Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona
Bishop of Bitonto
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Bitonto
Term:1668–1672
Predecessor:Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Successor:Francesco Antonio Gallo
Consecration:21 May 1668
Consecrated By:Francesco Maria Brancaccio
Birth Date:1600
Birth Place:Nardo, Italy
Death Date:23 August 1672 (age 72)
Death Place:Bitonto, Italy
Nationality:Italian

Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona, O.P. (1600 – 23 August 1672) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1668–1672).[1]

Biography

Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona was born in Nardo, Italy in 1600 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 14 May 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Bitonto. On 21 May 1668, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Stefano Brancaccio, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, and Giuseppe della Corgna, Bishop of Orvieto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death on 23 August 1672.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bacqdat.html "Bishop Tommaso Acquaviva d’Aragona, O.P."