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. "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