Giovanni Lopez de Andrade explained

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]

Biography

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blopdand.html "Archbishop Giovanni (Diego) Lopez de Andrade, O.S.A."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/db241.html "Archdiocese of Otranto"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/otra0.htm "Archdiocese of Otranto"