Alessandro di Sangro

Most Reverend
Alessandro di Sangro
Archbishop of Benevento
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Benevento
In office 1616-1633
Predecessor Pompeio Arrigoni
Successor Agostino Oreggi
Orders
Ordination 8 Aug 1604
by Leonard Abel
Consecration 10 Aug 1604
by Camillo Borghese
Personal details
Died 18 Feb 1633
Benevento, Italy

Alessandro di Sangro (died 18 Feb 1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1616-1633) and Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1604-1633)[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

On 2 Aug 1604, Alessandro di Sangro was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria and ordained a priest on 8 Aug 1604 by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon.[1] On 10 Aug 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Camillo Borghese, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Fabio Biondi (bishop), Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Giuseppe Ferrerio, Archbishop of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators.[1] On 2 May 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Benevento.[1] He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 18 Feb 1633.[1] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso, Archbishop of Messina (1609); Gennaro Filomarino, Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1623); Giulio Antonio Santoro, Archbishop of Cosenza (1624); Diego Cabeza de Vaca, Bishop of Crotone (1624); and Alexander Liparuli, Bishop of Guardialfiera (1624).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Patriarch Alessandro di Sangro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  2. "Alexandria {Alessandria} (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. "Archdiocese of Benevento" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016
  5. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Séraphin Olivier-Razali
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
1604-1633
Succeeded by
Honoratus Caetani
Preceded by
Pompeio Arrigoni
Archbishop of Benevento
1616-1630
Succeeded by
Agostino Oreggi
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