Predecessor Durante Duranti Nationality Italian | In office 1579-1584 Successor Gianfrancesco Morosini | |
Previous post Bishop of Torcello (1563-1579) Diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia | ||
Giovanni Delfino (30 May 1529 – 1 May 1584) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Brescia (1579-1584) and Bishop of Torcello (1563-1579).
Biography
Giovanni Delfino was born in Velence, Italy on 30 May 1529. On 3 January 1563, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Torcello. 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 1584. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Tommaso Sperandio Corbelli, Bishop of Trogir (1567).
References
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