Giovanni Battista Albani
Giovanni Battista Albani (died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Alexandria (1586–1588). 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). References External links and additional sources (for Chronology of Bishops) (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Sixtus V 1588 deaths Patriarchs of Alexandria