Most Reverend

Gerolamo Ubertino Provana
Bishop of Alba
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Alba
In office1692–1696
PredecessorVittorio Nicolino della Chiesa
SuccessorGiuseppe Rottario
Orders
Consecration30 June 1692
by Fabrizio Spada
Personal details
Born1658
Died16 August 1696
Alba, Italy
NationalityItalian

Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R. (1658–1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alba (1692–1696).[1]

Biography

Gerolamo Ubertino Provana was born in Nizza Monferrato, Italy in 1658 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence in 1674.[2] On 25 June 1692, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Alba.[2] On 30 June 1692, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono with Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, and Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Alba until his death on 16 August 1696.[2]

References

  1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1913). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae. pp. 74–75.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gerolamo Ubertino Provana, C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]


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