Bishop Francesco Saverio Fontana †

Deceased

Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Mar 1667		Born
20 Sep 1710	43.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon
20 Dec 1710	43.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Sep 1714	47.4	Appointed	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
23 Sep 1714	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy
30 Sep 1736	69.5	Died	Bishop of Satriano e Campagna, Italy

MicroData Summary
Francesco Saverio Fontana
Bishop Francesco Saverio Fontana
(born 29 Mar 1667, died 30 Sep 1736)
Bishop of Satriano e Campagna

Event Place
Birth Place Gioja

a priest for 25.7 years
a bishop for 22.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Michelangelo Cardinal dei Conti †
Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Vincenzo Petra †
Titular Archbishop of Damascus
Bishop Fabrizio Pignatelli †
Bishop of Lecce

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Michelangelo Cardinal dei Conti † (1695)
Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania
Galeazzo Cardinal Marescotti † (1668)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta
Pietro Cardinal Vidoni (Sr.) † (1644)
Bishop of Lodi
Giovanni Battista Maria Cardinal Pallotta † (1628)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Melchior Cardinal Klesl † (1614)
Bishop of Wien
Bishop Placido della Marra † (1595)
Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q3750611

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1722
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 140
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1714, Number 25

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