Giovanni Battista Albani

Giovanni Battista Albani (died 1588) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Alexandria (1586–1588).

Biography
On 24 March 1586, Giovanni Battista 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 served as Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 1588.

Episcopal succession
While Patriarch, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
 * Antonio Migliori, Bishop of San Marco (1586);
 * Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli (1587);
 * Ferdinand de Rye, Archbishop of Besançon (1587);
 * Fabio Biondi, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and
 * Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio (1588).

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