Tommaso de Sarria

Most Reverend Tommaso de Sarria
Archbishop of Taranto
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Taranto
Predecessor	Tommaso Caracciolo
Successor	Francesco Pignatelli
Personal details
Born	1606 Pontevedra, Spain
Died	5 November 1682 (age 76) Taranto, Italy
Nationality	Spanish
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Trani (1656–1665)

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).

Biography

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

Episcopal succession

Episcopal succession of Tommaso de Sarria

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

• 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).

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 (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}