Bernardino Fenier Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Bernardino Fenier
Church:Catholic Church
See:Diocese of Chioggia
Term:1487–1535
Predecessor:Silvestro Daziari
Successor:Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi
Consecration:April 1487
Consecrated By:Antonio Ursi
Death Date:1535
Death Place:Chioggia, Italy

Bernardino Fenier (also Bernardino Venerio) (died 1535) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chioggia (1487–1535).[1]

Biography

On 24 January 1487, Bernardino Fenier was appointed during the papacy of Innocent VIII as Bishop of Chioggia.[2] In April 1487, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Ursi, Bishop of Canea. He served as Bishop of Chioggia until his death in 1535.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Luigi Contarini, Patriarch of Venice (1508).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . II. 131. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Bernardino Fenier (Venerio) . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.