Bishop Giovanni Fontana †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferrara

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1537¹		Born	Vignola
11 Sep 1589	52.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
11 Sep 1589	52.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum
11 Sep 1589	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nicopolis ad Iaterum
7 Aug 1590	53.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
5 Jul 1611	74.5	Died	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

a bishop for 21.8 years	Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Gaspare Visconti † Archbishop of Milano {Milan} Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Gerolamo Ragazzoni † Bishop of Bergamo Bishop Ludovico Taverna † Bishop of Lodi
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Gaspare Visconti † (1584) Archbishop of Milano {Milan} Tolomeo Cardinal Gallio † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti	Principal Consecrator of: Archbishop Alfonso Paleotti † (1591) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Orazio Giraldi † (1592) Bishop Camillo Beccio, O.S.A. † (1599)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,201
b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 3, Page 196

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