Giovanni Battista Albani (died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1586–1588)."Patriarch Giovanni Battista Albani"
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Biography

On 24 March 1586, Giovanni Battista Albani was appointed during the papacy of

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as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. On 30 Mar 1586, he was

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bishop by

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, with

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, and Giuseppe Donzelli,

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, serving as

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. He served as Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 1588.

Episcopal succession

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

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(1586); *

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(1587); *

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(1587); *

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, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and *

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(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 {{RC-archbishop-stub