Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Cesena) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovanni Fontana
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1697–1716
Predecessor:Jan Kazimierz Denhoff
Successor:Marco Battista Battaglini
Consecration:9 June 1697
Consecrated By:Bandino Panciatici
Birth Date:Modigliana, Italy
Birth Place:1644
Death Date:2 March 1716
Death Place:Cesena, Italy
Nationality:Italian

Giovanni Fontana (1644  - 2 March 1716) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cesena (1697–1716).[1]

Biography

Giovanni Fontana was born in Modigliana, Italy in 1644.[2] On 3 June 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Cesena. On 9 June 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Miguel Antonio de Benavides y Piedrola, Bishop of Cartagena, and Alessandro Lambert, Bishop of Aosta, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Cesena until his death on 2 March 1716.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Remigius Ritzler. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 134. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfontagi.html "Bishop Giovanni Fontana"