Giorgio Cornaro (bishop of Padua) explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 276. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcrnrg.html "Bishop Giorgio Cornaro"