Tommaso d'Ancora, C.R. or Tommaso d'Ariconi (1583–1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Trani (1635–1656) (in Latin) and Bishop of Mottola (1630–1634). (in Latin)
Biography Tommaso d'Ancora was born in Salerno, Italy in 1583 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 12 February 1630, he was selected as Bishop of Mottola and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 9 September 1630. On 15 September 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Laudivio Zacchia, Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli, with Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Bishop of Capaccio, and Martín de León Cárdenas, Bishop of Trivento, serving as co-consecrators. On 21 July 1634, he was selected as Archbishop of Trani and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 8 January 1635. He served as Archbishop of Trani until his death in 1656.
Episcopal succession While bishop, d'Ancora was the principal co-consecrator of: Pietro Corsetto, Bishop of Cefalù (1638); and Jacobus Philippus Tomasini, Bishop of Novigrad (1642).
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