Monsignor Giovanni Corti | |
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Bishop of Mantua | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Predecessor | Giovanni Battista Bellé |
Successor | Pietro Rota |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1820 |
Consecration | by Cardinal Lodovico Altieri |
Personal details | |
Born | Pomerio, Como, Austrian Italy | 14 April 1797
Died | 12 December 1868 Mantua, Italy | (aged 71)
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Mantua, Italy |
Giovanni Corti (14 April 1797 - 12 December 1868) was an Italian priest who became Bishop of Mantua. He supported the cause of Italian reunification at a time when his diocese was under Austrian rule, although he defended the temporal powers of the Pope.