Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giorgio Cornaro | |
Bishop of Treviso | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Treviso |
Term: | 1538–1577 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Pisani |
Successor: | Francesco Cornaro (iuniore) |
Consecration: | 1552 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Pisani |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1524 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Death Date: | 1578 (age 53) |
Death Place: | Treviso, Italy |
Previous Post: | Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1561–1565) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giorgio Cornaro (1524–1578) was a Venetian Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Treviso (1538–1577) and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1561–1565).[1]
Giorgio Cornaro was born in Venice, Italy on 26 February 1524.[2] In 20 February 1538, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Treviso.
On 1552, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Pisani, Bishop of Padua. On 13 January 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Apostolic Nuncio to Florence. On 8 February 1565, he resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Florence. He served as Bishop of Treviso until his resignation on 29 November 1577.
He died in 1578.
. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 309. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)