Giovanni Delfino (bishop of Brescia)

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Giovanni Delfino

| title = Bishop of Brescia

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Brescia

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| term = 1579–1584

| predecessor = Domenico Bollani

| successor = Gianfrancesco Morosini

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| birth_date = 30 May 1529

| birth_place = Velence, Italy

| death_date = 1 May 1584

| death_place = Brescia, Italy

| previous_post = Bishop of Torcello (1563–1579)

| nationality = Italian

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Giovanni Delfino (30 May 1529 – 1 May 1584) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Brescia (1579–1584),{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/140/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=140|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin) Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor (1571–1577), and Bishop of Torcello (1563–1579).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/314/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=315|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)

Biography

Giovanni Delfino was born in Venice, Italy on 30 May 1529.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Giovanni Delfino |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdelfg.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Giovanni Delfino|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bres0.htm#26932 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

On 3 January 1563, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Torcello.

On 29 May 1571, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor, a position he held until December 1577.

On 26 August 1579, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Brescia.

He served as Bishop of Brescia until his death on 1 May 1584in Brescia, Italy.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Lambert Gruter, Bishop of Wiener Neustadt (1574) and the principal co-consecrator of Tommaso Sperandio Corbelli, Bishop of Trogir (1567).

References

External links and additional sources

{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Torcello (Turris)|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dt532.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Titular Episcopal See of Torcello (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1830.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Nunciature to Emperor (Germany)|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dx988.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Brescia |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbres.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Brescia (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bres0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS