Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Tommaso d'Ancora | |
Archbishop of Trani | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Trani |
Term: | 1635–1656 |
Predecessor: | Diego Alvarez (bishop) |
Successor: | Tommaso de Sarria |
Consecration: | 15 September 1630 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Maria Brancaccio |
Birth Date: | 1583 |
Birth Place: | Salerno, Italy |
Death Date: | 1656 (age 73) |
Death Place: | Trani, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Mottola (1630–1634) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Tommaso d'Ancora, C.R. or Tommaso d'Ariconi (1583–1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1635–1656)[1] and Bishop of Mottola (1630–1634).[2]
Tommaso d'Ancora was born in Salerno, Italy in 1583 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence.[3] [4] On 12 February 1630, he was selected as Bishop of Mottola and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 9 September 1630. On 15 September 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Laudivio Zacchia, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Bishop of Capaccio, and Martín de León Cárdenas, Bishop of Trivento, serving as co-consecrators. On 21 July 1634, he was selected as Archbishop of Trani and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 8 January 1635. He served as Archbishop of Trani until his death in 1656.
While bishop, d'Ancora was the principal co-consecrator of: