Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Ferrara)

Most Reverend

Giovanni Fontana
Bishop of Ferrara
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Ferrara
In office1590–1611
PredecessorPaolo Leoni
SuccessorGiambattista Leni
Orders
Consecration11 September 1589
by Gaspare Visconti
Personal details
Born1537
Died5 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]

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 196. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 258. (in Latin)

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