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Eustache Fontana

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Church
  
Catholic Church

In office
  
1602-1611

Successor
  
Nicolaus Righi

Diocese
  
Diocese of Andros

Predecessor
  
Bonaventura Bellemo

Died
  
1611, Andros, Greece

Consecration
  
18 August 1602 by Girolamo Bernerio

Eustache Fontana, O.P. (died 1611) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Andros (1602-1611).

Biography

Eustache Fontana was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 12 August 1602, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Andros. On 18 August 1602, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Aurelio Novarini, Bishop of San Marco, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Andros until his death in 1611.

References

Eustache Fontana Wikipedia