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{{short description|Italian Catholic bishop (1583–1656)}}
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| type        = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name        = Tommaso d'Ancora
| title       = Archbishop of Trani
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| church      = [[Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie|Archdiocese of Trani]]
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| term        = 1635–1656
| predecessor = [[Diego Alvarez (bishop)]]
| successor   = [[Tommaso de Sarria]]
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| consecration   = 15 September 1630
| consecrated_by = [[Francesco Maria Brancaccio]]
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| birth_date    = 1583
| birth_place   = [[Salerno]], [[Italy]]
| death_date    = 1656 (age 73)
| death_place   = [[Trani]], [[Italy]]
| previous_post = [[Bishop of Mottola]] (1630–1634)
| nationality   = Italian
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'''Tommaso d'Ancora, [[Theatines|C.R.]]''' or '''Tommaso d'Ariconi''' (1583–1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as [[Archbishop of Trani]] (1635–1656)<ref name=HierarchiaIVTrani>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/340/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=341|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} ''(in Latin)''</ref> and [[Bishop of Mottola]] (1630–1634).<ref name=HierarchiaIVMottola>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/250/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=250|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} ''(in Latin)''</ref>
==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]].<ref name=CathHierTomDAnc>{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archbishop Tommaso d'Ancora (Ariconi), C.R.|website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/banchora.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}}{{self-published source|date=January 2022}}</ref><ref name=GCathTomDAnc>{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Archbishop Tommaso Anchora, C.R. |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tran0.htm#30573|access-date=June 16, 2018}}{{self-published source|date=January 2022}}</ref> On 12 February 1630, he was selected as [[Bishop of Mottola]] and confirmed by [[Pope Urban VIII]] on 9 September 1630.<ref name=HierarchiaIVMottola /><ref name=CathHierTomDAnc /> 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.<ref name=CathHierTomDAnc /> On 21 July 1634, he was selected as [[Archbishop of Trani]] and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 8 January 1635.<ref name=HierarchiaIVTrani /><ref name=CathHierTomDAnc /> He served as Archbishop of Trani until his death in 1656.<ref name=HierarchiaIVTrani /><ref name=CathHierTomDAnc />
==Episcopal succession==
While bishop, d'Ancora was the principal co-consecrator of:<ref name=CathHierTomDAnc />
*[[Pietro Corsetto]], [[Bishop of Cefalù]] (1638); and
*[[Jacobus Philippus Tomasini]], [[Bishop of Novigrad]] (1642).
==References==
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==External links and additional sources==
*{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Mottola (Motula) |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dm546.html |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)}{{self-published source|date=January 2022}}
*{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Titular Episcopal See of Mottola (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1200.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)}{{self-published source|date=January 2022}}
*{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (-Nazareth) |website=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtbbi.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)}{{self-published source|date=January 2022}}
*{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/tran0.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops){{self-published source|date=January 2022}}
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| title  = [[Bishop of Mottola]]
| years  = 1630–1634
| before = [[Serafino Rinaldo de Nuceria]]
| after  = [[Giovanni Battista Falesi]]}}
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| title  = [[Archbishop of Trani]]
| years  = 1635–1656
| before = [[Diego Alvarez (bishop)]]
| after  = [[Tommaso de Sarria]]}}
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[[Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops]]
[[Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII]]
[[Category:1583 births]]
[[Category:1656 deaths]]
[[Category:Archbishops of Trani]]
[[Category:Theatine bishops]]
[[Category:People from Salerno]]
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