His Excellency Imzot Giovanni Peragine was born in Altamura (Italy) on 25 June 1965. From 1976 he attended the Apostolic School of the Barnabite Fathers. On 15 June 2017 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Phoenice and Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania.
He pursued his philosophical and theological studies at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, where he graduated in Biblical Theology. On 17 November 1991 he made his perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Clerics Regular of St Paul in Rome, and on 20 March 1993 he was ordained a priest. After his priestly ordination he held the following offices: parish priest and head of youth activities in the parish of Mother of Divine Providence in Florence, and teacher of religion at the Alla Querce College of the Barnabite Fathers.
In 1998 he was sent as a missionary to Albania, where he served in the parish of St Nicholas in Milot and was responsible for formation at the local seminary of his Congregation. From 2002 he was parish priest of St Nicholas in Milot and dean of the northern zone of the Archdiocese of Tirana-Durrës.
He was also a councillor of the Provincial Council of the Barnabite Fathers of the Central-Southern Province of Italy.
From 2008 to 2017 he served as President of the Albanian Conference of Major Superiors.
From 2009 to 2012 he was Provincial Vicar of the Central-Southern Province of the Barnabite Fathers. From 2009 to 2018 he was President of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors.
In 2017 he was appointed by Pope Francis Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania, where he has served until today.
He is currently Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Albania.