(1658–1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ajaccio (1694–1695).
[1][2][3][4] Giovanni Battista Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy in 1658 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.
[2] On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Ajaccio.
[1][2] On 19 September 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Bishop of Como, and Pierre Lambert Ledrou, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators.
[2] He served as Bishop of Ajaccio until his death on 2 September 1695.