Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pietro de Torres | |
Archbishop of Trani | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Trani |
Term: | 1695–1709 |
Predecessor: | Pablo Jiménez Alejandro |
Successor: | Giuseppe Antonio Davanzati |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1634 |
Birth Place: | Trani, Italy |
Death Date: | October 1709 (age 74) |
Death Place: | Trani, Italy |
Previous Post: | Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1665–1689) Archbishop (Personal Title) of Potenza (1689–1695), |
Nationality: | Italian |
Pietro de Torres (1634–1709) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1695–1709), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Potenza (1689–1695), and Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1665–1689).[1] [2]
Pietro de Torres was born in Trani, Italy and ordained a priest on 1 August 1660.[3] [4] On 12 January 1665, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Dubrovnik. On 24 January 1689, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Potenza. On 24 March 1694, he was selected as Archbishop of Trani and confirmed by Pope Innocent XII on 24 January 1695. He served as Archbishop of Trani until his death in October 1709.
While bishop, Torres was the principal co-consecrator of: