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Most Reverend Giovanni Fontana | |
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Bishop of Ferrara | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Ferrara |
In office | 1590–1611 |
Predecessor | Paolo Leoni |
Successor | Giambattista Leni |
Orders | |
Consecration | 11 September 1589 by Gaspare Visconti |
Personal details | |
Born | 1537 |
Died | 5 July 1611 (age 74) Ferrara, Italy |
Giovanni Fontana (1537 – 5 July 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ferrara (1590–1611)[1] and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Palaestina (1589–1590).[2]