title: Diego Sersale
text: # Diego Sersale
  
  Diego Sersale (died 14 July 1665) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa (1638–1665).
  
  ## Biography
  
  On 20 December 1638, Diego Sersale was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Archdiocese of Bari-Canosa. On 21 December 1638, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Eustachio, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvino, and Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Bari-Canosa until his death on 14 July 1665.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Andrea Borgia, Bishop of Segni (1643);
  * Alfonso Maurelli, Archbishop of Cosenza (1643);
  * Antonio Marullo, Archbishop of Manfredonia (1643);
  * Alessandro Pallavicini, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1660); and
  * Francisco Antonio Díaz de Cabrera, Bishop of Salamanca (1660).
  