Tommaso de Sarria

Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. (1606 – 5 November 1682) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto (1665–1682) and Archbishop of Trani (1656–1665).^[1][2][3]

Biography

Tommaso de Sarria was born in Pontevedra, Spain in 1606 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.^[4] On 13 March 1654, he was selected as the Archbishop of Trani and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 16 October 1656.^[1][4] On 13 April 1665, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Taranto.^[1][4] He served as Archbishop of Taranto until his death on 5 November 1682.^[4]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, Sarria was the principal co-consecrator of:^[4]

• Giovanni Antonio Geloso, Bishop of Patti (1669);
• Antonio Primi, Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan (1669);
• Giovanni Antonio Baldi, Bishop of Chioggia (1669);
• Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, Archbishop of Lanciano (1669);
• Alfonso de Balmaseda, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1670);
• Martín Ibáñez y Villanueva, Bishop of Gaeta (1670);
• Vincenzo Maffia, Bishop of Patti (1671);
• Bishop Vincenzo Maria da Silva, Bishop of Policastro (1671);
• Bishop Francesco Martinelli, Bishop of Patti (1680); and
• Bishop Francesco Tansi, Bishop of Nicastro (1680).

References

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}