Ludovico de Torres (archbishop) explained

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]

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btorl.html "Archbishop Ludovico de Torres (I)"
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmonr.html "Archdiocese of Monreale"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/monr0.htm "Archdiocese of Monreale"
  4. Web site: Miranda . Salvador . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: TORRES, iuniore, Ludovico de (1552-1609). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . 29 February 2016.