Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giorgio Cornaro | |
Bishop of Padua | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Padua |
Term: | 1642–1663 |
Predecessor: | Luca Stella |
Successor: | Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Barbarigo |
Consecration: | 20 July 1642 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Bragadin |
Birth Date: | 1613 |
Death Date: | 1663 (age 50) |
Death Place: | Padua, Italy |
Giorgio Cornaro (1613–1663) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Padua (1642–1663).[1] [2]
Giorgio Cornaro was born in Venice, Italy in 1613.On 14 July 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Padua.On 20 July 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Bragadin, Bishop of Vicenza, with Faustus Poli, Titular Archbishop of Amasea, and Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Padua until his death in 1663.