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Leonard Abel

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Died
  
2 May 1605

In office
  
1582-1605

Predecessor
  
Alfonso Merchante de Valeria

Successor
  
Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo

Consecration
  
19 August 1582 by 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:

  • Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva, Bishop of Agrigento (1594);
  • and the principal co-consecrator of:

    He also ordained Alessandro di Sangro, (later the Patriarch of Alexandria) (1604) to the priesthood.

    References

    Leonard Abel Wikipedia