Tommaso d'Ancora, C.R. or Tommaso d'Ariconi (1583–1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Archbishop of Trani The Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in Apulia. Formerly a metropolitan see, in 1980 it became a suffragan ...

(1635–1656) ''(in Latin)'' and

Bishop of Mottola The Diocese of Mottola or Diocese of Motula (Latin: ''Dioecesis Motulensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Mottola in the province of Taranto in the region of Apulia in southeast Italy. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Dio ...

(1630–1634). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Tommaso d'Ancora was born in

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in 1583 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 12 February 1630, he was selected as

and confirmed by

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on 9 September 1630. On 15 September 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Laudivio Zacchia,

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, with

Francesco Maria Brancaccio Francesco Maria Brancaccio (15 April 1592, in Canneto, near Bari – 9 January 1675) was an Italian Catholic cardinal.

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, and Martín de León Cárdenas, Bishop of Trivento, serving as co-consecrators. On 21 July 1634, he was selected as

and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 8 January 1635. He served as Archbishop of Trani until his death in 1656.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, d'Ancora was the principal co-consecrator of: *

Pietro Corsetto Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II Can ...

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(1638); and * Jacobus Philippus Tomasini, Bishop of Novigrad (1642).

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