Gerolamo Ubertino Provana Explained

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]

Biography

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.

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 1913 . 74–75. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae.
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.