Tommaso de Sarria

Tommaso de Sarria, O.P. (1606 – 5 November 1682) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto (1665–1682) and Archbishop of Trani (1656–1665).

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 Episcopal succession of Tommaso de SarriaWhile bishop, Sarria was the principal co-consecrator of: Giovanni Antonio Geloso, Bishop of Patti (1669); Antonio Primi, Bishop of Trebinje e Mrkan (1669); Giovanni Antonio Baldi, Bishop of Chioggia (1669); Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, Archbishop of Lanciano (1669); Alfonso de Balmaseda, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1670); Martín Ibáñez y Villanueva, Bishop of Gaeta (1670); Vincenzo Maffia, Bishop of Patti (1671); Bishop Vincenzo Maria da Silva, Bishop of Policastro (1671); Bishop Francesco Martinelli, Bishop of Patti (1680); and Bishop Francesco Tansi, Bishop of Nicastro (1680).