Giovanni Battista Albani

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

Biography

On 24 March 1586 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 was Patriarch of Alexandria until his death in 1588.

Episcopal succession

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

Antonio Migliori, Bishop of San Marco ;
Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli ;
Ferdinand de Rye, Archbishop of Besançon ;
Fabio Biondi, Patriarch of Jerusalem ; and
Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio.