Gregorio de Alarcón
Most Reverend Gregorio de Alarcón | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Santiago de Cuba | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Santiago de Cuba |
| In office | 1624 |
| Predecessor | Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo |
| Successor | Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 22 December 1576 |
| Consecration | July 1624 by Juan Bravo Lagunas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1558 |
| Died | August 1624 (age 66) Santiago de Cuba, Spanish Empire |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D. (1558 – August 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1624).[1]
Biography
[edit]Gregorio de Alarcón was born in Castillo de Garcimuñoz, Spain in 1558 and ordained a priest in the Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum on 22 December 1576.[2] On 29 April 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.[1][2] In July 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Juan Bravo Lagunas, Bishop of Ugento.[2] He served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba until his death in August 1624.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 206. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gregorio de Alarcón, O.A.D." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
External links and additional sources
[edit]- Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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