Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Ambrogio Torriano | |
Bishop of Como | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Como |
Term: | 1666–1679 |
Predecessor: | Lazzaro Carafino |
Successor: | Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri |
Consecration: | 15 Dec 1666 |
Consecrated By: | Benedetto Odescalchi |
Birth Date: | Indovero, Casargo, Italy |
Death Date: | 9 Oct 1679 |
Ambrogio Torriano (died 1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Como (1666–1679).[1]
Ambrogio Torriano was born in the village of Indovero in the comune of Casargo, Italy.[2] In the papal consistory of 15 December 1666 he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Como.On 21 December 1666 he was consecrated bishop by Benedetto Odescalchi, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio, with Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop of Urbino, and Marco Galli, Bishop of Rimini, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Como until his death on 9 October 1679.