Juan Esteban Ferrero
Juan Esteban Ferrero, O. Cist. or Giovanni Stefano Ferrero was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vercelli and Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor.Biography
Juan Esteban Ferrero was born in Biella, Italy on 3 November 1568 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.
On 29 March 1599, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Vercelli.
On 1 May 1599, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, with Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Carlo Conti, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, serving as co-consecrators.
On 20 January 1604, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Apostolic Nuncio to Emperor; he resigned on 3 May 1607.
He served as Bishop of Vercelli until his death on 21 September 1610.Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
