Bishop Giovanni Francesco Fossati, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Tortona, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1589²		Born
23 May 1644	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
4 Jun 1644	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
11 Mar 1653	64.1	Died	Bishop of Tortona, Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giovanni Francesco Fossati
(VIAF: 79272298; WikiData: Q64745168)
Bishop Giovanni Francesco Fossati O.S.B. (born 1589, died 11 Mar 1653) Bishop of Tortona

Event Place
Birth Place Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Nova (Santa Francesca Romana), Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 8.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Domenico Cardinal Spinola †
Bishop of Mazara del Vallo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Maria Spinola, C.R. †
Bishop of Savona
Bishop Antonio Tornielli †
Bishop of Novara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Domenico Cardinal Spinola † (1630)
Bishop of Mazara del Vallo
Archbishop Domenico de’ Marini † (1611)
Archbishop of Genova
Bishop Marcello Crescenzi † (1591)
Bishop of Assisi
Michele (Bosco) Cardinal Bonelli, O.P. † (1591)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ascanio de Gasparis † (1650)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Milano, Archdiocese of Milano {Milan}
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria Nova (Santa Francesca Romana), Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 174
ob/c2: CB, 25 Jan 2014
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,022
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1644, Number 28
c3+: AT, 21 Sep 2016
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Number 19,019

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