Ernesto Fontana (7 October 1830 – 4 November 1910) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was a seminary teacher, Rector of the

Pontifical Lombard Seminary The Pontifical Lombard Seminary of Saints Ambrose and Charles in Urbe (Italian: ) is an ecclesiastical institution that serves as a residence for and trains diocesan priests who have been sent to Rome by their bishop to pursue an advanced degree or ...

from 1878 to 1894, and

Bishop of Crema The Diocese of Crema ( la, Dioecesis Cremensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Lombardy in northern Italy. It has existed since 1579. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Milan.Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Italy. He was ordained a priest on 1 April 1854. He taught moral theology at the Major Seminary of Milan. He served as Rector of the

in Rome from 1878 to 1894. He was named a consultor to the

Sacred Congregation of the Index The ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum'' ("List of Prohibited Books") was a list of publications deemed heresy, heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a former Dicastery of the Roman Curia), and Catholics were fo ...

and a member of the

Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas The Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PAST; la, Pontificia Academia Sancti Thomae Aquinati) is a pontifical academy established on 15 October 1879 by Pope Leo XIII. The academy is one of the pontifical academies housed along with ...

. On 18 May 1894,

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

named him

Bishop of Crema The Diocese of Crema ( la, Dioecesis Cremensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Lombardy in northern Italy. It has existed since 1579. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Milan.Lucido Maria Parocchi Lucido Maria Parocchi (13 August 1833 – 15 January 1903) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Secretary of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office from 5 August 1896 until his death. Biography Luci ...

. Fontana died on 4 November 1910 at the age of 80.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fontana, Ernesto 1830 births 1910 deaths Clergy from Milan 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops