Giovanni Ferro was an Italian Catholic prelate born in 1901 in Costigliole d'Asti. A member of the Somaschi Fathers, he was ordained a priest in 1925 after earning a theology doctorate in Turin. He held significant ecclesiastical roles, serving as the Bishop of Bova and later as the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria. Throughout his career, he participated in the sessions of the Second Vatican Council and served as an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.