Bernardino Fenier (also Bernardino Venerio) (died 1535) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Chioggia The Italian Catholic Diocese of Chioggia ( la, Dioecesis Clodiensis) is in the Veneto, at the southernmost point of the ''Laguna veneta''. Until 1451, the diocese was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Grado. On 8 October 1451, in the bull "Regis ...

(1487–1535). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

On 24 January 1487, Bernardino Fenier was appointed during the papacy of

Innocent VIII Pope Innocent VIII ( la, Innocentius VIII; it, Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death in July 1492. Son of th ...

. In April 1487, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Ursi,

Bishop of Canea The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Canea or Cidonia (Cydonia ) was a bishopric on Crete, with see at present Chania, and afterward was twice a Latin titular see.

. He served as Bishop of Chioggia until his death in 1535. While bishop, he was the

principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of Luigi Contarini,

Patriarch of Venice The Patriarch of Venice ( la, Patriarcha Venetiarum; it, Patriarca di Venezia) is the ordinary bishop of the Archdiocese of Venice. The bishop is one of the few patriarchs in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church (currently three other Latin ...

(1508).

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