title: Fabrizio Suardi
text: # Fabrizio Suardi
  
  Fabrizio Suardi or Alessandro Suardi (1585 – April 1638) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caserta (1637–1638) and Bishop of Lucera (1619–1637).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Fabrizio Suardi was born in Naples, Italy in 1585. On 28 January 1619, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Lucera. On 10 February 1619, he was consecrated bishop by Ladislao d'Aquino, Bishop of Venafro, with Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, and Scipione Spina, Bishop of Lecce, serving as co-consecrators. On 9 February 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Caserta. He served as Bishop of Caserta until his death in April 1638.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Alexander Liparuli, Bishop of Guardialfiera (1624);
  * Pier Luigi Carafa, Bishop of Tricarico (1624);
  * Giovanni Battista Indelli, Bishop of San Marco (1624);
  * Gaetano Cossa, Archbishop of Otranto (1635);
  * Francesco Antonio Porpora, Bishop of Montemarano (1635);
  * Ascenzio Guerrieri, Bishop of Castellaneta (1635);
  * Cherubino Manzoni, Bishop of Lavello (1635);
  * Bartolomeo Frigerio, Bishop of Venosa (1635);
  * Francesco Antonio Sacchetti, Bishop of San Severo (1635); and
  * Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1636).
  