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Marco Cornaro (bishop)

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Federico Cornaro

Nationality
  
Italian

In office
  
1594-1625

Successor
  
Pietro Valier

Died
  
Padua, Italy

Consecration
  
21 December 1594 by Agostino Valier

Marco Cornaro also Marco Corner (1557 – 11 Jun 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Padua (1594-1625).

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Biography

Marco Cornaro was born in Venice, Italy in 1557. On 12 December 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Padua. On 21 December 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Agostino Valier, Bishop of Verona, with Francesco Cornaro (Jr.), Bishop of Treviso, and Antonio Grimani, Bishop of Torcello, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Padua until his death on 11 June 1625.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

  • Ubertinus Papafava, Bishop of Adria;

    • and principal co-consecrator of:

  • Andrea Sorbolonghi, Bishop of Gubbio (1600);
  • Pomponio de Magistris, Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1608);
  • Giambattista Leni, Bishop of Mileto (1608);
  • Erasmo Paravicini, Bishop of Alessandria (1611);
  • Giovanni Emo, Bishop of Bergamo (1611);
  • Ludovico Sarego, Bishop of Adria (1612);
  • Giovanni Battista de Aquena, Bishop of Bosa (1613);
  • Ottaviano Garzadoro, Bishop of Ossero (1614);
  • Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, Titular Archbishop of Patrae (1614);
  • Scipione Pasquali, Bishop of Casale Monferrato (1615); and
  • Giovanni dei Gualtieri, Bishop of Sansepolcro (1615).

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