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Bishop Alessandro Fontana †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferentino, Italy

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}

a priest for 45.9 years a bishop for 18.9 years

Principal Consecrator: Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Giuseppe Palica † Titular Archbishop of Philippi Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni Biondi † Titular Archbishop of Doclea

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913) Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875) Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Pope Pius IX (1827) (Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †) Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749) Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743) Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (1925) Bishop Edoardo Facchini † (1935) Archbishop Francesco Beretti † (1936)

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