Pietro Antonio d'Alessandro
{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| title = Bishop of San Marco
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| diocese = Diocese of San Marco
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| term = 1688–1693
| predecessor = Antonio Papa
| successor = Francesco Maria Federico Carafa
| ordination = 8 March 1653
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| consecration = 8 June 1688
| consecrated_by = Galeazzo Marescotti
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| birth_date = 4 June 1628
| birth_place = Zalatone, Italy
| death_date = 28 September 1693 (age 65)
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Pietro Antonio d'Alessandro (1628–1693) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of San Marco (1688–1693).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V|pages=255|date=1952|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdalesspa.html "Bishop Pietro Antonio d’Alessandro"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 4, 2017
Biography
Pietro Antonio d'Alessandro was born in Zalatone, Italy on 4 June 1628 and ordained a priest on 8 March 1653.
On 31 May 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of San Marco.
On 8 June 1688, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Pietro de Torres, Archbishop of Dubrovnik, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of San Marco until his death on 28 September 1693.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsmas.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea (Italy) |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zmar3.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1688–1693
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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