Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Ludovico de Torres | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Monreale |
Term: | 1573–1583 |
Predecessor: | Alessandro Farnese |
Successor: | Ludovico de Torres |
Consecration: | 31 Dec 1573 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Maffei |
Birth Date: | 4 Nov 1533 |
Birth Place: | Málaga, Spain |
Death Date: | 31 Dec 1583 (age 50) |
Death Place: | Monreale, Italy |
Ludovico de Torres (4 November 1533 – 31 December 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Monreale (1573–1583).[1] [2] [3]
Ludovico de Torres was born in Málaga, Spain. On 9 December 1573, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Archbishop of Monreale. On 31 December 1573, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Maffei, Cardinal-Priest of San Callisto, with Prospero Rebiba, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, and Giacomo Lomellino del Canto, Archbishop of Palermo, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Monreale until his death on 31 December 1583. He was succeeded by his nephew of the same name.[4]