de Mauny, Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (1545).
  