Ángel de Maldonado explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Angel de Maldonado
Bishop of Antequera
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Antequera
Term:1700–1728
Predecessor:Manuel Plácido de Quirós de Porras
Successor:Francisco de Santiago y Calderón
Consecration:2 January 1701
Consecrated By:Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona
Birth Date:1660
Birth Place:Ocaña, Spain
Death Date:17 April 1728 (age 68)
Death Place:Antequera, Oaxaca, México
Nationality:Spanish

Angel de Maldonado, O. Cist. (1660–1728) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera (1700–1728).[1]

Biography

Angel de Maldonado was born in Ocaña, Spain in 1660 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.[2] On 21 June 1700, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Antequera.On 2 January 1701, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, with Gregorio Solórzano Castillo, Bishop of Ávila, and Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales, Titular Bishop of Dara, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Antequera until his death on 17 April 1728.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan Benito Garret y Arlovi, Bishop of Nicaragua (1710); and José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, Archbishop of México (1714).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 88. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae. 1913.
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Angel de Maldonado, O. Cist. . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.