Alexander de Turre explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Hierapetra et Sitia
Term:1594–1624
Predecessor:Gaspare Viviani
Successor:Pierre Pisani
Consecration:13 February 1594
Consecrated By:Ludovico de Torres
Birth Date:1555
Death Date:1624 (age 39)

Alexander de Turre, C.R.L. (died 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia (1594–1624).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Alexander de Turre was born in 1555 and ordained a priest in the Canons Regular of the Lateran. On 31 January 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia. On 13 February 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, with Melchiorre Pelletta, Titular Bishop of Chrysopolis in Arabia, and Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Hierapetra et Sitia until his death in 1624.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Bartol Kačić, Bishop of Makarska, and the principal co-consecrator of Leonardo Tritonio, Bishop of Poreč (1609).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdturrea.html "Bishop Alexander de Turre, C.R.L."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dh534.html "Diocese of Hierapetra et Sitia"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0844.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Hierapytna"