Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Foscari | |
Bishop of Torcello | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Torcello |
Term: | 1526–1563 |
Predecessor: | Stefan Teglatije |
Successor: | Giovanni Delfino |
Consecration: | 1 May 1542 |
Consecrated By: | Antonio Beccari |
Birth Date: | 1505 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Death Date: | 2 Jan 1563 (age 58) |
Death Place: | Torcello, Italy |
Girolamo Foscari (1505–1563) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Torcello (1526–1563).[1] [2]
Girolamo Foscari was born in Venice, Italy in 1505.On 16 May 1526, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Torcello.On 1 May 1542, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Beccari, Bishop of Shkodrë, with Giorgio Andreasi, Bishop of Chiusi, and Livio Podocathor, Archbishop of Nicosia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Torcello until his death on 2 Jan 1563.