Giovanni Battista Caprara


Giovanni Battista Caprara
Cardinal, Archbishop of Milan
Portrait of Cardinal Caprara (c. 1811)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeMilan
Appointed24 May 1802
Term ended21 June 1810
PredecessorFilippo Maria Visconti
SuccessorCarlo Gaetano Gaisruck
Other post(s)Cardinal Priest of Sant'Onofrio
Orders
Consecration8 December 1766 (Bishop)
by Pope Clement XIII
Created cardinal18 June 1792
by Pope Pius VI
Personal details
Born(1733-05-29)29 May 1733
Died21 June 1810(1810-06-21) (aged 77)
Paris, French Republic
BuriedCathedral of Milan
Coat of armsGiovanni Battista Caprara's coat of arms

Giovanni Battista Caprara Montecuccoli (1733 – 1810) was an Italian statesman and cardinal and archbishop of Milan from 1802 to 1810. As a papal diplomat he served in the embassies in Cologne, Lausanne, and Vienna. As Legate of Pius VII in France, he implemented the Concordat of 1801, and negotiated with the Emperor Napoleon over the matter of appointments to the restored hierarchy in France. He crowned Napoleon as King of Italy in Milan in 1805.