Leonard Abel
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Most Reverend Leonard Abel |
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| 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 August 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).
On 20 July 1582, Leonard Abel was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Titular Bishop of Sidon. On 19 August 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. He served as Titular Bishop of Sidon until his death on 2 May 1605.
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
and the principal co-consecrator of:
He also ordained Alessandro di Sangro, (later the Patriarch of Alexandria) (1604) to the priesthood.
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