Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Alessandro Croce | |
Bishop of Cremona | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Cremona |
Term: | 1697–1704 |
Predecessor: | Lodovico Septala |
Successor: | Carlo Ottaviano Guasco |
Ordination: | 19 September 1676 |
Consecration: | 8 December 1697 |
Consecrated By: | Baldassare Cenci (seniore) |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1650 |
Birth Place: | Milan, Italy |
Death Date: | 23 September 1704 (age 54) |
Death Place: | Cremona, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Alessandro Croce (1650–1704) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cremona (1697–1704).[1]
Alessandro Croce was born in Milan, Italy on 3 July 1650 and ordained a priest on 19 September 1676.[2] On 2 December 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Cremona.On 8 December 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Archbishop of Fermo, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators.He served as Bishop of Cremona until his death on 23 September 1704.