Francesco Tontori
Francesco Tontori, C.R.S. or Francesco Tontolo was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ischia.Biography
Francesco Tontori was ordained a priest in the Ordo Clericorum Regularium a Somascha.
On 15 January 1638, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Ischia.
On 24 January 1638, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Alfonso Gonzaga, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus, and Biago Proto de Rubeis, Archbishop of Messina, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Ischia until his death in 1663.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ludovico Ridolfi, Bishop of Patti.
