Bishop Paolo Leoni †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

Events

Date	Event	Title
17 Mar 1578	Appointed	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
4 May 1578	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy
7 Aug 1590	Died	Bishop of Ferrara, Italy

MicroData Summary
Paolo Leoni
Bishop Paolo Leoni
(died 7 Aug 1590)
Bishop of Ferrara

Event Place
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria degli Angeli, Church, Ferrara, Diocese of Ferrara

a bishop for 12.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Giulio Canani †
Bishop of Adria
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ercole Sacrati †
Bishop of Comacchio
Bishop Sisto Visdomini (Vicedomini), O.P. †
Bishop of Modena

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Giulio Canani † (1554)
Bishop of Adria
Bishop Giovanni Giacomo Barba, O.S.A. † (1546)
Bishop of Terni
Bishop Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella † (1543)
Bishop of Castro [del Lazio]
Archbishop Alfonso Oliva, O.S.A. † (1535)
Archbishop of Amalfi
Archbishop Martin de Portugal † (1533)
Archbishop of Funchal
Girolamo Cardinal Grimaldi †
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro

Event	Place
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria degli Angeli, Church, Ferrara, Diocese of Ferrara

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/213968
VIAF: 64353330
WikiData: Q27739547

Source(s):

ob/ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Additions/Corrections (front)
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 196
b/c2+: CB, 28 Oct 2015
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1578, Number 2
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 70, Number 5,541
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 78, Number 6,293

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