Giovanni Battista Albani


Giovanni Battista Albani was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Alexandria.

Biography

On 24 March 1586, Giovanni Battista Albani was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. On 30 Mar 1586, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Filippo Mocenigo, Archbishop of Nicosia, and Giuseppe Donzelli, Archbishop of Sorrento, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 1588.

Episcopal succession

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