Tommaso de Sarria
Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto and Archbishop of Trani.Biography
Tommaso de Sarria was born in Pontevedra, Spain in 1606 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 13 March 1654, he was selected as the Archbishop of Trani and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 16 October 1656. On 13 April 1665, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Archbishop of Taranto. He served as Archbishop of Taranto until his death on 5 November 1682.Episcopal succession
While bishop, Sarria was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Giovanni Antonio Geloso, Bishop of Patti ;
- Antonio Primi, Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan ;
- Giovanni Antonio Baldi, Bishop of Chioggia ;
- Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, Archbishop of Lanciano ;
- Alfonso de Balmaseda, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio ;
- Martín Ibáñez y Villanueva, Bishop of Gaeta ;
- Vincenzo Maffia, Bishop of Patti ;
- Bishop Vincenzo Maria da Silva, Bishop of Policastro ;
- Bishop Francesco Martinelli, Bishop of Patti ; and
- Bishop Francesco Tansi, Bishop of Nicastro.
