Bonaventura Porta (October 21, 1866 – December 15, 1953) was the

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Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro The Archdiocese of Pesaro ( la, Archidioecesis Pisaurensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at Pesaro was elevated in status to archiepiscopal see in 2000. Its suffragans are the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-C ...

from his appointment by

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on March 22, 1917, until December 28, 1952. He died on December 15, 1953.Antonio Tani
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Bibliography

* Dante Simoncelli, Teodoro Briguglio, ''Mons. Bonaventura Porta vescovo di Pesaro (1917-1953)'', in ''Atti delle celebrazioni e del convegno nel cinquantesimo anniversario della morte: Pesaro 13–15 December 2003''

References

External links

''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
Official Page of diocese of Pesaro
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porta, Bonaventura 1866 births Bishops and archbishops of Pesaro 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 1953 deaths People from the Province of Rovigo