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Bishop Ernesto Fontana †

Deceased

Bishop of Crema

Events

a priest for 56.6 years a bishop for 16.4 years

Principal Consecrator: Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Francesco di Paola Cassetta † Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia Archbishop Felix-Marie de Neckere † Titular Archbishop of Melitene

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace Pope Clement XIII (1743) (Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †) Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Natale Bruni † (1900) Bishop Luigi Boschi † (1902) Archbishop Giovanni Festa † (1902) Archbishop Giovanni Régine † (1902)