Gianfrancesco Sormani Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Gianfrancesco Sormani
Bishop of Montefeltro
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1566–1601
Predecessor:Carlo Visconti (cardinal)
Successor:Pietro Cartolari
Death Date:1561

Gianfrancesco Sormani or Giovanni Francesco Sormani (died 1601) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.

He was appointed Bishop of Montefeltro on March 6, 1567, a position he held uintil his death in 1601.[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Franjo Župan, Bishop of Kotor (1579).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Gianfrancesco Sormani. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.