Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Fortunato Durante | |
Bishop of Squillace | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Squillace |
Term: | 1697–1714 |
Predecessor: | Gennaro Crespino |
Successor: | Marco Antonio Attaffi |
Consecration: | 24 November 1697 |
Consecrated By: | Pier Matteo Petrucci |
Birth Date: | 1655 |
Birth Place: | Albi, Italy |
Death Date: | 23 November 1714 (age 59) |
Death Place: | Squillace, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Fortunato Durante (1655–1714) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Squillace (1697–1714).[1]
Fortunato Durante was born in Albi, Italy.[2] On 20 November 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Squillace. On 24 November 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Matteo Petrucci, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Giuseppe Felice Barlacci, Bishop Emeritus of Narni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Squillace until his death on 23 November 1714.