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Guillermo Raimundo de Vich y de Vallterra

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Guillermo Raimundo de Vich y de Vallterra (Catalan: Guillem Ramon de Vic i de Vallterra; ? in Valencia, Spain – July 27, 1525) was a cardinal in the Catholic Church.[1]

Biography

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Guillén-Ramón de Vich y de Vallterra was born in Valencia sometime between 1460 and 1470, the son of Luis de Vich y de Corbera, seqor of the Valles de Gallinera y Ebo and mestre racional (general controller of accounts) of the Kingdom of Valencia.[2]

Early in his career, he was a protonotary apostolic.[2] His brother, Jerónimo de Vich, had a long embassy in Rome.[2]

Pope Leo X made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of July 1, 1517.[2] He received the red hat and the titular church of San Marcello al Corso on July 6, 1517.[2]

On October 22, 1518, he was named administrator of the see of Cefalù, a post he held until June 7, 1525.[2] He became the coadjutor bishop of Martín García [es], Bishop of Barcelona, on June 24, 1519; he succeeded as bishop upon the death of Bishop García, taking possession of the see on March 20, 1521.[2] Though he continued to reside at Rome, he held this office until his death.[2] He was consecrated as a bishop in Rome by papal chaplain Paris de Grassis on September 22, 1521.[2]

He participated in both the papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected Pope Adrian VI, and in the papal conclave of 1523 that elected Pope Clement VII.[2]

He died in Casamari Abbey on July 27, 1525.[2] He is buried in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.[2]

Bibliography

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  • Cardella, Lorenzo (1793). Memorie storiche de cardinali della Santa romana chiesa (in Italian). Vol. Tomo quarto. Roma: Pagliarini. pp. 50–51.
  • Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm ab initio nascentis Ecclesiæ vsque ad Vrbanvm VIII. Pont. Max. 2 volumes. Romae : Typis Vaticanis, 1630, II, col. 1423-1424;
  • Eubel, Conradus and Gulik, Guglielmus van. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. Volumen III (1503-1592). Münich : Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae, 1935; reprint, Padua : Il Messagero di S. Antonio, 1960, pp. 17, 65, 129 and 163;
  • Goñi, J. "Vich, Guillén Ramón de." Diccionario de historia eclesiástica de España. 4 vols and Supplement. Dirigido por Quintín Aldea Vaquero, Tomás Marín Martínez, José Vives Gatell. Madrid : Instituto Enrique Flórez, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1972-1975, IV, 2754-2755;
  • Guitarte Izquierdo, Vidal. Episcopologio Español (1500-1699). Españoles obispos en España, América, Filipinas y otros países. Rome : Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica, 1994. (Publicaciones del Instituto Español de Historia Eclesiástica; Subsidia; 34), p. 34;
  • Villanueva, Jaime ; Villanueva, Joaquín Lorenzo. Viage literario á las iglesias de España. 22 vols. Madrid : Imprenta real, 1803-1852. At head of title : Real Academia de la Historia, XVIII, 51-53.

References

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  1. ^ "Cardinal de Vich y de Valterra". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Biography from the Biographical Dictionary of the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church". Archived from the original on 2018-01-02. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
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