Antonio Provana

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Most Reverend Antonio Provana
Archbishop of Turin
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Turin
In office	1632–1640
Predecessor	Giovanni Battista Ferrero
Successor	Giulio Cesare Bergera
Orders
Consecration	17 September 1623 by Philibert François Milliet de Faverges
Personal details
Born	1578 Turin, Italy
Died	25 July 1640 (age 62)
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Durrës (1622–1632)
Coat of arms

Antonio Provana (1578–1640) was a Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Turin (1632–1640) and Archbishop of Durrës (1622–1632).^[1]^[2]

Biography

Antonio Provana was born in 1578 in Turin, Italy.^[3]^[4] On 21 July 1622, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Archbishop of Durrës.^[2]^[3] On 17 September 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Philibert François Milliet de Faverges, Archbishop of Turin, with Carlo Argentero, Bishop of Mondovi, serving as co-consecrator.^[3] On 19 January 1632, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archbishop of Turin.^[1]^[3] He served as Archbishop of Turin until his death on 25 July 1640.^[1]^[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[3]

Benoît-Théophile de Chevron Villette, Archbishop of Tarentaise (1633);
Giusto Guérin, (Juste Guérin), Bishop of Geneva (1639);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[3]

Onorio de Verme, Bishop of Ravello e Scala (1624);
Giovanni Maria Belletti, Bishop of Gerace (1625);
Henri de Sponde, Bishop of Pamiers (1626);
Carlo Antonio Ripa, Bishop of Mondovi (1632);
Ippolito Franconi, Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1632); and
Giovanni Battista Pontano (Montano) Bishop of Oppido Mamertina (1632).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 329. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 179. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Antonio Provana". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
^ Chow, Gabriel. "Archbishop Antonio Provana". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës (Albania)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Torino {Turin}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Torino (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by	Archbishop of Durrës 1622–1632	Succeeded by Girolamo Greco
Preceded by Giovanni Battista Ferrero	Archbishop of Turin 1632–1640	Succeeded by Giulio Cesare Bergera