title: Giovan Battista Pichierri
text: # Giovan Battista Pichierri
  
  Giovan Battista Pichierri (12 February 1943 – 26 July 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
  
  Ordained to the priesthood in 1967, Pichierri served as bishop of the Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy from 1990 to 1999. He then served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie from 1999 until his death in 2017.
  
  