Alessandro di Sangro explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alessandro di Sangro
Archbishop of Benevento
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Benevento
Term:1616–1633
Predecessor:Pompeio Arrigoni
Successor:Agostino Oreggi
Ordination:8 August 1604
Ordained By:Leonard Abel
Consecration:10 August 1604
Consecrated By:Camillo Borghese
Death Date:18 February 1633
Death Place:Benevento, Italy

Alessandro di Sangro (died 18 February 1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1616–1633) and Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1604–1633)[1]

Biography

On 2 August 1604, Alessandro di Sangro was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria and ordained a priest on 8 August 1604 by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon. On 10 August 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. On 2 May 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Benevento. On 2 Apr 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, position he held until 23 Jun 1622. He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 18 February 1633.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsangroa.html "Patriarch Alessandro di Sangro"