Alessandro Croce

18th-century Italian Catholic bishop

Most Reverend Alessandro Croce
Bishop of Cremona
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Cremona
In office	1697–1704
Predecessor	Lodovico Septala
Successor	Carlo Ottaviano Guasco
Orders
Ordination	19 September 1676
Consecration	8 December 1697 by Baldassare Cenci (seniore)
Personal details
Born	3 July 1650 Milan, Italy
Died	23 September 1704 (age 54) Cremona, Italy
Nationality	Italian

Alessandro Croce (1650–1704) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cremona (1697–1704).^[1]

Biography

Alessandro Croce was born in Milan, Italy on 3 July 1650 and ordained a priest on 19 September 1676.^[2] On 2 December 1697, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Cremona.^[1]^[2] On 8 December 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Baldassare Cenci (seniore), Archbishop of Fermo, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Sperello Sperelli, Bishop of Terni, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Cremona until his death on 23 September 1704.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 176. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alessandro Croce". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Cremona". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Cremona (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}