Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Tommaso D'Avalos | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lucera |
Term: | 1642 |
Predecessor: | Bruno Sciamanna |
Successor: | Silvestro D'Afflitto |
Consecration: | 30 March 1642 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore) |
Birth Date: | March 1610 |
Birth Place: | Pescara, Italy |
Death Date: | 4 December 1642 (age 32) |
Death Place: | Lucera, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Tommaso D'Avalos, O.P. or Tommaso de Avalos (1610 – 4 December 1642) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lucera (1642).[1]
Tommaso D'Avalos was born in Pescara, Italy in March 1610 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 24 March 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Lucera (1642). On 30 March 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Deodato Scaglia, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lucera until his death on 4 December 1642.