Giovanni Battista Albani
Most Reverend Giovanni Battista Albani | |
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| Patriarch of Alexandria | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria |
| In office | 1586–1588 |
| Predecessor | Enrico Caetani |
| Successor | Camilli Caetani |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 30 Mar 1586 by Giulio Antonio Santorio |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1588 |
Giovanni Battista Albani (died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Alexandria (1586–1588).[citation needed]
Biography
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On 24 March 1586 Albani was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. On 30 Mar 1586, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Filippo Mocenigo, Archbishop of Nicosia, and Giuseppe Donzelli, Archbishop of Sorrento, serving as co-consecrators. He was Patriarch of Alexandria until his death in 1588.
Episcopal succession
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While Patriarch, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Antonio Migliori, Bishop of San Marco (1586);
- Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli (1587);
- Ferdinand de Rye, Archbishop of Besançon (1587);
- Fabio Biondi, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and
- Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1588).
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