Leonard Abel

Most Reverend Leonard Abel
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1582-1605
Predecessor	Alfonso Merchante de Valeria
Successor	Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo
Orders
Consecration	19 Aug 1582 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	2 May 1605

Leonard Abel (died 2 May 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Sidon (1582-1605).^[1][2][3][4]

Biography

On 20 Jul 1582, Leonard Abel was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Titular Bishop of Sidon.^[1] On 19 Aug 1582, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, Antonio Poli de Mathaeis, Bishop of Bosnia, and Vincenzo Cutelli, Bishop of Catania, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] He served as Titular Bishop of Sidon until his death on 2 May 1605.^[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[1]

• Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva, Bishop of Agrigento (1594);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[1]

• Pietro Ridolfi (bishop), Bishop of Venosa (1587);
• Bonaventura Bellemo, Bishop of Andros (1587);
• Giovanni Battista Costanzo, Archbishop of Cosenza (1591);
• Scipione Spina, Bishop of Lecce (1591);
• Aurelio Novarini, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1591);
• Ascanio Libertano, Bishop of Cagli (1591);
• Napoleone Comitoli, Bishop of Perugia (1591);
• Claudio de Curtis, Bishop of Crotone (1592);
• Giulio Cesare Riccardi, Archbishop of Bari (1592);
• Nicolò Stizzia, Bishop of Cefalù (1594);
• Georgius Perpignani, Bishop of Tinos (1594);
• Placido della Marra, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1595);
• Giulio Doffius, Bishop of Alessano (1595);
• Ascanio Giacobazio, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1595);
• Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno (1595);
• Juan López, Bishop of Crotone (1595);
• Francisco Velarde de la Cuenca, Archbishop of Messina (1599);
• Ascanio Parisi, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1599);
• Fabio Tempestivi, Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1602);
• Fabrizio Campani, Bishop of Ferentino (1603);
• Azarias Friton, Archbishop of Nachitschewan (1604);
• Taddeo Sarti, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1604);
• Giuseppe Saladino, Bishop of Siracusa (1604); and
• Maffeo Barberini, Titular Archbishop of Nazareth (1604).

He also ordained Alessandro di Sangro, (later the Patriarch of Alexandria) (1604) to the priesthood.^[1]

References

1. "Bishop Leonard Abel" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
2. "Sidon (Titular See)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016
3. "Titular Episcopal See of Sidon" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016
4. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 863