Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Lopez de Andrade | |
Archbishop of Otranto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Otranto |
Term: | 1623–1628 |
Predecessor: | Lucio de Morra |
Successor: | Fabrizio degli Antinori |
Consecration: | 30 November 1623 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1569 |
Birth Place: | Azambuja, Portugal |
Death Date: | 22 August 1628 (age 59) |
Death Place: | Otranto, Italy |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
Giovanni Lopez de Andrade, O.S.A. or Diego Lopez de Andrade (1569–1628) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Otranto (1623–1628).[1] [2] [3]
Giovanni Lopez de Andrade was born in Azambuja, Portugal in 1569 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.On 20 November 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Otranto.On 30 November 1623, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Niceforo Melisseno Comneno, Bishop of Crotone, and Alessandro Bosco, Bishop of Gerace, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Otranto until his death on 22 August 1628.