Alessandro di Sangro

Most Reverend Alessandro di Sangro
Archbishop of Benevento Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Benevento
In office	1616–1633
Predecessor	Pompeio Arrigoni
Successor	Agostino Oreggi
Orders
Ordination	8 August 1604 by Leonard Abel
Consecration	10 August 1604 by Camillo Borghese
Personal details
Died	18 February 1633 Benevento, Italy

Alessandro di Sangro (died 18 February 1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1616–1633) and Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1604–1633)

Biography

On 2 August 1604, Alessandro di Sangro was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria and ordained a priest on 8 August 1604 by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon. On 10 August 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Camillo Borghese, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Fabio Biondi (bishop), Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Giuseppe Ferrerio, Archbishop of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators. On 2 May 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Benevento. On 2 Apr 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Apostolic Nuncio to Spain, position he held until 23 Jun 1622. He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 18 February 1633.

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Alessandro di Sangro

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso, Archbishop of Messina (1609);
• Gennaro Filomarino, Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1623);
• Giulio Antonio Santoro, Archbishop of Cosenza (1624);
• Diego Cabeza de Vaca, Bishop of Crotone (1624); and
• Alexander Liparuli, Bishop of Guardialfiera (1624).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Alexandria {Alessandria} (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Egypt)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Benevento (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}