Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Alessandro Centurione | |
Archbishop of Genoa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Genoa |
Term: | 1591–1596 |
Predecessor: | Antonmaria Sauli |
Successor: | Matteo Rivarola |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Italy |
Death Date: | 1605 |
Death Place: | Ravenna, Italy |
Alessandro Centurione (died 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Genoa (1591–1596).[1]
Alessandro Centurione was born in Genoa, Italy.[2] On 9 August 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Archbishop of Genoa.On 22 September 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Antonmaria Sauli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Domenico Grimaldi, Archbishop of Avignon, and Francesco Cornaro (iuniore), Bishop of Treviso, serving as co-consecrators.He served as Archbishop of Genoa until his resignation in 1596.He died in Ravenna, Italy in 1605.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Archbishop Juan Santisteban de Falces, Archbishop of Brindisi (1605).