Ernesto Fontana

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 from 1878 to 1894, and Bishop of Crema from 1894 to 1910.

Biography Ernesto Fontana was born on 7 October 1830 in Milan, 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 Pontifical Lombard Seminary in Rome from 1878 to 1894. He was named a consultor to the Sacred Congregation of the Index and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas. He received his episcopal consecration in the Seminary chapel on 24 May 1894 from Cardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi.