Alessandro Sibilia Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alessandro Sibilia
Bishop of Capri
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Capri
Term:1637
Predecessor:Loreto Di Franco
Successor:Francesco Antonio Biondo
Consecration:1 May 1637
Consecrated By:Giovanni Battista Scanaroli
Birth Date:1591
Birth Place:Capua, Italy
Death Date:Jun 1637

Alessandro Sibilia (1591–1637) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Capri (1637).[1]

Biography

Alessandro Sibilia was born in 1591 in Capua, Italy.[2] On 20 Apr 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Capri.On 1 May 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon, with Clemente Confetti, Bishop of Muro Lucano, and Tommaso Carafa, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Capri until his death in June 1637.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 133. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Alexander Sibilia. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.