Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Ascanio Castagna | |
Bishop of Isola | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Isola |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Antonio Massimo |
Successor: | Alessandro Bichi |
Consecration: | 11 September 1622 |
Consecrated By: | Ottavio Bandini |
Birth Date: | 1567 |
Birth Place: | Turin, Duchy of Savoy |
Death Date: | 16 December 1627 (age 60) |
Death Place: | Isola, [Kingdom of Naples]] |
Nationality: | Italian |
Ascanio Castagna (1567 – 16 December 1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Isola (1622–1627).[1]
Ascanio Castagna was born in Turin, Italy in 1567.[2] On 8 August 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Isola. On 11 September 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Ottavio Bandini, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, with Ulpiano Volpi, Bishop of Novara, and Alessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore), Bishop of Lucca, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Isola until his death on 16 December 1627.