Ambrogio Torriano
{{short description|17th-century Roman Catholic bishop}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Ambrogio Torriano
| title = Bishop of Como
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| diocese = Diocese of Como
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| term = 1666–1679
| predecessor = Lazzaro Carafino
| successor = Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri
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| consecration = 15 Dec 1666
| consecrated_by = Benedetto Odescalchi
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| birth_date = Indovero, Casargo, Italy
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Ambrogio Torriano (died 1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Como (1666–1679).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/158/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=158|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|ISBN=}} (in Latin)
Biography
Ambrogio Torriano was born in the village of Indovero in the comune of Casargo, Italy.{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Bishop Ambrogio Torriano |publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btorriano.html}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2019}}
In the papal consistory of 15 December 1666 he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Como.
On 21 December 1666 he was consecrated bishop by Benedetto Odescalchi, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio, with Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop of Urbino, and Marco Galli, Bishop of Rimini, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Como until his death on 9 October 1679.
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Como |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcomi.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Como (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/como0.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Como
| years = 1666–1679
| before = Lazzaro Carafino
| after = Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri}}
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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