Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Tommaso de Sarria | |
Archbishop of Taranto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Taranto |
Predecessor: | Tommaso Caracciolo |
Successor: | Francesco Pignatelli |
Birth Date: | 1606 |
Birth Place: | Pontevedra, Spain |
Death Date: | 5 November 1682 (age 76) |
Death Place: | Taranto, Italy |
Previous Post: | Archbishop of Trani (1656–1665) |
Nationality: | Spanish |
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]
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. 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.