Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Gerolamo Ubertino Provana | |
Bishop of Alba | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Alba |
Term: | 1692–1696 |
Predecessor: | Vittorio Nicolino della Chiesa |
Successor: | Giuseppe Rottario |
Consecration: | 30 June 1692 |
Consecrated By: | Fabrizio Spada |
Birth Date: | 1658 |
Birth Place: | Nizza Monferrato, Italy |
Death Date: | 16 August 1696 |
Death Place: | Alba, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R. (1658–1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alba (1692–1696).[1]
Gerolamo Ubertino Provana was born in Nizza Monferrato, Italy in 1658 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence in 1674.[2] On 25 June 1692, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Alba.On 30 June 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, and Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Alba until his death on 16 August 1696.