Died 2 May 1605 | In office 1582-1605 | |
Predecessor Alfonso Merchante de Valeria Consecration 19 August 1582by Giulio Antonio Santorio | ||
Leonard Abel (died 2 May 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Sidon (1582-1605).
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Biography
On 20 July 1582, Leonard Abel was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Titular Bishop of Sidon. On 19 August 1582, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, Antonio Poli de Mathaeis, Bishop of Bosnia, and Vincenzo Cutelli, Bishop of Catania, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Titular Bishop of Sidon until his death on 2 May 1605.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
and the principal co-consecrator of:
He also ordained Alessandro di Sangro, (later the Patriarch of Alexandria) (1604) to the priesthood.