Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Ferrara)

Most Reverend

Giovanni Fontana
Bishop of Ferrara
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Ferrara
In office1590–1611
PredecessorPaolo Leoni
SuccessorGiambattista Leni
Orders
Consecration11 September 1589
by Gaspare Visconti
Personal details
Born1537
Vignola, Italy
Died5 July 1611 (age 74)
Ferrara, Italy

Giovanni Fontana (1537 – 5 July 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ferrara (1590–1611)[1] and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina (1589–1590).[2]

Biography

Giovanni Fontana was born in Vignola, Italy in 1537.[3] On 11 September 1589, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Coadjutor Bishop of Ferrara and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina[3][4] On 11 September 1589, he was consecrated bishop by Gaspare Visconti, Archbishop of Milan, with Gerolamo Ragazzoni, Bishop of Bergamo, and Ludovico Taverna, Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 7 August 1590, he succeeded as Bishop of Ferrara.[3] He served as Bishop of Ferrara until his death on 5 July 1611.[3]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alfonso Paleotti, Coadjutor Archbishop of Bologna (1591); and the principal co-consecrator of Orazio Giraldi, Bishop of Comacchio (1592), and Camillo Beccio, Bishop of Acqui (1599)[3]

References

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 196. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cheney, David M. "Bishop Giovanni Fontana". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  4. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Giovanni Fontana". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina
1589–1590 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Ferrara
1590–1611 		Succeeded by


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