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Biography

Eustache Fontana was ordained a priest in the

Order of Preachers The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

. On 12 August 1602, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Andros. On 18 August 1602, he was consecrated bishop by

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, with Aurelio Novarini,

Bishop of San Marco The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, in Cosenza, Calabria, has existed as the diocese of San Marco since at least 1171, when the name of Bishop Ruben appears in a document. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cosenz ...

, and

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, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Andros until his death in 1611.

References

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