Bishop Roberto Fontana †

Deceased

Bishop of Modena, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1596¹		Born
12 Jun 1645	49.4	Appointed	Bishop of Modena, Italy
18 Jun 1645	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Modena, Italy
16 Aug 1654³	58.6	Died	Bishop of Modena, Italy

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Roberto Fontana
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Bishop Roberto Fontana (born 1596, died 16 Aug 1654) Bishop of Modena

Event Place
Birth Place Modene
Ordained Bishop Moniales S. Ambrose, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a bishop for 9.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Giovanni Giacomo Cardinal Panciroli †
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alessandro Castracani (Castracane) †
Bishop of Fano
Bishop Ippolito Franconi †
Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Giovanni Giacomo Cardinal Panciroli † (1642)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Giulio Cesare Cardinal Sacchetti † (1623)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Agustín Cardinal Spínola Basadone † (1623)
Bishop of Tortosa
Bishop Andrés Pacheco † (1588)
Bishop Emeritus of Cuenca
Bishop Cesare Speciano (Speciani) † (1584)
Bishop of Novara
Tolomeo Cardinal Gallio †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agata de’ Goti

Principal Consecrator of:
Rinaldo Cardinal d’Este † (1651)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Modene
Ordained Bishop	Moniales S. Ambrose, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 250
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1645, Number 32
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 71, Number 5,616

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