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Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Nationality
  
Italian

In office
  
1668–1672

Died
  
Bitonto, Italy

Predecessor
  
Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Successor
  
Francesco Antonio Gallo

Consecration
  
21 May 1668 by Francesco Maria Brancaccio

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitonto

Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona, O.P. (1600 – 23 August, 1672) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitonto (1668–1672).

Biography

Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona was born in Nardo, Italy in 1600 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 14 May 1668, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement IX as Bishop of Bitonto. On 21 May 1668, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, with Stefano Brancaccio, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto, and Giuseppe della Corgna, Bishop of Orvieto, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death on 23 Aug 1672.

References

Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona Wikipedia