Giovanni Battista Albani

Giovanni Battista Albani (died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Alexandria (1586–1588).

Most Reverend Giovanni Battista Albani
Patriarch of Alexandria
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria
In office	1586–1588
Predecessor	Enrico Caetani
Successor	Camilli Caetani
Orders
Consecration	30 Mar 1586 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	1588

Biography

On 24 March 1586, Giovanni Battista Albani was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. On 30 Mar 1586, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Filippo Mocenigo, Archbishop of Nicosia, and Giuseppe Donzelli, Archbishop of Sorrento, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 1588.

Episcopal succession

While Patriarch, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Antonio Migliori, Bishop of San Marco (1586);
• Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli (1587);
• Ferdinand de Rye, Archbishop of Besançon (1587);
• Fabio Biondi, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and
• Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1588).

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Alexandria {Alessandria} (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Egypt)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}